A JOINT RESOLUTION,  To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for single-member house districts in the Legislature.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
     Section  1.  That at the next general election held in the state, the following amendment to Article III, section 5 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, as set forth in section 2 of this Joint Resolution, which is hereby agreed to, shall be submitted to the electors of the state for approval.
     Section  2.  That Article III, section 5 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, be amended to read as follows:
     § 5.   The Legislature shall apportion its membership by dividing the state into as many single-member, legislative districts as there are state senators. House districts shall be established wholly within senatorial districts and shall be either single-member or dual-member districts as the Legislature shall determine. Each senate district shall contain two single-member house districts. Legislative districts shall consist of compact, contiguous territory and shall have

population as nearly equal as is practicable, based on the last preceding federal census. An This apportionment shall be made by the Legislature in 1983 and in 1991, 2011 and every ten years after 1991 thereafter . Such apportionment shall be accomplished by December first of the year in which the apportionment is required. If any Legislature whose duty it is to make an apportionment shall fail to make the same as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Supreme Court within ninety days to make such apportionment.