SOUTH DAKOTA CONSTITUTION

         1. HJR 1004.    Constitutional amendment proposed to clarify legislators' conflicts of interest.

         2. HJR 1001.    Constitutional amendment proposed to allow the Interim Appropriations Committee to approve budget transfers.

         3. HJR 1009.    Constitutional amendment proposed to allow voters to initiate cooperation between governmental units. (Effective January 1, 1999.)

STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT

         4. SB 263.    Medical students' tuition and scholarship programs amended.

         5. HB 1043.    "Beginning farmer" redefined for aid program. (See HB 1280 below for effective date.)

         6. HB 1280.    Emergency clause added to beginning farmer bill. (Effective March 4, 1997.)

         7. HB 1165.    Economic development board's powers extended.

         8. HB 1145.    State Fair Commission may decide how to allocate prior appropriation.

         9. SB 102.    Interstate agreements for the exercise of police powers authorized.

         10. HB 1223.    Rule-writing agencies may appeal Legislative Research Council's decisions to the Interim Rules Review Committee.

         11. HB 1001.    Emergency administrative rules authorized to mitigate financial loss to state government.

         12. SB 11.    Copies of petitions for rule changes must be filed with the Legislative Research Council.

         13. SB 242.    Exemptions provided for ban on disclosure that private entities are being audited or examined.

         14. SB 67.    Authority to certify sign language interpreters transferred.

         15. HB 1158.    Hog farming operations that have committed environmental violations in other states may be denied in-state license.

         16. HB 1030.    Duties of the Aeronautics Commission reinstated.

         17. SB 198.    Qualifications of the director of the Office of Laboratory Services amended.

LEGISLATURE AND STATUTES

         18. HB 1205.    Legislators' expense allowance increased. (Effective January 1, 1999.)

         19. HB 1105.    Distribution of legislative bills amended.

         20. SB 125.    Membership of Commission on Uniform Legislation increased.

         21. HB 1162.    "Shall" defined.

         22. SB 1.    1996 Legislation codified.

PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

         23. HB 1014.    Authorization for dual compensation for certain state employees repealed.

         24. HB 1265.    Study of state employees' medical savings account program required.

         25. SB 32.    Credit for prior years service granted to certain South Dakota Retirement System members.

         26. SB 34.    Retirement benefits for certain credited service in the South Dakota Retirement System increased.

         27. SB 33.    Class B members of the South Dakota Retirement System may purchase credit for certain prior years service at Class B rates.

         28. SB 36.    South Dakota Retirement System benefits recalculated for members who are reemployed after retirement.

         29. SB 35.    Additional survivor protection payments removed as deduction from South Dakota Retirement System's death benefits.

         30. HB 1115.    Benefits vested for South Dakota Retirement System employees whose jobs become privatized.

         31. HB 1015.    Authorization for local governments to purchase employees health insurance transferred.

         32. SB 31.    Deferred compensation fund for state employees placed in trust.

         33. SB 45.    Laws restraining speech about public employees' strikes repealed. (Effective February 4, 1997.)

PUBLIC FISCAL ADMINISTRATION

         34. HB 1176.    General Appropriations Act.

         35. HB 1009.    State Auditor may temporarily draw on money between state funds without Board of Finance approval.

         36. SB 108.    Budget transfers must be approved by the Interim Appropriations Committee.

         37. SB 19.    Investment council entrusted with the permanent school and public lands funds.

         38. SB 42.    Allowable contracts between the state and its employees and officers revised.

         39. HB 1206.    Sale of the state Coal Gasification Plant authorized.

         40. HB 1118.    Monetary exemptions from local governments' contracts that require bids increased.

         41. HB 1192.    School districts exempted from bid laws for the purchase of computer-related equipment.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENERALLY

         42. HB 1180.    Home rule governments' taxing powers limited.

         43. SB 153.    Local governmental officers may not purchase surplus property except at auctions.

COUNTIES

         44. HB 1113.    Registers' of deeds fees increased.

         45. SB 97.    Harassment by fraudulent legal proceedings prohibited.

         46. SB 181.    State's attorneys allowed additional compensation for services under the Federal Violence Against Women Act.

