Source: http://sdlegislature.gov/statutes/Session_Laws/DisplayChapter.aspx?Session=2017&Chapter=71
Timestamp: 2018-04-20 16:23:42
Document Index: 666870728

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 12', '§ 12', '§ 12', '§ 12', '§ 12', '§ 1']

SDLRC - Chapter 712017 Session Laws2017 Session Laws
(SB 54)
Campaign finance requirements revised.
(6) "Contribution," any gift, advance, distribution, deposit, or payment of money or any other valuable consideration, or any contract, promise or agreement to do so; any
discount or rebate not available to the general public; any forgiveness of indebtedness or payment of indebtedness by another person; or any use of services or property without full payment or that is provided by any person, or political committee, or political party whose primary business is to provide services or property, made for the purpose of influencing:
(ii) Reasonable minds could not differ as to whether it encourages actions to elect or defeat one or more clearly identified candidates or public office holders, or the placement of a ballot question on the ballot or the
adoption or defeat of any ballot question or encourages some other kind of action;
(11) "Independent communication expenditure," an expenditure, including the payment of money or exchange of other valuable consideration or promise, made by a person, organization, entity, or political committee, or political party to expressly advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified for a communication concerning a candidate or the placement of a ballot question on the ballot or the adoption or defeat of any ballot question, but which is not made to, controlled by, coordinated with, requested by, or made upon consultation with a that candidate, political committee, or agent of a candidate or political committee. The term does not include administration or and solicitation or of any contribution for a political action committee established by an organization entity and associated expenses, nor the use of an organization's entity's real or personal property located on it its business premises for such purposes. The term does not include any communication by a person made in the regular course and scope of the person's business or ministry or any communication made by a membership organization solely to any member of the organization and the member's family;
(15) "Organization Entity," any organized or unorganized association, business corporation, limited liability company, nonprofit corporation, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, limited partnership, partnership, cooperative, trust except for a trust account representing or containing only a contributor's personal funds, a business trust, association, club, labor union, or collective bargaining organization; any local, state, or national organization to which a labor organization pays membership or per capita fees, based upon its affiliation or and membership; any trade or professional association that receives its funds from membership dues or service fees, whether organized inside or outside the state; any other entity organized in a corporate form under federal law or the laws of this state
of any kind, except a natural person that is, has been, or could be recognized by law; or any group of persons acting in concert that is not defined as a political committee or political party in this chapter except, an entity is not a candidate, a public office holder, or a political committee;
(19A) "Auxiliary organization is," any organization designated as an auxiliary organization in a the political party's bylaws or constitution except any auxiliary organization that only accepts contributions to support volunteer activities of the organization and does not make monetary or in-kind contributions or contribute donated goods or services or any independent communication expenditures to any political committee except a political party;
12-27-2. A political committee shall have and continually maintain a chair and a treasurer, which may be the same person. The chair and treasurer for a candidate campaign committee shall be appointed by the candidate, and the candidate may serve as either, or both, such officers. One person may serve as chair, candidate, treasurer, or any combination thereof. No political committee may receive or make contributions or pay expenses while the office of treasurer is vacant. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(5) In the case of a political action committee or ballot question committee, a concise statement of its purpose and goals, and the full name, street address, and postal address mailing address, and the street address if different than the mailing address of the organization entity with which the committee is connected or affiliated, or if the committee is not connected or affiliated with any one organization entity, the trade, profession, or primary interest of the committee.
12-27-15. Any printed material or communication made, purchased, paid for, or authorized by a candidate, or political committee, or political party that expressly advocates for or against disseminates information concerning a candidate, public office holder, ballot question, or political party shall prominently display or clearly speak the statement: "Paid for by (name of candidate, or political committee, or political party)." This section does not apply to buttons, balloons, pins, pens, matchbooks, clothing, or similar small items upon which the inclusion of the statement would be impracticable. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
12-27-16. The following apply to independent communication expenditures by persons and organizations entities related to communications advocating for or against concerning candidates, public office holders, ballot questions, or political parties who are not controlled by, coordinated with, requested by, or made upon consultation with that candidate, political committee, or agent of a candidate or political committee:
(1) Any person or organization making entity that makes a payment or promise of payment totaling more than one hundred dollars or more, including an in-kind
contribution, for a donated goods or services for an independent communication expenditure that expressly advocates for or against concerns a candidate, public office holder, ballot question, or political party shall append to or include in each communication a disclaimer that clearly and forthrightly:
(d) If an independent expenditure is undertaken by an organization entity not including a candidate, public office holder, political party, or political committee, the following notation must be included: "Top Five Contributors," including a listing of the names of the five persons making the largest contributions in aggregate to the organization entity during the twelve months preceding that communication. An independent communication expenditure made by a person or entity shall include the following: "This communication is independently funded and not made in consultation with any candidate, public office holder, or political committee.".
