SDCL § 12-27-21.1: Time for submission of statements--Violation as misdemeanor.

Each statement referred to § 12-27-22 shall be signed and submitted by the treasurer of the political committee. The statement shall be received by the secretary of state and submitted by 5:00 p.m. central time on the following dates:

(1) Pre-primary report: fifteen days prior to the primary election, for the reporting period commencing with the last report submitted up through and including twenty days prior to the election date;

(2) Pre-general report: fifteen days prior to the general election, for the reporting period commencing with the last report submitted up through and including twenty days prior to the election date;

(3) Amendments: submitted pursuant to § 12-27-27;

(4) Supplemental report: submitted pursuant to § 12-27-28;

(5) Year-end report: by the last Friday in January each year, for the reporting period commencing with the last report submitted up through and including December thirty-first of each year; and

(6) Termination report: at any time as stated in § 12-27-25. Pre-primary, pre-general, amendments, supplemental, year-end, and termination reports shall cover the contributions and expenditures since the last report submitted. All required filings under this chapter shall be submitted using the forms as provided by the secretary of state.

A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent offense within a calendar year is a Class 1 misdemeanor.