         47. HB 1117.    County depreciation reserves for capital acquisitions authorized.

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

         48. SB 141.    Recall of municipal officers limited to specific reasons.

         49. HB 1116.    Municipal ordinances may be compiled more often than every five years.

         50. HB 1124.    Method of preparing and publishing annual municipal financial reports amended.

TAXATION

         51. HB 1010.    Real and personal property redefined for tax purposes.

         52. HB 1114.    Manufactured homes classified as real property.

         53. HB 1231.    School districts' property tax levies reduced.

         54. HB 1032.    Procedures for imposing an excess property tax levy amended.

         55. HB 1106.    Property tax limitations do not apply to payments for new bonds that are subject to referendum.

         56. HB 1135.    Taxpayers may receive property tax refund on owner-occupied, multiple dwellings.

         57. SB 156.    Taxpayers may receive property tax refund on owner-occupied structures. Property tax break for fraternal organizations' property repealed.

         58. SB 146.    County auditors only have to reconcile unpaid taxes once per year.

         59. SB 244.    Appropriation made for tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.

         60. SB 101.    Portion of property taxes may be paid ahead of time when property is divided.

         61. HB 1005.    "True and full" valuations replaced with "fair market" valuations for centrally assessed property.

         62. HB 1006.    Tax on express companies repealed.

         63. HB 1007.    Tax on telegraph companies repealed.

         64. HB 1033.    Accounting procedures for bad debts amended for bank franchise tax.

         65. SB 61.    Federal references updated in the State Tax Code.

         66. SB 264.    QUEST program sunsetted.

         67. HB 1034.    Casual rentals of sleeping accommodations or camp sites exempted from sales tax.

         68. SB 124.    Tourism promotion tax provisions revised. (Effective March 4, 1997.)

         69. SB 13.    Tax on small package delivery companies repealed.

         70. HB 1224.    Tax refunds for agricultural facilities limited to new facilities. (Effective March 19, 1997.)

         71. SB 142.    Second city sales tax may be used for street rehabilitation and reconstruction.

PLANNING, ZONING AND HOUSING PROGRAMS

         72. HB 1082.    Voting requirements for boards of adjustment reduced. Number of members increased on county planning commissions.

