Each constitutional amendment, initiated measure, or referred law that is approved by a majority of all votes cast is effective on the first day of July after the completion of the official canvass by the State Canvassing Board.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-1-12
Effective date of measures approved by voters
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Brendtro v. Nelson (2006)
Most recently applied in Brendtro v. Nelson (August 2006)
Source: SL 1979, ch 11, § 2; SL 2017, ch 11, § 1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.