Any person who is summoned to attend as a witness before either house of the Legislature or any committee thereof authorized to summon or subpoena witnesses, and who refuses or neglects without lawful excuse to attend pursuant to the summons or subpoena, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-6-5
Disobedience of legislative summons as misdemeanor
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1010; SL 1980, ch 24, § 22; SL 1985, ch 17, § 3.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.