         73. HB 1074.    Recorded plats provide constructive notice of boundary limits.

         74. SB 152.    Planning directors may be authorized to approve plats.

ELECTIONS

         75. HB 1055.    Early presidential primary repealed.

         76. HB 1066.    Elections may be delayed because of bad weather.

         77. HB 1018.    Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1975 reinstated.

         78. HB 1021.    Effective date established for voter registration conducted outside of a county auditor's office.

         79. SB 27.    Time and methods of publishing notice of local elections amended.

         80. HB 1188.    Requirement that congressional ballots be printed with candidates' views on term limits repealed.

         81. SB 21.    Straight-party voting abolished.

         82. SB 26.    Health care facilities specified at which assisted voting may be provided.

         83. HB 1019.    Candidates for county offices do not have to file campaign financing statements.

EDUCATION

         84. SB 170.    Statewide evaluations of schools required.

         85. HB 1184.    Dates for school district elections may be set earlier.

         86. HB 1078.    School boards' may make levy requests in dollars per thousand.

         87. HB 1209.    Date for reporting school districts' budgets amended.

         88. SB 24.    Computation of average daily membership for state aid purposes amended.

         89. SB 154.    State aid formula amended for schools receiving federal funding.

         90. SB 148.    County treasurers removed from the list of persons receiving the apportionment of state aid to education.

         91. HB 1077.    Portion of contracted school transportation costs may be paid from local capital outlay funds.

         92. HB 1013.    Local school boards may set the school term for kindergartens.

         93. HB 1085.    Situations in which high school seniors are excused from class clarified. (Effective March 11, 1997.)

         94. SB 223.    School districts may make up snow days by extending the school day. (Effective March 4, 1997.)

         95. HB 1081.    Appropriation made for grants for adult basic education.

         96. HB 1076.    Foster children have school residence where their foster homes are located.

         97. HB 1093.    School boards may receive state aid for transferred students if tuition is waived.

         98. HB 1075.    Elementary and secondary students may enroll in any public in-state school. (Mixed effective dates.)

         99. HB 1196.    Reimbursement of school transportation costs limited.

        100. HB 1152.    Character development instruction requested in all elementary and secondary schools.

        101. HB 1179.    School districts and other agencies may offer food service to other organizations.

        102. HB 1276.    Students who have used drugs prohibited from extracurricular activities and scholarships.

        103. SB 72.    State aid for special education formula amended.

        104. SB 194.    Certain persons classified as residents for higher education tuition.

        105. HB 1045.    Appropriation made for the Mickelson Scholars Program.

        106. SB 50.    Board of Regents may accept the title to the swine test station facilities at South Dakota State University.

        107. SB 48.    Construction of an animal resource addition to the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory at South Dakota State University authorized.

