VIEWPOINT | Amendment K would invest South Dakota unclaimed funds wisely

As state representatives, we’ve worked together for the past two years on the Joint Committee on Appropriations. As you might suspect, we don’t agree on everything, but we do seek out common ground whenever we can.

This election season, that common ground is Amendment K. We’re asking you to vote yes on this important amendment to our state’s constitution.

Amendment K takes the funds or assets the state holds for people who’ve lost track of them, known as unclaimed property, and places those claims in a constitutional trust fund. That trust fund lets the state spend only what that fund earns, and the principal stays where it is, available to pay every claim.