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HB 1168 provide for a study of the legislative article...

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  2002
 

923H0544  
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ENGROSSED   NO. HB 1168   -   02/23/2002  
This bill has been extensively amended (hoghoused) and may no longer be consistent with the original intention of the sponsor.
        Introduced by: Representatives Peterson (Bill), Eccarius, and Olson (Mel) and Senators Everist, Brown (Arnold), and Hutmacher  


         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide for a study of the legislative article and related legislative provisions of the South Dakota Constitution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council shall appoint a special interim committee to study Article III and related legislative provisions of the South Dakota Constitution during the 2002 and 2003 legislative interims. The membership of the special interim committee shall consist of nine current legislators and six South Dakota citizens who are not currently serving in the Legislature. Each member is eligible to serve throughout the duration of the special interim committee; but the executive board may make new appointments if any vacancy occurs. Lay members of the special interim committee shall be compensated in the same manner as legislative members. The committee shall make recommendations to the 2004 Legislature regarding any constitutional provision concerning the Legislature or the legislative process, including, but not limited to, the length of legislative sessions, legislator term limits, the

legislative redistricting process, legislator conflicts of interest, the appropriations and the interim appropriations processes, special vote requirements, and the powers and duties of the Legislature.