TOPICAL INDEX
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Abortion
Abortion report, additional information to be included.
Administrative Rules
Administrative rules may be sent back for further hearings in the rule
promulgation process.
Administrative rules procedure revised.
Banks may be organized as limited liability companies.
Boat damage disclosure.
Drug dog law enforcement teams to be certified.
Drugs may be redispensed under certain circumstances.
Election equipment replacement fund established.
Fees chargeable for legal publications set by the Bureau of Administration.
Ionizing radiation sources to be licensed and to set a fee.
Nonforfeiture statute for individual deferred annuities.
Notice of appeal requirement modified for administrative appeals.
Pharmacy benefits management regulated.
Pharmacy technicians regulated.
Protocols for cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives.
REDI fund uses reformed.
Science and Technology Authority created.
Small business impact statement required when promulgating rules.
Staggered registration of commercial motor vehicles.
Tax on food refund program established.
Telecommunications traffic signaling information to be provided.
The South Dakota Certification Board of Alcohol and Drug Professionals created.
Utility corridor acquisition regulated.
Venue of an administrative appeal changed.
Agency
Powers of attorney and trusts revised.
Protocols for cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives.
Agriculture
Appropriation to construct manure digesting system for the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Certain federal permits relating to genetic engineering may be used in
South Dakota.
Corporate farming restrictions revised.
Dairy check-off provisions revised.
Family defined to meet the requirements of a family farm corporation.
Immunity for owners of anhydrous ammonia.
Liability based on consumption of a product prohibited.
State Brand Board provisions reformed.
Animals and Livestock
Dairy check-off provisions revised.
State Brand Board provisions reformed.
Appropriation
A supplemental appropriation for the purchase of land and other things to the
Department of Corrections.
An appropriation to cover inmate medical expenses.
Appropriation for Ellsworth Air Force Base task force.
Appropriation for water projects.
Appropriation for wildfire suppression.
Appropriation to construct manure digesting system for the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Appropriation to enhance education.
Appropriation to Science and Technology Authority to purchase insurance
and for operating expenses.
Appropriation to the State Conservation Commission.
Board of Regents appropriation for office of medical education.
Board of Regents appropriation for student wellness center at SDSU.
Board of Regents appropriation to build a facility for the foundation seed stock
program at SDSU.
Board of Regents appropriation to purchase land adjacent to SDSU campus.
Board of Regents bonding provisions for capital projects corrected.
Computational mechanics laboratory appropriation for the School of Mines and
Technology.
Extraordinary litigation expense fund established.
General Appropriation Act for Departments of Social Services, Education,
Corrections, and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, revised.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005.
Homestake mine transfer to the Science and Technology Authority
and appropriation.
Law enforcement building authorization and appropriation.
Mosquito control grant program established.
Northern Crops Institute appropriation.
Participation in federal Brownfields revitalization program authorized.
Per student allocation in state aid increased.
Physician tuition reimbursement appropriation.
Revise the long-term building projects authorized for Northern State University.
Rule amended to increase personal needs allowance for medicaid recipients.
Salary and benefits appropriation for the Public Utilities Commission.
Salary differences of activated National Guard and Reserve members who are
state employees to be paid by the state.
School district consolidation incentive appropriated.
South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship Program reformed.
Special appropriation for tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.
State and local government study.
State Fair appropriation.
State trunk highway system relating to Highway 53 in Tripp County modified.
Tax on food refund program established.
Tobacco prevention program reports from the Department of Health.
Veterans' bonus program revision and appropriation.
Attorney General
Attorney General may purchase equipment through the Bureau of Administration.
Law enforcement "calls for service" information are considered public records.
Law enforcement building authorization and appropriation.
Liquidated court costs increased.
Open meetings commission created.
Public records confidentiality reformed.
The crime of witness tampering reformed.
Tobacco litigation escrow fund allowable share provision reworked.
Aviation
Airport approval requirements changed.
Resident pilot registration requirement repealed.
Banks and Banking
Banks may be organized as limited liability companies.
Debt cancellation or suspension contracts authorized.
Division of Banking fees increased.
Lending license exemption revised.
Payday loans regulated.
Provide a limitation on lender liability for environmental cleanup costs.
Public funds may be invested in certificates of deposit.
Security accounts for transfers or payments upon death, definition modified.
Board of Education
Basic high school curriculum and recommended high school curriculum created.
Board of Regents
Revise the long-term building projects authorized for Northern State University.
Appropriation to construct manure digesting system for the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Board of Regents appropriation for office of medical education.
Board of Regents appropriation for student wellness center at SDSU.
Board of Regents appropriation to build a facility for the foundation seed stock
program at SDSU.
Board of Regents appropriation to purchase land adjacent to SDSU campus.
Board of Regents bonding provisions for capital projects corrected.
