ENTITLED An Act to revise provisions regarding the salary for state's attorneys.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 7-7-12 be AMENDED:

7-7-12. Salary for state's attorney--Contract for services--Prohibitions.

The board of county commissioners shall establish, by resolution, the salary payable to the state's attorney. The salary payable may not be less than the following schedule as based upon the most recent decennial federal census of population for counties:

County Population	Salary Schedule
Below 5,000	$34,554
5,000 ‑ 9,999	$37,673
10,000 ‑ 20,000	$44,492
20,000 ‑ 49,999	$47,728

In counties of over fifty thousand population where a full-time state's attorney is required or in counties where the commissioners designate the position full-time the sum of seventy-one thousand five hundred thirty-four dollars per year. In counties of less than fifty thousand population the commissioners may designate the position full-time. The decision by the commissioners shall be adopted prior to the first day of January in the year of the election and may only be amended for that term of office with the consent of both the state's attorney and the commissioners. If no state's attorney is elected to the office at any general election, the board of county commissioners may contract for such legal services and negotiate the compensation therefor on terms and conditions determined by the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners may not decrease the salary of the state's attorney during consecutive terms of office of the state's attorney.

An Act to revise provisions regarding the salary for state's attorneys.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: Senate as Bill No. 91 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk Senate Bill No. 91 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2020 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2020 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2020 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State