        108. SB 51.    Construction of a storage building at Black Hills State University authorized.

LIBRARIES

        109. SB 89.    Judges from all circuits may share law libraries.

CIVIL PROCEDURE

        110. HB 1064.    Clerks of court may schedule trust and probate hearings.

        111. HB 1272.    Cause of action provided for barratry.

        112. HB 1068.    Six-person juries provided for small claims actions.

        113. SB 178.    Parties bringing frivolous or malicious legal actions must pay other parties' costs and fees.

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

        114. SB 95.    Judicial Qualifications Commission members may serve two terms.

        115. SB 92.    Fees for searches of court records increased.

        116. SB 187.    Jurisdiction of magistrates in small claims actions increased.

        117. SB 87.    Civil jurisdiction of magistrates increased.

        118. SB 88.    Magistrate judges may issue temporary protection orders.

        119. SB 90.    Jury districts authorized.

        120. HB 1096.    Terms of notaries public reduced and required surety coverage increased.

EVIDENCE

        121. SB 235.    Waiver of the physician-patient privilege in certain criminal cases amended.

PERSONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

        122. SB 196.    Civil enforcement and punishment authorized to prevent assisted suicide.

JUDICIAL REMEDIES

        123. SB 213.    Limitation on damages for medical malpractice amended.

        124. HB 1011.    Reference to the Federal Minimum Wage Law updated in garnishment law.

        125. SB 120.    Insurance companies may contractually agree to arbitration.

CRIMES

        126. SB 2.    Crimes in Title 15 classified.

        127. SB 168.    Penalties for inmate escapes increased.

        128. HB 1183.    Penalties for false reporting of a bomb increased.

        129. HB 1088.    Partial-birth abortions prohibited.

        130. HB 1259.    Penalty for inmate assaults against corrections employees increased. (Effective March 7, 1997.)

        131. SB 106.    Protection orders authorized in stalking cases.

        132. SB 143.    Definition of "stalking" clarified.

        133. SB 86.    Standard of proof established when health care professionals are charged with sex crimes.

        134. SB 46.    Additional persons must register as sex offenders.

        135. HB 1071.    Certain minors must register as sex offenders.

        136. HB 1061.    Enticing a child made a criminal offense.

        137. SB 15.    Courts may order child molesters to avoid contact with victims.

        138. HB 1170.    Penalties for shoplifting increased.

        139. SB 112.    Penalty increased for theft by a health care employee from patients or residents.

        140. SB 47.    Attorney General may keep genetic information only on convicted sex offenders.

        141. SB 73.    Secretary's of state fees increased.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

        142. HB 1073.    Presentence reports must be disclosed to all parties before sentencing.

        143. HB 1267.    Criminal sentences must include restitution to victims.

        144. SB 68.    Crime Victims Compensation Program transferred.

        145. HB 1278.    Crime Victims Compensation Program extended.

        146. SB 169.    Payments for court appointed counsel may be in installments or by wage assignments.

PENAL INSTITUTIONS, PROBATION AND PAROLE

        147. HB 1164.    Sanctions provided for penal inmates' abuse of the court system.

        148. HB 1041.    Parole hearings may be held by teleconference.

        149. HB 1042.    Parolees must pay supervision fees.

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

        150. HB 1253.    Task force established to create a child visitation enforcement program.

        151. SB 100.    All but one petitioner may waive personal appearance at a hearing to terminate parental rights.

        152. SB 99.    Reasons for termination of parental rights without consent amended.

        153. SB 261.    Conditional adoptions prohibited.

        154. SB 245.    Child support obligations schedule revised.

        155. SB 266.    Child support requirements revised. (Mixed effective dates.)

        156. SB 209.    Rebuttable presumption created that custody by certain parents would not be in the best interests of a child.

        157. HB 1262.    Appropriation made for grants to domestic and sexual abuse shelter programs.

MINORS

        158. HB 1218.    Minors may be held in adult lockups if no adult prisoners are present.

        159. SB 171.    Unsubstantiated reports of child abuse must be kept for three years.

        160. SB 64.    Children may remain in foster care for only one year without further court order.

        161. SB 260.    Final decrees of termination of parental rights made unconditional.

        162. SB 116.    Head start program directors may have their employees checked at the central registry for abuse and neglect.

        163. SB 122.    Juvenile transfer hearings eliminated for certain felony charges.

MENTALLY ILL PERSONS

        164. HB 1062.    Additional time allowed to conduct certain mental hearings.

        165. SB 241.    Persons may make declarations of preference for possible future mental illness treatments.

PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE

        166. SB 259.    Welfare laws revised.

        167. HB 1027.    Duty to license adult foster care homes transferred. "Assisted living center" redefined.

        168. SB 63.    Medical assistance liens may be recovered from the estate of the patient's spouse.

        169. HB 1142.    Functions of Division of Rehabilitation Services amended.

        170. SB 121.    Counties' welfare obligations revised.

UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

        171. HB 1241.    Notice requirements for probate hearings clarified.

        172. SB 117.    Value of estates that may be closed by affidavits increased.

        173. SB 62.    Social security numbers of deceased medical assistance recipients must be provided to the Department of Social Services.

        174. HB 1140.    "Financial institution" redefined for nonprobate transfers after death.

HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

        175. HB 1274.    Rescue costs to be assessed against persons traveling on restricted highways.

        176. SB 183.    Counties may designate minimum maintenance roads.

        177. SB 59.    Duty to eliminate certain railroad crossings transferred to local governments.

        178. HB 1031.    Off-premise electronic highway signs authorized.

        179. SB 184.    Motor vehicle registration laws amended.

        180. HB 1099.    Security interests may be placed on the back side of motor vehicle and boat titles.

        181. SB 191.    Taxation of trailer rentals amended. (Effective March 19, 1997.)

        182. HB 1035.    Regulation of motor vehicle and snowmobile dealers amended.

        183. HB 1089.    Temporary permit to display motorcycles and trailers at events authorized.

        184. HB 1141.    Financial institutions' may sell repossessed motor vehicles at auction agencies.

        185. HB 1264.    Governmental entities may sell motor vehicles at auction agencies.

        186. SB 204.    Temporary snowmobile license period extended.

        187. HB 1107.    Fee established for mailing or expressing commercial license plates and stickers.

        188. SB 182.    Procedure for issuing drivers' licenses and identification cards amended.

        189. HB 1112.    Procedure for denial, cancellation, or revocation of drivers' licenses revised.

        190. SB 150.    Provisions governing commercial drivers' instruction and work permits amended.

        191. SB 192.    Snow removal equipment operated within a municipality exempted from width restriction. (Effective February 25, 1997.)

