TOPICAL INDEX
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Abuse or Neglect
Child abuse or neglect, notice of entry of a decree.
Juvenile detention requirements revised.
Administrative Rules
Administrative rules promulgation process revised.
Ambulance service personnel, certification requirements revised.
An administrative rule amended relating to reports required of certain pesticide
applicators.
Board of Counselor Examiners may limit number of exams per application.
Board of Pharmacy, reference publications promulgated in rules.
Certain interstate wine shipments authorized.
Cosmetologists and beauty shops regulation.
DNA database to be established.
Elections, implementation of "Help America Vote Act."
Gross receipts tax imposed on cellular communications.
Hunters with a disability may hunt from stationary motor vehicle.
Insurance company financial reports, audit note requirements revised.
Medical assistance programs, certain fee schedules published electronically.
Plumbing permit system created.
Plumbing, permit required.
Public school districts must administer the same test to measure academic
progress.
Public schools, statewide accountability system established.
Public Utilities Commission complaint proceedings revised.
School social workers, administrative rules revised.
Senior citizen prescription drug benefit program created.
The Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey Scholarship established.
Tobacco master settlement agreement, provisions revised.
Tuition reimbursement program expanded to include other health care
professionals.
Tuition reimbursement program for physicians revised and created for dentists.
Unsolicited telephone call list established.
Value added tourism subfund established.
Variable annuity contract regulatory scheme revised.
Voter identification required.
Advanced Life Support Personnel
Advanced life support personnel, definitions and requirements revised.
Agriculture and Horticulture
Agricultural property assessed based on its agricultural income value.
State Fair made part of Department of Agriculture.
Wind easement payments to be made to the landowner.
Alcoholic Beverages
Alcohol license fee provisions made consistent.
Alcoholic beverage license fee, county commission to determine renewal fee.
Alcoholic beverage license renewal fees limited.
Alcoholic beverage licensees, penalties for violations revised.
Alcoholic beverage licensing, use of operating agreements with municipalities
regulated.
Alcoholic beverage, convention facility license requirements revised.
Census estimates used for the issuance of liquor licenses.
Certain interstate wine shipments authorized.
Certain provisions related to facilities providing alcoholic beverages on Sundays
revised.
Temporary malt beverage licenses, local determination of fees.
Ambulance Service
Ambulance service personnel, certification requirements revised.
Animals and Livestock
Livestock dealer, packer, or buyer, penalty increased for doing business without
a license.
Wind easement payments to be made to the landowner.
Appropriations
Appropriation for medicaid program costs.
Board of Regents may purchase real property adjacent to the campus of
South Dakota State University.
Consolidation incentive payments.
Corrections facilities appropriation for planning, construction, renovation,
and improvements.
Darold "Dud" King Physical Education Center construction appropriation.
Elderly and disabled person tax refund appropriation.
General Appropriations Act for the support of state government.
Inmate medical expense, appropriation to cover costs.
Medicaid program, funds appropriated.
Multi-use storage facility, Board of Regents may construct.
Northern Crop Institute, appropriation.
Office of Medical Education, special appropriation.
Petroleum release compensation fund, appropriation revised.
Physician tuition reimbursement, appropriation for the program.
Regents Scholarship Program established.
South Dakota-bred racing fund, funds transferred to the Department of
Social Services.
Swine nursery building, Board of Regents may construct.
The Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey Scholarship established.
Water management, various funds appropriated.
Wildfire suppression, appropriation for costs.
Bank Franchise Tax
Limited liability company included in definitions for bank franchise tax.
Board of Regents
Board of Regents may purchase real property adjacent to the campus of
South Dakota State University.
Darold "Dud" King Physical Education Center construction appropriation.
Junior and senior high school students may enroll in postsecondary courses.
Multi-use storage facility, Board of Regents may construct.
Regents Scholarship Program established.
State employees, eligibility for reduced tuition.
Swine nursery building, Board of Regents may construct.
The Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey Scholarship established.
Boats
Boat numbering and decal requirements revised.
Snowmobile and boat accidents, damage limits revised.
Child Support
Child support, alternative payment arrangement allowed.
Cigarette Tax
Tobacco master settlement agreement, provisions revised.
