Subject to the provisions of the Constitution and statutes relating to vetoes and the referendum, an act of the Legislature which does not prescribe when it shall take effect, if passed at a regular session, takes effect on the first day of July after its passage and if passed at a special session on the ninety-first day after the final adjournment of such session.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-14-16
Effective date of legislative acts
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Nelson v. Nelson Cattle Co. (1994)
Most recently applied in Healy Ranch v. Healy (August 2022)
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0607.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.