Board of Regents may create a multi-institution bonded revenue system.
Clarify and increase education benefits for children of South Dakotans
who die in military service.
Computational mechanics laboratory appropriation for the School of Mines and
Technology.
National Guard tuition privileges revised.
National Guard tuition reduction extended to graduate study courses.
South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship Program reformed.
Boats
Boat license renewal period revised.
Bureau of Administration
Attorney General may purchase equipment through the Bureau of Administration.
Extraordinary litigation expense fund established.
Fees chargeable for legal publications set by the Bureau of Administration.
Bureau of Information and Telecommunications
Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, restrictions removed regarding
state communications.
Bureau of Personnel
Full-time equivalent definition for a state employee revised.
Salary differences of activated National Guard and Reserve members who are
state employees to be paid by the state.
Senior prescription drug benefit program may end upon the issuance of a federal
drug discount card.
Civil Procedure
Court automation surcharges increased.
Human rights complaints procedure modified.
Immunity for owners of anhydrous ammonia.
Liability based on consumption of a product prohibited.
Notice required when a parent with custody of a child moves.
Notice to certain persons in estate litigation.
Statute of limitations for real estate licensees and firms.
Venue of an administrative appeal changed.
Commercial Driver License
Commercial driver license requirements revised.
Contested Case
Notice of appeal requirement modified for administrative appeals.
Contracts
Contracts with bordering states for the treatment of certain persons.
Debt cancellation or suspension contracts authorized.
Telecommunications contracts renewal notice regulated..
Controlled Substances
Controlled substance registration requirement adjusted.
Controlled substance schedule increased.
Exposure to the manufacturing of methamphetamine deemed to be child abuse
or neglect.
Fees related to the registration of controlled substances limited.
Sale of ephedra products regulated.
Corporate Farming
Corporate farming restrictions revised.
Corporations
Corporate farming restrictions revised.
Family defined to meet the requirements of a family farm corporation.
Limited liability company filing fees revised.
Registered agents and service of process changed for corporations.
Counties
Blood samples to be sent to a certified laboratory.
Conditional use criteria to be established for zoning ordinances.
Conditions under which counties may levy taxes in certain townships, revised.
County lawbook and law library fund use updated.
County road district referendum provisions revised.
County state's attorney residence requirement reformed.
County unreserved general fund balance limited and reported.
County wheel tax proceeds, use reformed.
County zoning laws reformed.
Executive session for county government revised.
Mandated business hours for certain county offices repealed.
Mosquito control grant program established.
Obscene material or conduct regulated by ordinance automatic referral repealed.
Public nuisances costs to abate granted to local government.
Public rights-of-way may be maintained and improved.
State and local government study.
State trunk highway system relating to Highway 53 in Tripp County modified.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
Traffic signal disruption made a crime.
Courts and Judiciary
Children in need of supervision time period for being held in a detention facility
restricted.
County lawbook and law library fund use updated.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles revised.
Liability based on consumption of a product prohibited.
Liquidated court costs increased.
Prosecutor may sign the summons in a juvenile case.
Crimes
Aggravated indecent exposure defined as a sex crime.
Authorize certain fraternal organizations to use pull tab dispensers in
selling pull tabs.
Criminal Code Revision Commission established.
Criminal pedophilia redefined.
Habitual criminal allegation may be filed after the arraignment.
Obscene material or conduct regulated by ordinance automatic referral repealed.
Sexual contact redefined.
Taking pictures without a person's consent made a misdemeanor.
The crime of witness tampering reformed.
Third and subsequent violations of protection orders made a felony.
Threatening a law enforcement officer or the officer's family revised.
Traffic signal disruption made a crime.
Violation of a stalking protection order, penalty increased.
Criminal Procedure
A judgment of conviction to indicate whether the charge involves domestic abuse.
Children in need of supervision time period for being held in a detention
facility restricted.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Criminal Code Revision Commission established.
Death penalty for minors prohibited.
Department of Social Services provisions revised.
Failure to pay fines, costs or restitution computation revised.
Habitual criminal allegation may be filed after the arraignment.
Indeterminate sentences repealed.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles revised.
Mandatory consecutive sentences modified.
Victim definition revised to increase who may speak for the victim.
Curriculum
Basic high school curriculum and recommended high school curriculum created.
Debtor and Creditor
Division of Banking fees increased.
Lending license exemption revised.
Payday loans regulated.
Department of Agriculture
Appropriation for wildfire suppression.
Appropriation to the State Conservation Commission.
Certain federal permits relating to genetic engineering may be used in
South Dakota.
Dairy check-off provisions revised.
Department of Agriculture contracting authority relating to fire suppression
revised.
Department of Agriculture organization revised.
Grassland fire danger index used to regulate fireworks.
Northern Crops Institute appropriation.