Civil Procedure
Juror selection by electronic or manual process.
Limitation placed on time allowed to recover certain taxes.
Prejudgment and postjudgment interest rates reduced.
Transcript fees revised.
Commission on Gaming
South Dakota-bred racing fund, funds transferred to the Department of
Social Services.
Contagious Disease Control
Exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, information may be disclosed.
Contracts
Agricultural equipment credit transactions separate from consumer installment
sales contracts.
Contracts to manage payments or interest rate risk authorized.
Motor vehicle leasing transactions, certain provisions regulated.
Prejudgment and postjudgment interest rates reduced.
Revise certain provisions related to contracts with local officers.
Variable annuity contract regulatory scheme revised.
Controlled Substances
Commitment documentation use for certain drug offenses limited.
Controlled substances schedule revised.
Intent to distribute marijuana made a crime.
Counties
Alcoholic beverage license fee, county commission to determine renewal fee.
Certified copies of marriage records, fee for copy revised.
Counties may increase property tax levy.
County and municipal planning and zoning, joint action revised.
County overweight vehicle enforcement program review by Department of
Transportation.
County road districts, election and dissolution procedures revised.
County zoning laws revised.
Fireworks, counties may prohibit use during periods of extreme fire danger.
Political subdivision taxation errors, correction provided.
Procedures for changing the number of county commissioners revised.
Property tax levies may be revised.
Temporary malt beverage licenses, local determination of fees.
Titles for vehicles and boats, duties of certain county officials transferred.
Utility easements for underground cable revised.
Court Services Officer
Sliming court services officers made a crime.
Courts and Judiciary
Court Appointed Special Advocate Commission created and programs funded.
Juror selection centralized and computerized.
Magistrate courts, authority revised.
Merit selection of circuit court judges.
Prejudgment and postjudgment interest rates reduced.
State Bar of South Dakota, background checks for applicants.
Crimes
Convicted sex offenders, registration information revised.
Court service officers, crime to threaten.
Credit card, debit card, or charge card scanning device fraud.
Crime victim immunity for injuries to the perpetrator of a crime, right to
recover limited.
Insufficient funds check, notice revised.
Intent to distribute marijuana made a crime.
Pyramid promotional schemes prohibited.
Sex offenders must register annually.
Sex with an animal made a felony.
Sliming court services officers made a crime.
Criminal Procedure
Crime victims may obtain copies of certain law enforcement reports.
DNA database to be established.
Former convictions for driving under the influence of alcoholic beverage,
manner in which the allegations are brought is clarified.
Overnight supervision of jurors authorized.
Voice stress analyzer examiners to be licensed.
Debtor and Creditor
Agricultural equipment credit transactions separate from consumer installment
sales contracts.
Asset-backed securitizations recognized.
Prejudgment and postjudgment interest rates reduced.
Department of Agriculture
Mutual aid agreements for fire suppression.
Northern Crop Institute, appropriation.
Wildfire suppression, appropriation for costs.
Department of Corrections
Corrections facilities appropriation for planning, construction, renovation,
and improvements.
Inmate medical expense, appropriation to cover costs.
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act Advisory Group revised.
Department of Education
State aid to education, special appropriation.
Department of Health
Abortion information available on the web.
Ambulance service personnel, certification requirements revised.
Physician tuition reimbursement, appropriation for the program.
Department of Social Services
Medicaid program, funds appropriated.
Medical assistance programs, certain fee schedules published electronically.
South Dakota-bred racing fund, funds transferred to the Department of
Social Services.
Domestic Relations
Adoptions, who may complete home studies revised.
Certified copies of marriage records, fee for copy revised.
Child support, alternative payment arrangement allowed.
Domestic violence protection orders from other jurisdictions recognized.
Grandparent visitation revised.
Mayor's ability to solemnize marriages clarified.
Spouse abuse, the predominant aggressor to be arrested.
Unemployment benefits, definition of good cause for leaving employment to
include domestic abuse.
Education
Consolidation incentive payments.
Criminal background checks for student teachers.
Facsimile ballot, time to publish before election revised.
Higher Education Savings Plan accounts exempt from claims by creditors.
Higher Education Savings Plan, immunity from personal liability clarified.
