All expenditures of the state and of its budget units of moneys drawn from the state treasury shall be made under the authority of appropriation acts, which shall be based upon a budget as provided by law, and no money shall be drawn from the treasury, except by appropriation made by law pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. XII, § 2.
S.D. Codified Laws § 4-8-1
Expenditures to be authorized by appropriations based on budget
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Pennington County v. State ex rel. Unified Judicial System (2002)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of the Interpretation of South Dakota Constitution and State Law Re: State Legislator's Interest in State or County Contracts (February 2024)
Source: SL 1963, ch 353, § 10.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.