Rural fire-fighting assistance and equipment from the Department of Agriculture
revised.
State Fair administration revised.
State Fair appropriation.
Department of Corrections
A supplemental appropriation for the purchase of land and other things to the
Department of Corrections.
An appropriation to cover inmate medical expenses.
Department of Corrections provisions revised.
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act compliance to be studied.
General Appropriation Act for Departments of Social Services, Education,
Corrections, and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, revised.
Inmate accounts procedures revised for inmates who are discharged, deceased or
who have escaped.
Mandatory consecutive sentences modified.
Minors adjudicated for driving under the influence defined as children in need
of supervision.
Parole agreements modified.
Preliminary hearings for parole violators revised.
Department of Education
General Appropriation Act for Departments of Social Services, Education,
Corrections, and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, revised.
Graduating high school seniors release before end of school term repealed.
Publisher to provide electronic materials for converting textbooks to Braille.
School district consolidation incentive appropriated.
State aid to education per student allocation for special education increased.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Oil and gas unit ownership percentage reduced to ratify a unit.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
Deer and antelope hunting licenses made available to active military personnel
and their dependents.
Fireworks may be discharged on land owned or leased by the Department of
Game, Fish and Parks.
Five dollar surcharge on hunting licenses continued.
Interstate wildlife compact implemented.
Nonresident may hunt varmints when hunting on a licensed shooting preserve.
Revise certain aerial hunting provisions.
State snowmobile trails regulated.
Department of Health
Abortion report, additional information to be included.
Controlled substance registration requirement adjusted.
Controlled substance schedule increased.
Fees related to the registration of controlled substances limited.
Ionizing radiation sources to be licensed and to set a fee.
Mosquito control grant program established.
Physician tuition reimbursement appropriation.
Tobacco prevention program reports from the Department of Health.
Department of Human Services
An involuntarily committed person, discharge criteria revised.
Contracts with bordering states for the treatment of certain persons.
General Appropriation Act for Departments of Social Services, Education,
Corrections, and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, revised.
The South Dakota Certification Board of Alcohol and Drug Professionals created.
Department of Labor
State Electrical Commission membership changed.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Appropriation for Ellsworth Air Force Base task force.
National Guard tuition privilege eligibility requirements revised.
National Guard tuition privileges revised.
Veterans' bonus program revision and appropriation.
Veterans, period of qualifying service for benefits revised.
Department of Public Safety
Commercial driver license requirements revised.
First responder decal for specialty license plates.
Law enforcement building authorization and appropriation.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials provisions updated.
Department of Revenue and Regulation
Automobile insurance policies cancellation notice revised.
Boat damage disclosure.
Boat license renewal period revised.
Creditable health insurance coverage revised.
Damage disclosure information revised.
Group life policies may be issued to additional types of groups.
Insurance agent requirements altered.
Insurance guaranty association provisions reformed.
Insurance premium tax credits adjusted.
Insurance rates and rating procedures and approval revised.
Lending license exemption revised.
Motor vehicle titling and registration must be in the customer's county if done
by a dealer.
Payday loans regulated.
Penalties for paying taxes late, reformed.
Penalty provided for failure to pay civil penalty if special fuel found in a
motor vehicle.
Private collection agencies may be used to collect delinquent taxes.
Racing jurisdiction redefined.
References to the Internal Revenue Code adjusted.
Sales tax applied to payments regarding leased property between members of
controlled group.
Special fuel blends subject to fuel excise tax.
Staggered registration of commercial motor vehicles.
The uniform administration of state taxes apply to investigations.
Uniform Securities Act adopted.
Utilization review and grievance procedures clarified.
Workers compensation insurance, certain requirements revised.
Department of Social Services
Child care and learning task force created.
Department of Social Services provisions revised.
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act compliance to be studied.
General Appropriation Act for Departments of Social Services, Education,
Corrections, and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, revised.
Juvenile court notice to the attorney general in certain cases.
Rule amended to increase personal needs allowance for medicaid recipients.
Tax on food refund program established.
Victim definition revised to increase who may speak for the victim.
Department of Tourism and State Development
REDI Fund matching funds requirement waived.
Department of Transportation
Highway right-of-way use by utilities, agreements for relocation allowed.
Highway rights-of-way acquired by purchase no longer need a resolution.
Mowing of ditches on the state trunk highway system, authority to regulate
clarified.
Railroad tax credits adjusted.
Resident pilot registration requirement repealed.
State trunk highway system in Brown County altered.
Utility corridor acquisition regulated.
Developmentally Disabled Persons
An involuntarily committed person, discharge criteria revised.
Domestic Relations
A judgment of conviction to indicate whether the charge involves domestic abuse.
Ex parte protection orders can be served on Sundays or holidays.
Great-grandparent included in definition of grand parent.