        192. SB 214.    Law enforcement officers exempted from the use of motor vehicle lights at night.

        193. HB 1159.    Anhydrous ammonia fertilizer tank trailers may be hauled in combination.

        194. HB 1284.    Speed limit established for township roads.

        195. SB 103.    Penalty for eluding a law enforcement officer increased.

        196. HB 1273.    Department of Transportation employees may issue citations for speeding in a construction zone.

        197. SB 126.    Department of Commerce and Regulation may contract for the sale of drivers' records.

MILITARY AFFAIRS

        198. HB 1263.    Appropriation made to help fund the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.

        199. HB 1039.    Administration of the National Guard tuition reduction program transferred.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

        200. HB 1079.    Health care providers need not report capital expenditures.

        201. SB 56.    Secretary of health may contract with other entities for inspection of public accommodations.

        202. HB 1028.    Lists of controlled substances amended.

        203. SB 268.    Civil liability of illegal drug dealers revised.

        204. HB 1087.    Parental notification law amended.

        205. SB 55.    Provisions for the preparation and release of birth records amended.

        206. HB 1182.    Tobacco may not be sold in vending machines available to minors.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

        207. HB 1261.    Rules for the inspection and enforcement thereof required for concentrated animal feeding operations.

        208. SB 38.    Rule-making authority concerning certain chemical storage and groundwater grants repealed. Rule-making authority of water development districts amended.

        209. HB 1229.    Environmental fee established for concentrated animal feeding operators.

        210. HB 1199.    Concentrated animal feeding operations prohibited over shallow aquifers.

        211. SB 190.    Operation of the Sioux Falls regional landfill approved.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

        212. HB 1058.    Noncommercial production of wine or beer exempted from licensure.

        213. SB 163.    Additional county on-sale liquor licenses authorized.

        214. HB 1207.    Malt beverage manufacturers may serve wine on their premises.

PROFESSION AND OCCUPATIONS

        215. HB 1029.    Recommendations for physician assistants' placement no longer required.

        216. SB 78.    License requirements for sales of nonprescription drugs and household remedies amended.

        217. SB 77.    Nonresident pharmacies required to be licensed.

        218. SB 158.    Nail technicians may practice under their own licenses.

        219. SB 165.    License fee authorized for maintenance electricians.

        220. HB 1277.    Certain structures need not be certified by registered architect or engineer.

        221. SB 18.    Audiologists must be licensed.

TRADE REGULATION

        222. SB 44.    Telemarketing regulated.

        223. SB 43.    Sweepstakes promotions regulated.

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE

        224. SB 69.    Certain Department of Agriculture information made confidential.

        225. SB 71.    Appropriation made for State Conservation Commission grants.

        226. HB 1108.    Silviculture regulated.

        227. HB 1178.    Land developers without erosion and sediment control plans made ineligible for certain state assistance.

        228. HB 1146.    Appropriation made for grant to the Northern Crops Institute.

ANIMALS AND LIVESTOCK

        229. HB 1103.    Animal Industry Board may keep reports of certain contagious animal diseases confidential.

        230. SB 228.    Electronic livestock auctions authorized.

        231. HB 1002.    Abandoned livestock brands may not be renewed.

GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

        232. SB 53.    Old Game, Fish and Parks Department employee qualifications repealed.

        233. SB 157.    Surety requirements for agents selling hunting and fishing licenses amended. (Effective January 1, 1998.)

        234. SB 54.    Grounds for revocation of hunting and fishing licenses amended.

        235. SB 269.    Penalties for certain hunting and fishing violations increased.

        236. SB 186.    Requirements for hunter safety courses amended. (Effective January 1, 1998.)

        237. HB 1026.    Ice fishing shelters that are removed daily exempted from certain requirements.

        238. SB 52.    Hiddenwood State Park made into a state recreation area. State park licenses required at additional state recreation areas. (Effective February 6, 1997.)

