An Act to establish fees for information provided from the statewide voter registration file.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added:
12-4-37.1 Statewide voter registration file--Fees for electronic copies.
The fees for obtaining a copy of an electronic file with voter registration information are as follows:
(1) Statewide complete file, five hundred dollars;
(2) Statewide complete file for new parties or parties with alternative political status for just their party voters:
(a) Ten dollars for one thousand names or less;
(b) Twenty-five dollars for one thousand one to ten thousand names, inclusive;
(c) Fifty dollars for ten thousand one to twenty-five thousand names, inclusive; and
(d) One hundred dollars for more than twenty-five thousand names;
(3) Legislative district complete file, twenty-five dollars;
(4) County or any other district complete file:
(a) Five dollars for one thousand names or less;
(b) Fifteen dollars for one thousand one to ten thousand names, inclusive;
(c) Twenty-five dollars for ten thousand one to twenty-five thousand names, inclusive; and
(d) Fifty dollars for more than twenty-five thousand names;
(5) Any updated partial file that contains only changes made within a year after the purchase of a complete file:
(a) Fifty dollars for a statewide partial file; and
(b) Ten dollars for a legislative district, any other district, or county partial file.
Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added:
12-4-37.2 Statewide voter registration file--Fees for paper lists.
The fees for obtaining a paper list with voter registration information are as follows:
(1) Statewide complete list, one thousand five hundred dollars;
(2) Statewide complete list for new parties or parties with alternative political status for just their party voters:
(a) Ten dollars for one thousand names or less;
(b) Thirty dollars for one thousand one to ten thousand names, inclusive;
(c) One hundred dollars for ten thousand one to twenty-five thousand names, inclusive; and
(d) Two hundred fifty dollars for more than twenty-five thousand names;
(3) Legislative district complete list, seventy-five dollars;
(4) County or any other district complete list:
(a) Fifteen dollars for one thousand names or less;
(b) Forty-five dollars for one thousand one to ten thousand names, inclusive;
(c) Seventy-five dollars for ten thousand one to twenty-five thousand names, inclusive; and
(d) One hundred fifty dollars for more than twenty-five thousand names;
(5) Any updated partial list that contains only changes made within a year after the purchase of a complete list:
(a) One hundred fifty dollars for a statewide partial list; and
(b) Thirty dollars for a legislative district, any other district, or county partial list.
Section 3. That a NEW SECTION be added:
12-4-37.3. Statewide voter registration file--Fees for absentee voter information.
The fees for obtaining a copy of an electronic file with daily absentee voter registration information per election are as follows:
(1) Statewide complete file, seven hundred fifty dollars;
(2) Legislative district complete file, forty dollars; and
(3) County complete file:
(a) Fifteen dollars for one thousand names or less;
(b) Twenty-five dollars for one thousand one to ten thousand names, inclusive;
(c) Forty dollars for ten thousand one to twenty-five thousand names, inclusive; and
(d) Seventy-five dollars for more than twenty-five thousand names.
Section 4. That 12-4-39 be AMENDED.
12-4-39. Promulgation of rules--Scope.
The secretary of state may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 concerning:
(1) Procedures for the establishing the statewide voter registration file;
(2) Transmission of the voter registration information from the county to the Office of the Secretary of State;
(3) Procedures for determining duplicate voter registration; and
(4) Dissemination of the
information from the statewide voter registration file;
and
(5) Establishment
of fees for information provided from the statewide voter
registration file.