Notice required when a parent with custody of a child moves.
Payor may withhold costs when making payment under an order for withholding.
Third and subsequent violations of protection orders made a felony.
Violation of a stalking protection order, penalty increased.
Driving Under the Influence
Minors adjudicated for driving under the influence defined as children in need
of supervision.
Education
Appropriation to enhance education.
Basic high school curriculum and recommended high school curriculum created.
Board of Regents may create a multi-institution bonded revenue system.
Certain information to be provided for the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey
scholarship.
Clarify and increase education benefits for children of South Dakotans
who die in military service.
Graduating high school seniors release before end of school term repealed.
High school student excused to work as election official.
Per student allocation in state aid increased.
Publisher to provide electronic materials for converting textbooks to Braille.
School administrators alternative certification requirements reformed.
School board to set the amount of per diem that a member of the board
may receive.
School district boundary changes, certain requirements changed.
School district consolidation incentive appropriated.
School district general fund tax levies, changed.
School districts consolidation plan to include excess tax levy.
School districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for
kindergarten.
South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship Program reformed.
Special education students may open enroll in nonresident school district.
State aid for special education local effort levy and effort factor adjusted.
State aid to education special distribution.
State aid to education per student allocation for special education increased.
Elections
Absentee voting procedure revised.
Election equipment replacement fund established.
Election petition deadlines for certain elections revised.
High school student excused to work as election official.
Municipal and school board elections deadlines and procedures revised.
Notary may not charge a fee for notarizing absentee ballots.
Polling place procedures revised.
Residency requirement for voting revised.
Emergency Clause
A supplemental appropriation for the purchase of land and other things to the
Department of Corrections.
An appropriation to cover inmate medical expenses.
Appropriation for water projects.
Appropriation for wildfire suppression.
Appropriation to construct manure digesting system for the Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Computational mechanics laboratory appropriation for the School of Mines
and Technology.
Constitutional trust funds value established.
Criminal Code Revision Commission established.
Division of Banking fees increased.
Election petition deadlines for certain elections revised.
Extraordinary litigation expense fund established.
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act compliance to be studied.
Felony convictions to disqualify a person from working in certain child care jobs.
Governor may enter into agreements to indemnify certain entities who donate
property to the Science and Technology Authority.
Health insurance carriers to offer certain deductible options.
Immunity for entity that donates property to Science and Technology Authority.
Law enforcement building authorization and appropriation.
Mosquito control grant program established.
Notary may not charge a fee for notarizing absentee ballots.
Real property tax assessment freeze eligibility income criteria increased.
Salary and benefits appropriation for the Public Utilities Commission.
Sale of ephedra products regulated.
Science and Technology Authority created.
State Fair appropriation.
Veterans' bonus program revision and appropriation.
Environmental Protection
Provide a limitation on lender liability for environmental cleanup costs.
Felony
Felony convictions to disqualify a person from working in certain child care jobs.
Human cloning prohibited.
Sale of ephedra products regulated.
The crime of witness tampering reformed.
Third and subsequent violations of protection orders made a felony.
Violation of a stalking protection order, penalty increased.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
Powers of attorney and trusts revised.
Fire-fighting
Appropriation for wildfire suppression.
Department of Agriculture contracting authority relating to fire suppression
revised.
Property tax levies for rural fire protection districts revised.
Rural fire-fighting assistance and equipment from the Department of Agriculture
revised.
Fireworks
Grassland fire danger index used to regulate fireworks.
Fuel Tax
Penalty provided for failure to pay civil penalty if special fuel found in a
motor vehicle.
Special fuel blends subject to fuel excise tax.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Certain restrictions on unarmed retrieval of game established.
Deer and antelope hunting licenses made available to active military personnel
and their dependents.
Department of Agriculture contracting authority relating to fire suppression
revised.
Five dollar surcharge on hunting licenses continued.
National Guard and Reserve members eligible for certain disabled hunting
and fishing licenses.
Nonresident may hunt varmints when hunting on a licensed shooting preserve.
Governor
Appropriation for water projects.
Appropriation to Science and Technology Authority to purchase insurance
and for operating expenses.
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act compliance to be studied.
Governor may enter into agreements to indemnify certain entities who donate
property to the Science and Technology Authority.
Governor's authority in time of an emergency revised.
Homestake mine transfer to the Science and Technology Authority and
appropriation.
Immunity for entity that donates property to Science and Technology Authority.
Increase the number of physicians eligible to participate in the tuition
reimbursement program.
Per student allocation in state aid increased.
Pharmacy benefits management regulated.
REDI fund uses reformed.
Rule amended to increase personal needs allowance for medicaid recipients.
Science and Technology Authority created.
Senior prescription drug benefit program may end upon the issuance of a federal
drug discount card.
Special appropriation for tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.
