An Act to repeal a provision providing for the manner in which legislation may be introduced and to make a conforming change.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 2-7-4 be AMENDED:
2-7-4.
Any person who has
been duly elected or appointed to serve during a regular session of
the Legislature may file bills and resolutions with the Legislative
Research Council at any time within thirty days prior to the
convening of such regular session. Notwithstanding
the provisions of 2-7-6.1,
anyAn
interim committee of the Legislative Research Council may file bills
and resolutions under the provisions of this section. The Executive
Board of the Legislative Research Council shall prescribe rules for
the handling and placing in proper form of such bills and
resolutions, subject to the provisions of 2-7-4
this
section and
2-7-5.
Section 2. That 2-7-6.1 be REPEALED:
No bill or joint
resolution may be introduced in either house of the Legislature by
any committee thereof, except:
(1) A bill or a joint
resolution introduced by any standing committee of either house;
(2) A bill or joint
resolution referred to the Legislature from an interim committee of
the State Legislative Research Council;
(3) A bill or joint
resolution introduced at the request of the interim Rules Review
Committee, the interim Government Operations and Audit Committee, the
interim Retirement Laws Committee, the interim Joint Bonding Review
Committee, and the interim State-Tribal Relations Committee by one or
more committee members upon majority vote of the interim committee;
or
(4) A bill or joint
resolution introduced at the request of the Governor, an executive
agency or of the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
The committee shall
obtain a written request for such introduction from either the
council, the Governor, department head of an executive agency, a
constitutional officer or board, or the chief justice and shall
retain such request in its file. Committee bills introduced on behalf
of a department head of an executive agency, a constitutional officer
or board may be introduced by the chairman without a vote of the
committee for purposes of prefiling. Nothing in this section
prohibits one or more legislators from introduction of a bill or a
joint resolution.