FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide for an Open Government Commission and the study of open government issues.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council shall establish an Open Government Commission during the 2007 legislative interim. The commission shall consist of six members. Three members, no more than two from one political party, shall be state senators selected by the president pro tempore of the Senate. Three members, no more than two from one political party, shall be state representatives selected by the speaker of the House of Representatives.
     Section  2.  The Open Government Commission shall carefully examine the report of the Attorney General. Moreover, the commission may, at its discretion, examine any school district, city, county, and state government entities and their actions, and shall specifically address which matters should be open to the public and which should not.
     Section  3.  The Open Government Commission shall embody its recommendations for amendment in draft legislation and submit its recommendations to the Executive Board no later

than the Executive Board's final interim meeting.
     Section  4.  That section 1 of chapter 11 of the 2006 Session Laws be amended to read as follows:
     Section 1. The attorney general is hereby directed to study open government issues in South Dakota. The study shall address school district, city, county, and state government entities and their actions, and shall specifically address which matters are open to the public and which are not. The attorney general shall report findings and recommendations to the executive board of the Legislative Research Council by June 30, 2007 September 1, 2007 .
     Section  5.  The provisions of this Act are repealed on January 1, 2008.