State aid to education special distribution.
Tax on food refund program established.
Veterans' bonus program revision and appropriation.
Hazardous Materials
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials provisions updated.
Health Insurance
Creditable health insurance coverage revised.
Dental licensure exemption created.
Discounted health care rates to be provided to persons with health care
savings accounts.
Health insurance carriers to offer certain deductible options.
Pharmacy benefits management regulated.
Senior prescription drug benefit program may end upon the issuance of a federal
drug discount card.
Small group health insurance, certain requirements repealed.
Utilization review and grievance procedures clarified.
High School
Basic high school curriculum and recommended high school curriculum created.
Graduating high school seniors release before end of school term repealed.
High school student excused to work as election official.
Highways and Bridges
Conditions under which counties may levy taxes in certain townships, revised.
County road district referendum provisions revised.
Culverts to be inspected annually.
Highway right-of-way use by utilities, agreements for relocation allowed.
Highway rights-of-way acquired by purchase no longer need a resolution.
Mowing of ditches on the state trunk highway system, authority to regulate
clarified.
Public rights-of-way may be maintained and improved.
Revise certain provisions relating to isolated tracts of land.
State trunk highway system in Brown County altered.
State trunk highway system relating to Highway 53 in Tripp County modified.
Utility corridor acquisition regulated.
House Joint Resolution
Proposing an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to provide certain
nonsectarian services to children of school age attending religious schools.
Hunting
Certain restrictions on unarmed retrieval of game established.
Deer and antelope hunting licenses made available to active military personnel
and their dependents.
Five dollar surcharge on hunting licenses continued.
Interstate wildlife compact implemented.
National Guard and Reserve members eligible for certain disabled hunting and
fishing licenses.
Nonresident may hunt varmints when hunting on a licensed shooting preserve.
Revise certain aerial hunting provisions.
Indian Tribes
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act compliance to be studied.
Insurance
Appropriation to Science and Technology Authority to purchase insurance and
for operating expenses.
Automobile insurance policies cancellation notice revised.
Creditable health insurance coverage revised.
Dental licensure exemption created.
Farm mutual insurers certain provisions revised.
Group life policies may be issued to additional types of groups.
Health insurance carriers to offer certain deductible options.
Insurance agent requirements altered.
Insurance guaranty association provisions reformed.
Insurance premium tax credits adjusted.
Insurance rates and rating procedures and approval revised.
Insurer financial condition to include certain assets.
Insurer investments restricted.
Nonforfeiture statute for individual deferred annuities.
Pharmacy benefits management regulated.
Premium tax revised on certain small life insurance policies.
Renter damage guarantee programs exempt from insurance regulation.
Small group health insurance, certain requirements repealed.
Utilization review and grievance procedures clarified.
Workers compensation insurance, certain requirements revised.
Interim Committee
Administrative rules procedure revised.
Basic high school curriculum and recommended high school curriculum created.
Congregate housing tax exemption criteria revised.
County unreserved general fund balance limited and reported.
Criminal Code Revision Commission established.
Department of Corrections provisions revised.
Department of Social Services provisions revised.
School districts consolidation plan to include excess tax levy.
Interstate Compact
Interstate wildlife compact implemented.
Judicial Remedies
Immunity for owners of anhydrous ammonia.
Liability based on consumption of a product prohibited.
Public nuisances costs to abate granted to local government.
Juvenile Court
Juvenile court notice to the attorney general in certain cases.
Labor and Employment
Payor may withhold costs when making payment under an order for withholding.
Law Enforcement
Attorney General may purchase equipment through the Bureau of Administration.
Cities authorized to provide housing for police officers.
Dangling object prohibition to be enforced as a petty offense.
Drug dog law enforcement teams to be certified.
Law enforcement "calls for service" information are considered public records.
Law enforcement certification may be refused or revoked for juvenile
adjudications or dispositions.
Liquidated court costs increased.
Threatening a law enforcement officer or the officer's family revised.
Legislature
Child care and learning task force created.
Constitutional Revision Commission authorized.
Criminal Code Revision Commission established.
Legislature must authorize transfers of real property to the federal government.
South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship Program reformed.
State and local government study.
Legislature and Statutes
Constitutional Revision Commission authorized.
Legislation enacted in 2003 codified.
Libraries
County lawbook and law library fund use updated.
Local Government
Bonding of township clerks and treasurers revised.
Culverts to be inspected annually.
Municipal and school board elections deadlines and procedures revised.
Property tax levies for rural fire protection districts revised.
Public nuisances costs to abate granted to local government.
State and local government study.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
Township leasing of tools or equipment, cost increased before vote is required.
Township officer's duties may be combined.
Traffic signal disruption made a crime.
Military Affairs
Clarify and increase education benefits for children of South Dakotans
who die in military service.
