Apa v. Butler

[¶ 49.] The challenged appropriations violate Article XII § 2 of the South Dakota Constitution which prohibits substantive legislation in the general appropriations bill.

Article XII § 2 of the South Dakota Constitution provides:

The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative and judicial departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools. All other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one object, and shall require a…