12-5-1.6. Reward prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

No person may employ, reward, or compensate any person to circulate a petition for the organization of a political party based on the number of registered voters who signed the petition. Nothing in this section prohibits any person from employing a petition circulator based on one of the following practices:

(1)    Paying an hourly wage or salary;

(2)    Establishing either express or implied minimum signature requirements for the petition circulator;

(3)    Terminating the petition circulator's employment, if the petition circulator fails to meet certain productivity requirements; and

(4)    Paying discretionary bonuses based on reliability, longevity, and productivity.

Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 2017, ch 12, § 6.