Governor's authority in time of an emergency revised.
National Guard tuition privilege eligibility requirements revised.
National Guard tuition privileges revised.
National Guard tuition reduction extended to graduate study courses.
Salary differences of activated National Guard and Reserve members who are
state employees to be paid by the state.
Veterans' bonus program revision and appropriation.
Veterans, period of qualifying service for benefits revised.
Mining, Oil and Gas
Oil and gas unit ownership percentage reduced to ratify a unit.
Minors
Children in need of supervision time period for being held in a detention
facility restricted.
Death penalty for minors prohibited.
Exposure to the manufacturing of methamphetamine deemed to be child abuse
or neglect.
Federal Indian Child Welfare Act compliance to be studied.
Felony convictions to disqualify a person from working in certain child care jobs.
Great-grandparent included in definition of grand parent.
Instruction permit for operating a motor vehicle, hours of operation changed.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles revised.
Juvenile court notice to the attorney general in certain cases.
Law enforcement certification may be refused or revoked for juvenile
adjudications or dispositions.
Minors adjudicated for driving under the influence defined as children in need
of supervision.
Notice required when a parent with custody of a child moves.
Payor may withhold costs when making payment under an order for withholding.
Prosecutor may sign the summons in a juvenile case.
Restricted minor's permit hours of operation revised.
Misdemeanors
Certain restrictions on unarmed retrieval of game established.
Providing false or misleading information to the Public Utilities Commission
made a misdemeanor.
State snowmobile trails regulated.
Taking pictures without a person's consent made a misdemeanor.
Traffic signal disruption made a crime.
Motor Vehicles
Auction agencies required to disclose damage statements on motor vehicles.
Blue light allowed as part of motorcycle rear brake light.
Boat damage disclosure.
Boat license renewal period revised.
Commercial driver license requirements revised.
Commercial use of vehicles by licensed motor vehicle dealers.
County wheel tax proceeds, use reformed.
Damage disclosure information revised.
Dangling object prohibition to be enforced as a petty offense.
First responder decal for specialty license plates.
Instruction permit for operating a motor vehicle, hours of operation changed.
Mandatory drug and alcohol testing when there is an accident involving serious
bodily injury.
Minors adjudicated for driving under the influence defined as children in need
of supervision.
Motor vehicle dealer bond increased.
Motor vehicle dealer supplemental lots regulated.
Motor vehicle titling and registration must be in the customer's county if done
by a dealer.
Penalty provided for failure to pay civil penalty if special fuel found in a
motor vehicle.
Rate of reimbursement increased when using a motorcycle on state business.
Restricted minor's permit hours of operation revised.
Staggered registration of commercial motor vehicles.
State snowmobile trails regulated.
Traffic signal disruption made a crime.
Motorcycles
Blue light allowed as part of motorcycle rear brake light.
Rate of reimbursement increased when using a motorcycle on state business.
Municipal Government
Cities authorized to provide housing for police officers.
Conditional use criteria to be established for zoning ordinances.
Executive session for county government revised.
Mosquito control grant program established.
Municipal and school board elections deadlines and procedures revised.
Municipal facilities authority repealed.
Municipal government may authorize the installation of communications
equipment on water towers.
Municipalities may enter into development agreements with landowners.
Obscene material or conduct regulated by ordinance automatic referral repealed..
State and local government study.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
The general occupation tax revenue method of assessment modified.
Traffic signal disruption made a crime.
National Guard
Clarify and increase education benefits for children of South Dakotans who
die in military service.
National Guard tuition privilege eligibility requirements revised.
National Guard tuition privileges revised.
National Guard tuition reduction extended to graduate study courses.
Salary differences of activated National Guard and Reserve members who are
state employees to be paid by the state.
Notice and Publication
Fees chargeable for legal publications set by the Bureau of Administration.
Oaths and Acknowledgments
Notary may not charge a fee for notarizing absentee ballots.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Department of Corrections provisions revised.
Inmate accounts procedures revised for inmates who are discharged, deceased
or who have escaped.
Mandatory consecutive sentences modified.
Parole agreements modified.
Preliminary hearings for parole violators revised.
Personal Rights and Obligations
Human rights complaints procedure modified.
Liability based on consumption of a product prohibited.
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Building code references updated.
Conditional use criteria to be established for zoning ordinances.
County zoning laws reformed.
Economic development incentives created.
Power of Attorney
Powers of attorney and trusts revised.
Protocols for cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives.
Professions and Occupations
Controlled substance registration requirement adjusted.
Dental laboratory work orders modified.
Dental licensure exemption created.
Emergency medical technicians to be included in peer review committees.
Increase the number of physicians eligible to participate in the tuition
reimbursement program.
Licensed professional counselor certification requirements revised.
Occupational therapists limited permits revised.