(c) Any communication by a person made in the regular course and scope of the person's business or ministry or any communication made by a membership organization entity solely to members of the organization entity and the members' families; and
Any political committee, organization, entity, or person, or political party that makes a communication as defined in § 12-27-17, which does not expressly advocate for or against clearly identifying a candidate, public office holder, ballot question, or political party committee, other than an independent communication expenditure that is not controlled by, coordinated with, requested by, or made upon consultation with that candidate, political committee, or agent of a candidate or political committee, shall append to or include in each communication a disclaimer that:
If the communication is an independent expenditure made by a person or organization entity, then the disclaimer shall include the following: "This communication is independently funded and not made in consultation with any candidate, political party, or political committee." If the independent expenditure is undertaken by an organization entity not including a candidate, public office holder, political party, or political committee, then the following notation must also be included: "Top Five Contributors," including a listing of the names of the five persons making the largest contributions to an organization entity during the twelve months preceding that communication. Any person or entity making a communication under this section has the same reporting requirements as § 12-27-16. Any political committee making a communication under this section shall include each communication as an expenditure on the campaign finance disclosure report.
Before contributing more than ten thousand dollars in the aggregate to a ballot question committee pursuant to § 12-27-18, an organization entity shall provide to the ballot question committee a sworn written statement made by the president and treasurer of the organization entity declaring and affirming, under the penalty of perjury, the following:
(1) The name and street address of every person who owns ten percent or more of the organization entity, has provided ten percent or more of the organization's entity's gross receipts, including capital contributions, in the current or preceding year, or has provided ten percent or more of the funds being contributed to the ballot question committee; and
(2) That no part of the contribution was raised or collected by the organization entity for the purpose of influencing the ballot question.
(2)(3) Political Statewide political action committee shall file a pre-primary, pre-general, year-end, and, if applicable, supplemental report and amendments in even numbered years. In odd numbered years shall file a year-end or, if applicable, amendments. A
The statement shall be signed and submitted by the treasurer of the political committee or political party. The statement shall be received by the secretary of state and submitted by 5:00 p.m. central time on the first Monday of February and shall cover the contributions and expenditures for the preceding calendar year. The statement shall also be received by the secretary of state and submitted by 5:00 p.m. central time on the second Friday prior to each primary and general election complete through the fifteenth day prior to that election. Each
statewide ballot question committee shall submit a termination report by 5:00 p.m. central time no later than the first Monday in February following the year the ballot question was on the ballot. Any statement submitted pursuant to this section shall be consecutive and shall cover contributions and expenditures since the last statement submitted.
(1) A year-end report for a candidate campaign committee for legislative or county office on the first Monday in February following a year in which there is not an election for
(7) An independent statewide candidate prior to a primary election.
12-27-28. If any candidate campaign committee for statewide office, political action committee, ballot question committee, or political party political committee required to file a campaign finance disclosure statement report pursuant to this chapter receives a contribution of five hundred dollars or more within the fourteen twenty days immediately prior to an election for which a campaign finance disclosure statement report may be filed, a supplemental statement report shall be filed. The statement report shall state the name, street address, city, and state and mailing address of the contributor and the amount and date of the contribution, and information contained in any statement report provided under § 12-27-19, if applicable. The statement report shall be filed by the treasurer within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the contribution. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
12-27-29.2. Any administrative civil penalty imposed pursuant to § 12-27-29.1 shall be assessed against the violator by an administrative order of the secretary of state. The order shall state the date and facts of each violation addressed under the penalty assessed and the citations to the provisions of each law alleged to be violated. The secretary of state shall serve the order and assessment by certified mail. The order shall contain a statement that the violator may appeal the order within thirty days after receipt of the order by filing a written request for a contested case hearing on the violation and penalty pursuant to chapter 1-26, by filing a written request with the secretary of state no later than twenty days after the receipt of the order The secretary of state shall serve the order and assessment by certified mail. If not contested with the Office of Hearing Examiners. If no contested case hearing is requested within twenty thirty days of receipt of the order, an administrative order assessing an administrative a civil penalty
constitutes a judgment and may be executed by delivery of a true and correct copy certified by the secretary of state in the manner provided for the execution of money judgments provided in chapter 15-18.
12-27-32. The secretary of state shall endorse the date of the filing on each statement filed pursuant to this chapter, and shall preserve the statement electronically among the public records of the office. However, the statement may be destroyed if the Records Destruction Board, acting pursuant to § 1-27-19, declares the records to have no further administrative, legal, fiscal,
research, or historical value.
12-27-39. The provisions of this chapter apply to each statewide office, legislative office, statewide ballot question, county offices and ballot questions in counties with population greater than five ten thousand according to the most recent Federal census, ballot questions in first class municipalities, and school district offices and ballot questions in school districts with more than two thousand average daily membership. Any municipal or school district election covered by this chapter shall conform to the contribution limits applicable to legislative offices. This chapter does not apply to the unified judicial system, nor does this chapter apply to any township
or special purpose district offices or ballot questions or elections for municipal offices. However, the governing body of any county, township, municipality, school district, or special purpose district not otherwise covered by this chapter may adopt an ordinance or resolution to make the provisions of this chapter, with or without amendments, applicable to county, township, municipal, school district, or special purpose district elections.