        239. SB 210.    Penalties amended for starting fires on public lands.

        240. SB 70.    Appropriation made for wildfire suppression. (Effective March 17, 1997.)

RECREATION AND SPORTS

        241. SB 4.    1996 property tax reduction bill cleaned up.

        242. HB 1238.    Publicly traded companies may be licensed as video machine operators.

        243. HB 1125.    Gaming Commission may authorize variations of Deadwood games.

        244. HB 1059.    Gaming Commission may delegate the duty to approve the transfer of license stamps between Deadwood operators.

        245. HB 1052.    Records of slot machine shipments must be maintained for five years.

        246. HB 1092.    Age for operation of personal watercraft increased.

PROPERTY

        247. HB 1169.    Homestead exemption for the collection of property taxes limited.

        248. SB 215.    Unclaimed Property Office transferred from the State Treasurer to the Secretary of Revenue.

        249. HB 1245.    Liens authorized for self-storage facilities.

        250. SB 188.    Retirement benefits exempted from garnishment or other attachment.

LIENS

        251. SB 145.    Title insurance companies may be authorized to execute mortgage releases.

MINING, OIL AND GAS

        252. HB 1109.    Miscellaneous cement plant legislation enacted.

WATER MANAGEMENT

        253. SB 41.    Appropriation made for miscellaneous water projects. (Effective February 14, 1997.)

        254. SB 37.    Board of Water and Natural Resources may contract for financial services, keep certain records confidential, and make additional grants.

        255. SB 39.    Establishment procedure amended for water users districts and water development districts.

        256. HB 1246.    Procedure provided for electing trustees to govern drainage districts. (Effective April 4, 1997.)

CORPORATIONS

        257. HB 1177.    Cooperatives and nonprofit corporations may conduct meetings by teleconference.

        258. SB 271.    Certain restrictions lifted on rural electric cooperatives.

        259. HB 1095.    Procedure for changing corporations' registered agents amended.

        260. SB 162.    Sales of nonprofit corporations must be reported.

        261. SB 82.    Federal references in the Uniform Securities Act updated.

        262. SB 80.    Uniform Securities Act updated.

PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

        263. HB 1022.    Requirements for the one-call notification of excavations revised.

        264. HB 1163.    Railroad authorities may not change an agreement not to levy taxes.

        265. HB 1053.    Federal references updated in laws regulating the transportation of hazardous materials.

        266. HB 1227.    State telecommunications infrastructure policy provided.

        267. SB 232.    Telecommunications fee for hearing impaired persons extended to wireless devices.

        268. SB 65.    Federal references updated in pipeline safety laws.

AVIATION

        269. SB 3.    Interest rate on municipal airport loans categorized.

BANKS AND BANKING

        270. HB 1185.    Banks may purchase fractional shares of stock for cancellation.

        271. HB 1067.    Period that bank overdrafts may be classified as assets to be set by rule.

        272. HB 1279.    Regulation of trust companies revised.

        273. HB 1148.    Financial institutions may offer additional collateral to obtain public deposits.

CONTRACTS

        274. HB 1080.    Territorial restrictions on sales of good will amended.

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR

        275. HB 1051.    Duty to regulate mortgage brokers transferred.

        276. SB 262.    Regulation of reverse mortgages revised.

        277. SB 272.    Certain contracts for agricultural commodities must provide for mediation of disputes.

FIDUCIARIES AND TRUSTS

        278. HB 1204.    Disposition of prearranged funeral trusts clarified.

        279. HB 1153.    Perpetual care cemeteries may employ commissioned salespersons.

        280. HB 1147.    Directed trusts authorized.

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

        281. HB 1072.    Certain certificates of deposit may be used as negotiable instruments.

        282. HB 1269.    Grace period for renewing financing statements repealed.

INSURANCE

        283. HB 1049.    Insurance examination fund established.

        284. SB 107.    Certain insurers owned by governments or governmental agencies may transact in-state business.

        285. SB 111.    Property insurance coverage may be for less than the policy limits in certain cases.

        286. SB 221.    Snowmobiles exempted from mandatory uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.

        287. HB 1046.    Allowable criteria for rejecting insurance purchases specified.

        288. SB 207.    Health insurers' waivers and waiting periods restricted.

        289. SB 208.    Requirements for the availability, portability, and renewability of health insurance amended.

        290. SB 211.    Health insurance benefits may not be denied because the insured was operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