Pharmacy technicians regulated.
Physician license renewal deadline revised.
Physician licensure by exam, modified.
Profession incompetence defined for physicians.
Respiratory care practice revised.
State Electrical Commission membership changed.
Statute of limitations for real estate licensees and firms.
The South Dakota Certification Board of Alcohol and Drug Professionals created.
Property
Economic development incentives created.
Governor's authority in time of an emergency revised.
Immunity for entity that donates property to Science and Technology Authority.
Legislature must authorize transfers of real property to the federal government.
Provide a limitation on lender liability for environmental cleanup costs.
Revise certain provisions relating to isolated tracts of land.
Sellers or lessors of real property required to disclose certain hazardous
conditions.
The general occupation tax revenue method of assessment modified.
Property Taxes
Conditions under which counties may levy taxes in certain townships, revised.
Congregate housing tax exemption criteria revised.
County wheel tax proceeds, use reformed.
Economic development incentives created.
Property tax levies for rural fire protection districts revised.
Special appropriation for tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.
The general occupation tax revenue method of assessment modified.
Public Fiscal Administration
Constitutional trust funds value established.
Public funds may be invested in certificates of deposit.
Public Health and Safety
Abortion report, additional information to be included.
Autopsy defined.
Blood samples to be sent to a certified laboratory.
Contracts with bordering states for the treatment of certain persons.
Controlled substance registration requirement adjusted.
Controlled substance schedule increased.
Drugs may be redispensed under certain circumstances.
Fees related to the registration of controlled substances limited.
Fireworks may be discharged on land owned or leased by the Department of
Game, Fish and Parks.
Grassland fire danger index used to regulate fireworks.
Human cloning prohibited.
Ionizing radiation sources to be licensed and to set a fee.
Protocols for cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives.
Respiratory care practice revised.
Rural fire-fighting assistance and equipment from the Department of Agriculture
revised.
Sale of ephedra products regulated.
Public Officers and State Employees
A member's compensation to be used to calculate benefits under the
South Dakota Retirement System.
Actuarial reporting procedures revised.
Additional survivor protection program in the South Dakota Retirement System
revised.
Contributory service needed to receive benefits under the South Dakota
Retirement System.
Full-time equivalent definition for a state employee revised.
Interest rates revised on certain payouts from the South Dakota Retirement System.
Rate of reimbursement increased when using a motorcycle on state business.
Retirement revised for retired members of the South Dakota Retirement System
who return to covered employment.
Special pay retirement program established for state government.
Succession to governorship, certain elected officials eligible.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
The definition of compensation revised to compute final average salary for an
SDRS member.
Uncredited public service, the cost of purchasing revised.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Governor may enter into agreements to indemnify certain entities who donate
property to the Science and Technology Authority.
Municipal facilities authority repealed.
State government purchasing reformed.
Public Records
Executive session for county government revised.
Law enforcement "calls for service" information are considered public records.
Public records confidentiality reformed.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Civil fine authority of the Public Utilities Commission reformed.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials provisions updated.
Public utility schedules and tariffs have the effect of law.
Telecommunications contracts renewal notice regulated.
Telecommunications traffic signaling information to be provided.
Public Utilities Commission
Civil fine authority of the Public Utilities Commission reformed.
Providing false or misleading information to the Public Utilities Commission
made a misdemeanor.
Public utility schedules and tariffs have the effect of law.
Salary and benefits appropriation for the Public Utilities Commission.
Telecommunications traffic signaling information to be provided.
Recreation and Sports
Authorize certain fraternal organizations to use pull tab dispensers in selling
pull tabs.
District Community Centers, repealed.
Public dance halls repealed.
Racing jurisdiction redefined.
REDI Fund
REDI Fund matching funds requirement waived.
REDI fund uses reformed.
South Dakota entrepreneur support program created.
Sales Tax
Certain transportation services made exempt from sales and use tax.
Foreign trade zone tax exemption modified.
Sales tax applied to payments regarding leased property between members of
controlled group.
Special appropriation for tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons.
Tax on food refund program established.
School Board
Municipal and school board elections deadlines and procedures revised.
School board to set the amount of per diem that a member of the board
may receive.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
School Districts
Publisher to provide electronic materials for converting textbooks to Braille.
School administrators alternative certification requirements reformed.
School district boundary changes, certain requirements changed.
School district general fund tax levies, changed.
School districts consolidation plan to include excess tax levy.
School districts to offer kindergarten and to require content standards for
kindergarten.
Special education students may open enroll in nonresident school district.
State and local government study.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
Secretary of State
Absentee voting procedure revised.
Business name registration modified.
Election equipment replacement fund established.
Election petition deadlines for certain elections revised.
High school student excused to work as election official.
Limited liability company filing fees revised.
Municipal and school board elections deadlines and procedures revised.
