In Re the Construction of Article III, Section 5, of the South Dakota Constitution

TO HIS EXCELLENCY, GEORGE S. MICKELSON, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

You have asked the following question:

Whether, if any senatorial district is split into single-member house districts, all senatorial districts must be split into single-member house districts or whether a mixed system of single-member and dual-member house districts may coexist?

The question is prompted by a dispute among the members of the Redistricting Preparation Committee of the State Legislature as to the meaning of the following provision of S.D. Const. Art. Ill, § 5:

House districts shall be established…