        291. SB 74.    Restriction placed on probationary periods in replacement Medicare supplement policies.

        292. HB 1038.    Department of Labor need not be advised of which companies are participating in annual workplace safety reviews.

        293. HB 1047.    Insurers' reports must conform to national standards.

        294. SB 216.    Allowable investments of insurance companies amended.

        295. HB 1048.    Miscellaneous provisions governing the Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association amended.

        296. HB 1101.    Rules authorized to set minimum standard for life insurance advertisements and solicitations.

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

        297. SB 66.    Disability boards combined.

        298. HB 1065.    Minimum wage increased. (Effective February 21, 1997.)

        299. SB 104.    Time period in which separated employees must be paid clarified.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

        300. HB 1155.    Out-of-state employers who resume operations in-state may assume their prior unemployment compensation experience-rating accounts.

        301. HB 1097.    Experience-rating accounts may be returned to certain previous owners.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

        302. SB 149.    Health insurers must pay disputed workers' compensation claims until they are resolved.

        303. SB 127.    Workers' compensation benefits expanded for members of ambulance services and rescue squads. (Effective March 11, 1997.)

SUPREME COURT RULES

        304. SCR 97-1.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 15-6.

        305. SCR 97-2.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 15-14.

        306. SCR 97-3.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 15-14.

        307. SCR 97-4.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 15-14.

        308. SCR 97-5.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 15-14.

        309. SCR 97-6.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 15-14.

        310. SCR 97-7.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-24-3.

        311. SCR 97-8.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-26A-6.

        312. SCR 97-9.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be designated as SDCL 15-26A-6.1.

        313. SCR 97-10.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-26A-47.

        314. SCR 97-11.    In the matter of the repeal and reenactment of SDCL 15-26A-75.

        315. SCR 97-12.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-26A-76.

        316. SCR 97-13.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-56.

        317. SCR 97-14.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-57.

        318. SCR 97-15.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-58.

        319. SCR 97-16.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-59.

        320. SCR 97-17.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-60.

        321. SCR 97-18.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-61.

        322. SCR 97-19.    In the matter of the repeal of SDCL 15-39-63.

        323. SCR 97-20.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-66.

        324. SCR 97-21.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-73.

        325. SCR 97-22.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 15-39-76.

        326. SCR 97-23.    In the matter of the repeal and reenactment of rules of procedure of the Judicial Qualifications Commission (Appendix to SDCL 16-1A).

        327. SCR 97-24.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-6-1.

        328. SCR 97-25.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-18-34.

        329. SCR 97-26.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-29.

        330. SCR 97-27.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-33.

        331. SCR 97-28.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-35.1.

        332. SCR 97-29.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-48.

        333. SCR 97-30.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-65.

        334. SCR 97-31.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-66.

        335. SCR 97-32.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-67.

        336. SCR 97-33.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-68.

        337. SCR 97-34.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-83.

        338. SCR 97-35.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-92.

        339. SCR 97-36.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-94.

        340. SCR 97-37.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 16-19-98.

        341. SCR 97-38.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added to SDCL 23A-20.

        342. SCR 97-39.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 23A-20-4.

        343. SCR 97-40.    In the matter of the amendment of SDCL 23A-20-26.

        344. SCR 97-41.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be designated as SDCL 25-4-58.1.

        345. SCR 97-42.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be designated as SDCL 25-4-58.2.

        346. SCR 97-43.    In the matter of the adoption of a new rule to be added as an appendix to SDCL 29A-3.