Polling place procedures revised.
Registered agents and service of process changed for corporations.
Residency requirement for voting revised.
Secretary of State's program to provide access to certain financing statements
continued.
Securities
Uniform Securities Act adopted.
South Dakota Retirement System
A member's compensation to be used to calculate benefits under the
South Dakota Retirement System.
Actuarial reporting procedures revised.
Additional survivor protection program in the South Dakota Retirement System
revised.
Contributory service needed to receive benefits under the South Dakota
Retirement System.
Interest rates revised on certain payouts from the South Dakota Retirement System.
Retirement revised for retired members of the South Dakota Retirement System
who return to covered employment.
Special pay retirement program established for state government.
The definition of compensation revised to compute final average salary for an
SDRS member.
Uncredited public service, the cost of purchasing revised.
State Affairs and Government
Administrative rules may be sent back for further hearings in the rule
promulgation process.
Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, restrictions removed regarding
state communications.
Certain documents prohibited as a means of identification.
Constitutional trust funds value established.
Department of Agriculture organization revised.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005.
Governor may enter into agreements to indemnify certain entities who donate
property to the Science and Technology Authority.
Increase the number of physicians eligible to participate in the tuition
reimbursement program.
Joe Foss Day designated.
Legislature must authorize transfers of real property to the federal government.
Notice of appeal requirement modified for administrative appeals.
Open meetings commission created.
Public records confidentiality reformed.
Rate of reimbursement increased when using a motorcycle on state business.
REDI Fund matching funds requirement waived.
REDI fund uses reformed.
References to executive branch agencies corrected.
Science and Technology Authority created.
Small business impact statement required when promulgating rules.
South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority bonding authority
expanded.
State fishing museum to be located in Webster.
Succession to governorship, certain elected officials eligible.
State Aid to Education
Appropriation to enhance education.
Per student allocation in state aid increased.
State aid for special education local effort levy and effort factor adjusted.
State aid to education special distribution.
State aid to education per student allocation for special education increased.
State Fair
State Fair administration revised.
State Fair appropriation.
Supreme Court
Children in need of supervision time period for being held in a detention facility
restricted.
County lawbook and law library fund use updated.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Interstate Compact for Juveniles revised.
Taxes
Certain transportation services made exempt from sales and use tax.
Conditions under which counties may levy taxes in certain townships, revised.
Congregate housing tax exemption criteria revised.
County unreserved general fund balance limited and reported.
County wheel tax proceeds, use reformed.
Delinquent and subsequent taxes payment procedure clarified.
Foreign trade zone tax exemption modified.
Insurance premium tax credits adjusted.
One rate established for the telephone gross receipts tax.
Outdated provisions of the property tax relief program repealed.
Penalties for paying taxes late, reformed.
Penalty provided for failure to pay civil penalty if special fuel found in a
motor vehicle.
Premium tax revised on certain small life insurance policies.
Private collection agencies may be used to collect delinquent taxes.
Property tax levies for rural fire protection districts revised.
Railroad tax credits adjusted.
Real property tax assessment freeze eligibility income criteria increased.
References to the Internal Revenue Code adjusted.
Sales tax applied to payments regarding leased property between members of
controlled group.
School district general fund tax levies, changed.
School districts consolidation plan to include excess tax levy.
Special fuel blends subject to fuel excise tax.
State aid for special education local effort levy and effort factor adjusted.
Tax on food refund program established.
The general occupation tax revenue method of assessment modified.
The uniform administration of state taxes apply to investigations.
Tobacco
Tobacco litigation escrow fund allowable share provision reworked.
Tobacco prevention program reports from the Department of Health.
Townships
Bonding of township clerks and treasurers revised.
Civil township organization requirements revised.
Conditions under which counties may levy taxes in certain townships, revised.
Public nuisances costs to abate granted to local government.
Public rights-of-way may be maintained and improved.
State and local government study.
Temporary replacement for local government officials.
Township leasing of tools or equipment, cost increased before vote is required.
Township officer's duties may be combined.
Trade Regulation
Business name registration modified.
Dealer franchises for vehicles, implements or equipment certain provisions
revised.
Discounted health care rates to be provided to persons with health care savings
accounts.
Outdoor power equipment retailers to be compensated for warranty work.
Tuition
National Guard tuition privilege eligibility requirements revised.
National Guard tuition privileges revised.
Uniform Commercial Code
Secretary of State's program to provide access to certain financing statements
continued.
Uniform Probate Code
Notice to certain persons in estate litigation.
Security accounts for transfers or payments upon death, definition modified.
Water Management
Appropriation for water projects.
Participation in federal Brownfields revitalization program authorized.
Revenue bonds may be used to finance water pipelines and aqueducts.
Workers Compensation
Workers compensation insurance, certain requirements revised.