Home school students may participate in school activities.
Junior and senior high school students may enroll in postsecondary courses.
National Assessment of Educational Progress, schools to meet certain federal
requirements.
Office of Medical Education, special appropriation.
Open enrollment revised.
Petty cash accounts, the amount of money that school boards can keep in these
accounts increased.
Property tax levies may be revised.
Public school districts must administer the same test to measure academic
progress.
Public schools, statewide accountability system established.
Regents Scholarship Program established.
Return and canvass of votes, methods revised.
School administrator association to join the South Dakota Retirement System.
School administrators alternative certification.
School district consolidation defined.
School districts allowed to provide transportation to nonpublic school students.
School social workers, administrative rules revised.
State aid to education, per student allocation increased.
State aid to education, special appropriation.
Tax levy for a school district general fund, revised.
Teacher-parent conferences and teacher in-service training, number of hours
credited as a day in session for these activities limited.
The Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey Scholarship established.
Weighted average tax levy, formula revised.
Elections
Campaign contributions and reports, limits and requirements revised.
Constitutional amendments, initiated measures, and referred laws to be
designated in a certain manner.
Elections, implementation of "Help America Vote Act."
Facsimile ballot, time to publish before election revised.
Municipal initiative and referendum, provisions revised.
Recounts, more than one recount board may be appointed.
Return and canvass of votes, methods revised.
The definition of residency for election purposes, revised.
Voter identification required.
Evidence
Physician patient privilege exception revised.
Fees
Alcohol license fee provisions made consistent.
Alcoholic beverage license fee, county commission to determine renewal fee.
Auto auction dealer license fee decreased.
Board of Counselor Examiners may limit number of exams per application.
Board of Nursing fees increased.
Certified copies of marriage records, fee for copy revised.
Free hunting or fishing license to persons on active duty.
Limited liability partnerships, certain filings revised.
Oversized motor vehicles, time period for operation and permit fee revised.
Plumbing permit system created.
Plumbing, permit required.
Secretary of State, fees charged by the office for various services increased.
Temporary malt beverage licenses, local determination of fees.
Transcript fees revised.
Truck tractor modified to become a recreational vehicle.
Felony
Credit card, debit card, or charge card scanning device fraud.
Pyramid promotional schemes prohibited.
Sale and marketing of unstamped cigarettes regulated.
Sex with an animal made a felony.
Fireworks
Fireworks, counties may prohibit use during periods of extreme fire danger.
Food and Drugs
Egg dealer or processor, license may be suspended or revoked.
Forestry
Mutual aid agreements for fire suppression.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Free hunting or fishing license to persons on active duty.
Goose hunting licenses, certain sunset provisions repealed.
Hunters with a disability may hunt from stationary motor vehicle.
Hunting by using artificial lights restricted.
Hunting in rights-of-way revised.
Mountain lions classified as big game.
Mutual aid agreements for fire suppression.
Taxidermist record keeping revised.
Highways and Bridges
County road districts, election and dissolution procedures revised.
Utility easements for underground cable revised.
House Joint Resolutions
Merit selection of circuit court judges.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, information may be disclosed.
Hunting
Free hunting or fishing license to persons on active duty.
Goose hunting licenses, certain sunset provisions repealed.
Hunters with a disability may hunt from stationary motor vehicle.
Hunting by using artificial lights restricted.
Hunting in rights-of-way revised.
Hunting prohibited on certain public lands with unharvested crops.
Mountain lions classified as big game.
Insurance
Deferred annuities minimum nonforfeiture amount revised.
Delivery receipt for medicare supplement policies, procedure modified.
Farm mutual insurers subject to utilization review and independent audits.
Fraternal benefit societies subject to certain enforcement and investigative
procedures.
Health benefit plans, nonrenewal and preexisting condition requirements
revised.
Health insurance without a certain mandated coverage.
Insurance company financial reports, audit note requirements revised.
Insurance tax sunset provisions repealed and cash surrender value provisions
revised.
Life and Health Guaranty Association, new requirements enacted.
Notice of nonrenewal for surety insurance revised.
Resident surplus line brokers to have a bond.
Surplus line broker licensing bond requirement repealed.
