CERTIFICATION OF A QUESTION OF LAW

In the Matter of the CERTIFICATION OF A QUESTION OF LAW FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, WESTERN DIVISION, Pursuant to the Provisions of SDCL 15-24A-1, and Concerning Federal Actions Civ. 00-3008 and Civ. 00-3015 (D.S.D.), Titled as Follows: Steven C. Emery, Rocky Le Compte, and James Picotte, Plaintiffs, v. Roger Hunt, in his official capacity as Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives, South Dakota House of Representatives, Carole Hillard, in her official capacity as President of the South Dakota Senate, South Dakota Senate, and Joyce Hazeltine, in her official capacity as Secretary of the State of South Dakota, Defendants. United States of America, Plaintiff, v. State of South Dakota, William J. Janklow, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Dakota, Harold Halverson, in his official capacity as the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the State of South Dakota, Roger Hunt, in his official capacity as the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of South Dakota, Mark W. Barnett, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Dakota, and County Auditors for Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Perkins and Ziebach Counties, in their official capacities, Defendants.