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Sd. Const. art. XVIII, § 0 — Article XVIII / Section 0
SD Const., Article XVIII
Status: in_force

Banking and Currency §1. General banking law -- Provisions required. If a general banking law shall be enacted it shall provide for the registry and countersigning by an officer of this state of all bills or paper credit designed to circulate as money, and require security to the full amount thereof, to be deposited with the state treasurer, in the approved securities of the state or of the United States, to be rated at ten per centum below their par value, and in case of their depreciation the deficiency shall be made good by depositing additional securities. §2. Bank to cease operations within twenty years of organization -- Reorganization. Every bank, banking company or corporation shall be required to cease all banking operations within twenty years from the time of its organization, and promptly thereafter close its business, but shall have corporate capacity to sue or be sued until its business is fully closed, but the Legislature may provide by general law for the reorganization of such banks. §3. Liability of banking corporation shareholders and stockholders -- Exemption under federal law. The shareholders or stockholders of any banking corporation shall be held individually responsible and liable for all contracts, debts and engagements of such corporation to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares or stock and such individual liability shall continue for one year after any transfer or sale of stock by any stockholder or stockholders. Provided that if the shareholders and stockholders of any national banking corporation shall be exempt from liability by federal law then and in that event the liability upon shareholders and stockholders of state banking corporations herein imposed shall not be operative in the event that such state banking corporation has membership in the federal deposit insurance corporation. ​
Sd. Const. art. X, § 0 — Article X / Section 0
SD Const., Article X
Status: in_force

Municipal Corporations [Repealed by SL 1972, ch 3, approved Nov. 7, 1972.]
Sd. Const. art. XV, § 0 — Article XV / Section 0
SD Const., Article XV
Status: in_force

Militia §1. Composition of militia. The militia of the state of South Dakota shall consist of all able-bodied male persons residing in the state, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such persons as now are, or hereafter may be, exempted by the laws of the United States or of this state. §2. Legislative provisions for militia. The Legislature shall provide by law for the enrollment, uniforming, equipment and discipline of the militia and the establishment of volunteer and such other organizations or both, as may be deemed necessary for the protection of the state, the preservation of order and the efficiency and good of the service. §3. Conformity to federal regulations. The Legislature in providing for the organization of the militia shall conform, as nearly as practicable, to the regulations for the government of the armies of the United States. §4. Commissions of officers of militia. All militia officers shall be commissioned by the Governor, and may hold their commissions for such period of time as the Legislature may provide, subject to removal by the Governor for cause, to be first ascertained by a court-martial pursuant to law. §5. Militia privileged from arrest. The militia shall in cases except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at muster and elections and in going to and returning from the same. §6. Safekeeping of military records and relics. All military records, banners and relics of the state, except when in lawful use, shall be preserved in the office of _the adjutant general as an enduring memorial of the patriotism and valor of South Dakota; and it shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide by law for the safekeeping of the same. §7. Conscientious objectors. No person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms shall be compelled to do military duty in time of peace. ​
Sd. Const. art. XXIII, § 0 — Article XXIII / Section 0
SD Const., Article XXIII
Status: in_force

Amendments and Revisions of the Constitution §1. Amendments. Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by initiative or by a majority vote of all members of each house of the Legislature. An amendment proposed by initiative shall require a petition signed by qualified voters equal in number to at least ten percent of the total votes cast for Governor in the last gubernatorial election. The petition containing the text of the proposed amendment and the names and addresses of its sponsors shall be filed at least one year before the next general election at which the proposed amendment is submitted to the voters. A proposed amendment may amend one or more articles and related subject matter in other articles as necessary to accomplish the objectives of the amendment. §2. Revision. A convention to revise this Constitution may be called by a three-fourths vote of all the members of each house. The calling of a constitutional convention may be initiated and submitted to the voters in the same manner as an amendment. If a majority of the voters voting thereon approve the calling of a convention, the Legislature shall provide for the holding thereof. Members of a convention shall be elected on a nonpolitical ballot in the same districts and in the same number as the House of Representatives. Proposed amendments or revisions approved by a majority of all the members of the convention shall be submitted to the electorate at a special election in a manner to be determined by the convention. §3. Ratification. Any constitutional amendment or revision must be submitted to the voters and shall become a part of the Constitution only when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon. The Legislature may provide for the withdrawal by its sponsors of an initiated amendment at any time prior to its submission to the voters. ​
Sd. Const. art. II, § 0 — Article II / Section 0
SD Const., Article II
Status: in_force

Division of the Powers of Government The powers of the government of the state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial; and the powers and duties of each are prescribed by this Constitution. ​
Sd. Const. art. I, § 0 — Article I / Section 0
SD Const., Article I
Status: in_force