Utilization review and grievance procedures for health carriers revised.
Variable annuity contract regulatory scheme revised.
Investment Council
Higher Education Savings Plan accounts exempt from claims by creditors.
Higher Education Savings Plan, immunity from personal liability clarified.
State Investment Council members may not benefit from certain transactions.
Jurors
Juror selection by electronic or manual process.
Juror selection centralized and computerized.
Overnight supervision of jurors authorized.
Juvenile Corrections
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act Advisory Group revised.
Labor and Employment
Criminal background checks for student teachers.
Sex discrimination in employment, an exception clarified.
Unemployment benefits, definition of good cause for leaving employment to
include domestic abuse.
Law Enforcement
DNA database to be established.
Law enforcement officers, credited service allowed for certain service.
Magistrates, coroner duties repealed.
Voice stress analyzer examiners to be licensed.
Legislative Audit
Audit requirements for certain nonprofit corporations revised.
Audit requirements for state agencies revised.
Legislature and Statutes
Codify Legislation enacted in 2002.
Executive branch agencies to be reviewed annually.
Liens
Lien satisfaction acknowledgment required.
Local Government Generally
County zoning laws revised.
Political subdivision taxation errors, correction provided.
Revise certain provisions related to contracts with local officers.
Magistrates
Magistrate courts, authority revised.
Magistrates, coroner duties repealed.
Medical Services
Funding pool for medical services, nursing facilities modified.
Mentally Ill Persons
Marriage and family therapist to be included in the term qualified mental health
professional.
Qualified mental health professional, definition revised.
Military Affairs
Homeless veterans initiative program established.
Military discharge records, the availability of records revised.
Veterans benefits, periods of service to qualify for benefits revised.
Wind easement payments to be made to the landowner.
Minors
Child abuse or neglect, notice of entry of a decree.
Juvenile detention requirements revised.
Misdemeanors
Abandoned vehicle owners responsible for towing and storage costs.
Campaign contributions and reports, limits and requirements revised.
Certain interstate wine shipments authorized.
Convicted sex offenders, registration information revised.
Gross receipts tax imposed on cellular communications.
Hunting by using artificial lights restricted.
Livestock dealer, packer, or buyer, penalty increased for doing business without
a license.
Sale and marketing of unstamped cigarettes regulated.
Temporary vendors required to maintain records for certain time period.
Motor Vehicles
Abandoned vehicle owners responsible for towing and storage costs.
Auto auction dealer license fee decreased.
Baled garbage haulers may receive oversize vehicle permit.
Boat numbering and decal requirements revised.
County overweight vehicle enforcement program review by Department of
Transportation.
Emergency vehicle, caution required when approaching.
Former convictions for driving under the influence of alcoholic beverage, manner
in which the allegations are brought is clarified.
Motor vehicle damage disclosure requirement increased.
Motor vehicle leasing transactions, certain provisions regulated.
Motorbus vehicle registration, seating capacity increased.
Oversized motor vehicles, time period for operation and permit fee revised.
Snowmobile and boat accidents, damage limits revised.
Titles for vehicles and boats, duties of certain county officials transferred.
Truck tractor modified to become a recreational vehicle.
Vans owned by certain entities exempt from vehicle license fees.
Municipal Government
Alcoholic beverage license renewal fees limited.
Alcoholic beverage licensing, use of operating agreements with municipalities
regulated.
Census estimates used for the issuance of liquor licenses.
Certain conflicting municipal statutes regarding municipal officials repealed.
Certain provisions related to facilities providing alcoholic beverages on Sundays
revised.
Certain utility trunkline contracts exempt from competitive bid requirements.
County and municipal planning and zoning, joint action revised.
Facsimile ballot, time to publish before election revised.
General occupancy tax revised.
Mayor's ability to solemnize marriages clarified.
Municipal governments ability to annex property next to airport restricted.
Municipal initiative and referendum, provisions revised.
Municipal ordinance adoption procedures made consistent.
Municipal publication requirements clarified.
Sales and use tax to be collected at municipal airports.
Tuition reimbursement program for physicians revised and created for dentists.
Overweight Vehicles
Baled garbage haulers may receive oversize vehicle permit.
