<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 12-27-7 - Limits on contributions to statewide candidate or candidate's campaign committee--Violation as misdemeanor . </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2041166Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2041166SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041166CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2041166Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2041166DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2041166Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2041166Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2041166000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041166SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041166SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=12-27-7"><span class="s2041166SENU">12-27-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2041166SENU">. </span><span class="s2041166CL">Limits on contributions to statewide candidate or candidate's campaign committee--Violation as misdemeanor .</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000000"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">A statewide candidate or the candidate's campaign committee may accept contributions during any calendar year as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000001"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Not to exceed four thousand dollars from a person, unless the person is the candidate or a member of the candidate's immediate family, in which case contributions may be made without limit;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000001"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Not to exceed four thousand dollars from an entity;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000001"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Without limit from a political action committee;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000001"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Without limit from a political party; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000001"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Without limit from a candidate campaign committee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal-000002"><span class="s2041166DefaultParagraphFont">Any contribution from a ballot question committee is prohibited. Any contribution from a person who is an unemancipated minor shall be deducted from the total contribution permitted under this section by the unemancipated minor's custodial parent or parents. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2041166000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041166Normal"><span class="s2041166SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2041166SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 80, § 7; SL 2017, ch 222 (Initiated Measure 22), § 5, eff. Nov. 16, 2016; SL 2017, ch 72, § 4, eff. Feb. 2, 2017; SL 2017, ch 71, § 7; SL 2018, ch 85, § 1; SL 2019, ch 77, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>