Name and Boundary §1. Name of state. The name of the state shall be South Dakota. §2. Boundaries of state. The boundaries of the state of South Dakota shall be as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the western boundary line of the state of Minnesota, with the northern boundary line of the state of Iowa and running thence northerly along the western boundary line of the state of Minnesota, to its intersection with the seventh standard parallel; thence west on the line of the seventh standard parallel produced due west to its intersection with the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence south on the twenty-seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington to its intersection with the northern boundary line of the state of Nebraska; thence easterly along the northern boundary line of the state of Nebraska to its intersection with the western boundary line of the state of Iowa; thence northerly along the western boundary line of the state of Iowa to its intersection with the northern boundary line of the state of Iowa; thence east along the northern boundary line of the state of Iowa to the place of beginning.
Sd. Const. art. XVI, § 0 — Article XVI / Section 0
SD Const., Article XVI
Status: in_force

Impeachment and Removal from Office §1. Power of impeachment in house -- Majority required. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. The concurrence of a majority of all members elected shall be necessary to an impeachment. §2. Trial of impeachments -- Presiding officer. All impeachments shall be tried by the senate. When sitting for that purpose the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected. When the Governor or lieutenant governor is on trial the presiding judge of the Supreme Court shall preside. §3. Officers subject to impeachment -- Grounds -- Removal from office - Criminal prosecution. The Governor and other state and judicial officers, except county judges, justices of the peace and police magistrates, shall be liable to impeachment for drunkenness, crimes, corrupt conduct, or malfeasance or misdemeanor in office, but judgment in such cases shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of trust or profit under the state. The person accused whether convicted or acquitted shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to law. §4. Removals of officers not subject to impeachment. All officers not liable to impeachment shall be subject to removal for misconduct or malfeasance or crime or misdemeanor in office, or for drunkenness or gross incompetency, in such manner as may be provided by law. §5. Suspension of duties between impeachment and acquittal. No officer shall exercise the duties of his office after he shall have been impeached and before his acquittal. §6. Lieutenant governor not to try Governor. On trial of an impeachment against the Governor the lieutenant governor shall not act as a member of the court. §7. Service of copy of impeachment before trial required. No person shall be tried on impeachment before he shall have been served with a copy thereof at least twenty days previous to the day set for trial. §8. Impeachment twice for same offense prohibited. No person shall be liable to impeachment twice for the same offense. ​
Sd. Const. art. XIV, § 0 — Article XIV / Section 0
SD Const., Article XIV
Status: in_force

State Institutions §1. Charitable and penal institutions. The charitable and penal institutions of the state of South Dakota shall consist of a penitentiary, a hospital for the mentally ill, a school for the developmentally disabled, and a reform school for juveniles. §2. Government of charitable and penal institutions. The state institutions provided for in the preceding section shall be governed under such rules and restrictions as the Legislature shall provide. §3. Governance of state educational institutions. The state university, the agriculture college, the school of mines and technology, the normal schools, a school for the deaf, a school for the blind, and all other educational institutions that may be sustained either wholly or in part by the state and that offer academic or professional degrees of associate of arts, associate of sciences, baccalaureate or greater, shall be under the control of a board of five members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the senate under such rules and restrictions as the Legislature shall provide. The Legislature may increase the number of members to nine. Postsecondary technical education institutes that offer career and technical associate of applied science degrees and certificates or their successor equivalents and that are funded wholly or in part by the state shall be separately governed as determined by the Legislature. §4. [Repealed.] §5. Mining and metallurgy to be taught. The Legislature shall provide that the science of mining and metallurgy be taught in at least one institution of learning under the patronage of the state. ​
Sd. Const. art. XXV, § 0 — Article XXV / Section 0
SD Const., Article XXV
Status: in_force

Minority Representation (Rejected) ​
Sd. Const. art. XIX, § 0 — Article XIX / Section 0
SD Const., Article XIX
Status: in_force

Congressional and Legislative Apportionment §1. Congressional representatives elected at large. Until otherwise provided by law, the members of the house of representatives of the United States, apportioned to this state, shall be elected by the state at large. §2. Senatorial and representative districts -- Apportionment. Until otherwise provided by law, the senatorial and representative districts shall be formed, and the senators and representatives shall be apportioned as follows: DISTRICTS [Omitted -- See Chapter 2-2 for current provisions.] ​
Sd. Const. art. XXVII, § 0 — Article XXVII / Section 0
SD Const., Article XXVII
Status: in_force

State Control of Manufacture And Sale of Liquor (Repealed)
Sd. Const. art. XXIV, § 0 — Article XXIV / Section 0
SD Const., Article XXIV
Status: in_force

Prohibition (Repealed)
Sd. Const. art. XXVIII, § 0 — Article XXVIII / Section 0
SD Const., Article XXVIII
Status: in_force

County Investment of Permanent School and Investment Funds §1. School and governmental bonds -- Farm loans. The several counties of the state shall invest the moneys of the permanent school and endowment funds in bonds of school corporations, state, county and municipal bonds or in first mortgages upon good improved farm lands within their limits respectively, under such regulations as the Legislature may provide, but no farm loan shall exceed one thousand dollars to any one person, firm or corporation.
Sd. Const. art. XXII, § 0 — Article XXII / Section 0
SD Const., Article XXII
Status: in_force