County overweight vehicle enforcement program review by Department of
Transportation.
Oversized motor vehicles, time period for operation and permit fee revised.
Partnerships
Limited liability partnerships, certain filings revised.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Corrections facilities appropriation for planning, construction, renovation,
and improvements.
Juvenile detention requirements revised.
Official records relating to pardons not sealed.
Prisoners from other jurisdictions may be housed in a detention facility on an
Indian reservation.
Personal Rights and Obligations
Sex discrimination in employment, an exception clarified.
Planning, Zoning, and Housing Programs
County and municipal planning and zoning, joint action revised.
County zoning laws revised.
Housing Development Authority, time frame to submit report changed.
Professions and Occupations
Advanced life support personnel, definitions and requirements revised.
Audiology aides, registration requirement repealed.
Board of Counselor Examiners may limit number of exams per application.
Board of Nursing fees increased.
Board of Pharmacy, reference publications promulgated in rules.
Cosmetologists and beauty shops regulation.
Counselors, license renewal procedure clarified.
Dental radiographers annual registration required.
Marriage and family therapist to be included in the term qualified mental health
professional.
Optometry prescription, authority revised.
Plumbing Commission to update references to plumbing standards.
Plumbing permit system created.
Plumbing, permit required.
Qualified mental health professional, definition revised.
School social workers, administrative rules revised.
Tuition reimbursement program expanded to include other health care
professionals.
Tuition reimbursement program for physicians revised and created for dentists.
Voice stress analyzer examiners to be licensed.
Wholesale drug distributors, definition modified.
Property
Agricultural property assessed based on its agricultural income value.
Hunting prohibited on certain public lands with unharvested crops.
Lien satisfaction acknowledgment required.
Real estate document standards revised.
Revise the tax valuation of certain structures.
Public Fiscal Administration
Audit requirements for certain nonprofit corporations revised.
Audit requirements for state agencies revised.
Investment income transferred to the general fund, time and process revised.
State Investment Council members may not benefit from certain transactions.
Public Health and Safety
Abortion information available on the web.
Ambulance service personnel, certification requirements revised.
Ambulance service, quality assurance program required.
Commitment documentation use for certain drug offenses limited.
Controlled substances schedule revised.
Exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, information may be disclosed.
Fireworks, counties may prohibit use during periods of extreme fire danger.
Formation of ambulance districts revised.
Nursing home facilities may be constructed on Indian reservations.
Senior citizen prescription drug benefit program created.
Vital records, certain requirements revised.
Public Officers and Employees
Elected officials, temporary replacement if official called to active duty.
Law enforcement officers, credited service allowed for certain service.
State employees, accrual of annual and sick leave on semimonthly basis.
State employees, eligibility for reduced tuition.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Advertisement for bids to appear in legal notices section of newspaper.
Certain utility trunkline contracts exempt from competitive bid requirements.
Construction management services may be used on public improvement
projects.
Contractor must have contractor's excise tax license before bid may be
awarded.
Design-build contractors bidding requirements revised.
Hunting prohibited on certain public lands with unharvested crops.
Public corporations may not do business with any retailer who fails to collect
sales and use taxes.
Revise certain provisions related to contracts with local officers.
Public Records
Official records relating to pardons not sealed.
Public Utilities Commission included in definition of state agency.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Consumer power district organizational and administrative provisions revised.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials, federal
references updated.
Pipeline safety inspection, certain federal references updated.
Public Utilities Commission complaint proceedings revised.
The Public Utilities Commission gross receipts tax revised.
Utility easements for underground cable revised.
Wind collector system to notify certain telecommunications companies.
Public Utilities Commission
Pipeline safety inspection, certain federal references updated.
Public Utilities Commission complaint proceedings revised.
Public Utilities Commission included in definition of state agency.
The Public Utilities Commission gross receipts tax revised.
Unsolicited telephone call list established.
Wind collector system to notify certain telecommunications companies.
Public Welfare and Assistance
Funding pool for medical services, nursing facilities modified.
Sales Taxes
Certain gross receipts exempt from sales and use taxes.
Interstate telecommunication services sales tax exemption repealed.
Public corporations may not do business with any retailer who fails to collect
sales and use taxes.
Streamline Sales Tax Agreement, sales taxes modified to comply with agreement.
Temporary vendors required to maintain records for certain time period.
School District
School districts allowed to provide transportation to nonpublic school students.
State aid to education, per student allocation increased.
Secretary of State
Limited liability partnerships, certain filings revised.
Secretary of State, fees charged by the office for various services increased.
Sex Offenders
Sex offenders must register annually.
Sex Offenses
Convicted sex offenders, registration information revised.
Sex with an animal made a felony.
Smoking
Sale and marketing of unstamped cigarettes regulated.
Snowmobiles
Snowmobile and boat accidents, damage limits revised.
South Dakota Retirement System
Law enforcement officers, credited service allowed for certain service.
School administrator association to join the South Dakota Retirement System.
Special Fuels
Biodiesel fuels defined.
State Affairs and Government
Administrative rules promulgation process revised.
Certain energy savings contract provisions revised.
Certain time references in statute repealed.
Commission on Health Care created.
Contested case hearing procedure revised.
Contracts to manage payments or interest rate risk authorized.
Executive branch agencies to be reviewed annually.
Health and Education Facilities Authority permissible investments revised.
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act Advisory Group revised.
Public Utilities Commission included in definition of state agency.
Rodeo established as the official sport of South Dakota.
Secretary of State, fees charged by the office for various services increased.
Senior citizen prescription drug benefit program created.
State Fair made part of Department of Agriculture.
Tuition reimbursement program expanded to include other health care
professionals.
Tuition reimbursement program for physicians revised and created for dentists.
Value added tourism subfund established.
Tax Agreements
Tax agreements, accessibility revised.
Tax collection agreements with Indian tribes, provisions revised.
Taxation
Agricultural property assessed based on its agricultural income value.
Bad debts definition revised.
Biodiesel fuels defined.
Certain gross receipts exempt from sales and use taxes.
Contractors use of certain material exempt from tax.
Counties may increase property tax levy.
Distribution of ethanol production incentive payments revised.
General occupancy tax revised.
Gross receipts tax imposed on cellular communications.
Insurance tax sunset provisions repealed and cash surrender value provisions
revised.
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Interstate telecommunication services sales tax exemption repealed.
Limitation placed on time allowed to recover certain taxes.
Limited liability company included in definitions for bank franchise tax.
Political subdivision taxation errors, correction provided.
Property tax levies may be revised.
Public corporations may not do business with any retailer who fails to collect
sales and use taxes.
Railroads credit against tax for replacement and repair of rail lines.
Revise certain provisions related to the fuel tax on ethanol blend fuels.
Revise the tax valuation of certain structures.
Sale and marketing of unstamped cigarettes regulated.
Sales and use tax to be collected at municipal airports.
Shooting ranges exempt from gross receipts tax.
Streamline Sales Tax Agreement, sales taxes modified to comply with agreement.
Tax agreements, accessibility revised.
Tax collection agreements with Indian tribes, provisions revised.
Tax levy for a school district general fund, revised.
Tax on cigarettes increased.
Telecommunication services tax imposed.
Temporary vendors required to maintain records for certain time period.
The Public Utilities Commission gross receipts tax revised.
Tobacco master settlement agreement, provisions revised.
Weighted average tax levy, formula revised.
Wind easement payments to be made to the landowner.
Wind energy property tax.
Tobacco
Tax on cigarettes increased.
Tobacco master settlement agreement, provisions revised.
Tourism
Value added tourism subfund established.
Trade Regulation
Regulation of business opportunities, exemption revised.
Sale and marketing of unstamped cigarettes regulated.
Telemarketing exemptions revised.
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment benefits, definition of good cause for leaving employment to
include domestic abuse.
Uniform Probate Code
Personal property, collection by affidavit.
Vital Records
Vital records, certain requirements revised.
Voters
Elections, implementation of "Help America Vote Act."
Water Management
Central Plains Water Development District boundary revised and Lewis and Clark
Water Development District recognized.
Irrigation district directors, who may serve revised.
Water development district project sponsorship provisions revised.
Water management, various funds appropriated.
Workers Compensation
Workers' compensation benefits to children of deceased employees.