Compact with the United States The following article shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of the state of South Dakota expressed by their legislative assembly: First. That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no inhabitant of this state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship. Second. That we, the people inhabiting the state of South Dakota, do agree and declare that we forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundary of South Dakota, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States; and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said state shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents of this state; that no taxes shall be imposed by the state of South Dakota on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States, or reserved for its use. But nothing herein shall preclude the state of South Dakota from taxing as other lands are taxed any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relation and has obtained from the United States, or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation. All such lands which may have been exempted by any grant or law of the United States, shall remain exempt to the extent, and as prescribed by such act of Congress. Third. That the state of South Dakota shall assume and pay that portion of the debts and liabilities of the territory of Dakota as provided in this Constitution. Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and maintenance of systems of public schools, which shall be open to all the children of this state, and free from sectarian control. ​
Sd. Const. art. IX, § 0 — Article IX / Section 0
SD Const., Article IX
Status: in_force

Local Government §1. Organization of local government. The Legislature shall have plenary powers to organize and classify units of local government, except that any proposed change in county boundaries shall be submitted to the voters of each affected county at an election and be approved by a majority of those voting thereon in each county. No township heretofore organized may be abolished unless the question is submitted to the voters of the township and approved by a majority of those voting thereon in each township. §2. Home rule. Any county or city or combinations thereof may provide for the adoption or amendment of a charter. Such charter shall be adopted or amended if approved at an election by a majority of the votes cast thereon. Not less than ten percent of those voting in the last preceding gubernatorial election in the affected jurisdiction may by petition initiate the question of whether to adopt or amend a charter. A chartered governmental unit may exercise any legislative power or perform any function not denied by its charter, the Constitution or the general laws of the state. The charter may provide for any form of executive, legislative and administrative structure which shall be of superior authority to statute, provided that the legislative body so established be chosen by popular election and that the administrative proceedings be subject to judicial review. Powers and functions of home rule units shall be construed liberally. §3. Intergovernmental cooperation. Every local government may exercise, perform or transfer any of its powers or functions, including financing the same, jointly or in cooperation with any other governmental entities, either within or without the state, except as the Legislature shall provide otherwise by law. §4. Local initiatives to provide for cooperation and organization of local government units. On or after January 1, 2001, the voters of any unit of local government shall have the right to initiate proposals for cooperation within or between local governmental units, either within or without the state, except as the Legislature shall provide otherwise by law. Such proposals may include combining, eliminating, and joint financing of offices, functions, and governmental units. Such proposals shall be adopted if approved at an election by a majority of the votes cast thereon in each affected unit. A number not less than fifteen percent of those voting in the last preceding gubernatorial election in each affected jurisdiction may by petition initiate the question of whether to adopt the proposal at the next general election. §§5 to 7. Superseded. ​
Sd. Const. art. VII, § 0 — Article VII / Section 0
SD Const., Article VII
Status: in_force

Elections and Right of Suffrage §1. Right to vote. Elections shall be free and equal, and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage. §2. Voter qualification. Every United States citizen eighteen years of age or older who has met all residency and registration requirements shall be entitled to vote in all elections and upon all questions submitted to the voters of the state unless disqualified by law for mental incompetence or the conviction of a felony. The Legislature may by law establish reasonable requirements to insure the integrity of the vote. Each elector who qualified to vote within a precinct shall be entitled to vote in that precinct until he establishes another voting residence. An elector shall never lose his residency for voting solely by reason of his absence from the state. §3. Elections. The Legislature shall by law define residence for voting purposes, insure secrecy in voting and provide for the registration of voters, absentee voting, the administration of elections, the nomination of candidates and the voting rights of those serving in the armed forces. §§4 to 10. Superseded. ​
Sd. Const. art. XX, § 0 — Article XX / Section 0
SD Const., Article XX
Status: in_force

Seat of Government §1. Temporary seat of government -- Vote. The question of the location of the temporary seat of government shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of the proposed state of South Dakota in same manner and at the same election at which this Constitution shall be submitted, and the place receiving the highest number of votes shall be the temporary seat of government until a permanent seat of government shall be established as hereinafter provided. §2. Permanent seat of government -- Vote. The Legislature at its first session after the admission of this state, shall provide for the submission of the question of a place for a permanent seat of government to the qualified voters of the state at the next general election thereafter, and that place which receives a majority of all the votes cast upon that question shall be the permanent seat of government. §3. Election between two places with highest votes if majority vote not received. Should no place voted for at said election have a majority of all votes cast upon this question, the Governor shall issue his proclamation for an election to be held in the same manner at the next general election to choose between the two places having received the highest number of votes cast at the first election on this question. This election shall be conducted in the same manner as the first election for the permanent seat of government, and the place receiving the majority of all votes cast upon this question shall be the permanent seat of government. ​