Abortion
    Abortion regulation revised.
    Abortion restricted for unemancipated minors and incompetent females.
    Abortions restricted.
    State authority to prohibit abortions, when the authority may be implemented.
    Task force to study abortion created.
Absentee Voting
    Absentee voting, procedure revised.
Administrative Rules
    Administrative rules, promulgation process revised.
    Animal identification program established.
    Appropriate funds to provide cochlear implants to certain children.
    Betting on horse and dog racing revised.
    Distance education course providers to be certified.
    Education for gifted children rule-making authority repealed.
    Health insurance dependent coverage continuation modified.
    Highway speed limits to be set by Transportation Commission.
    Massage therapists regulated.
    Material fabricators sales and use tax refund.
    Pulse crop checkoff established.
    Real estate brokers may appoint agents within office to represent
        separate parties.
    Sales tax on food refund program rule-making authority clarified.
    South Dakota Certified Beef Program established.
    Vital record access regulated.
Agricultural Property
    Agricultural land, capacity to produce criteria revised.
    Agricultural property assessments, factors used to determine value revised.
Agriculture
    An Act to appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
    Animal identification program established.
    Contractor's excise tax refund for new biodiesel plant and soybean
        processing plants.
    Ethanol labeling requirements.
    Exempt certain items used in pesticide application from sale tax.
    Livestock contract reporting, certain provisions repealed.
    Prairie dogs considered pests under certain conditions.
    Promotional fee on wheat increased.
    Pulse crop checkoff established.
    Records of weed and pest control board may recorded when related to
        real property.
    Revise the definition of agricultural purposes as it relates to sales tax.
    Secretary of Agriculture may regulate seed.
    South Dakota Certified Beef Program established.
    Specify when orders for weed and pest control terminate.
    State Fair appropriation.
    The state prairie dog management plan, approved.
Alcoholic Beverages
    Alcoholic beverage licensee training program responsibility revised.
    Alcoholic beverage licensees, notice required before civil penalty for
        subsequent violations may be imposed.

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    Driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, fifth offense penalty set.
    Drug testing for employees of resident care centers.
    Municipal alcoholic beverage licensee, food service allowed.
Animals and Livestock
    Animal identification program established.
    Livestock contract reporting, certain provisions repealed.
    South Dakota Certified Beef Program established.
Appropriation
    An Act to appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
    Appropriate funds to provide cochlear implants to certain children.
    Appropriation in HB 1220 repealed.
    Appropriation to enhance education.
    Appropriations from various water and environment funds.
    Association of County Commissioners appropriation for the coordination of
        911 services.
    Board of Regents appropriation for Cottonwood Research Station.
    Board of Regents appropriation for manure digestion system.
    Board of Regents may accept a gift of land from the
        South Dakota State University Foundation.
    Bonding authority for law enforcement building, increased.
    Building authorization for the Board of Regents.
    Coordinated Soil and Water Conservation Fund appropriation.
    Correctional facilities, appropriation for design and construction.
    Elderly and disabled persons tax refund appropriation.
    Extraordinary litigation fund purposes revised.
    Fish hatchery and facility infrastructure to be constructed and modernized.
    General Appropriations Act for education enhancement for fiscal year 2005
        revised.
    General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005 corrected.
    Lee Medicine and Science Hall appropriation for increased costs.
    Litigation extraordinary expenses appropriation.
    Motor vehicle license plate regulation revised.
    Payment of settlement expenses to SDDS, Inc.
    Post secondary technical institutes appropriation.
    Sales tax on food refund appropriation.
    School district consolidation incentive appropriation.
    State Fair appropriation.
    Telecommunications tax allocation and distribution of the funds.
    The General Appropriations Act for FY 2006.
    Veteran's bonus program eligibility revised.
    Wildfire suppression appropriation.
    Winter Safe Highway Maintenance fund repealed.
Assessment
    Agricultural land, capacity to produce criteria revised.
    Agricultural property assessments, factors used to determine value revised.
Attorney General
    Extraordinary litigation fund purposes revised.
    Federal law enforcement officer, definition to include postal and
        protective services.
    Nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers consent to be sued in state courts.
    Tobacco distributors and wholesalers, civil penalties for not complying
        with cigarette regulations.
Ballots
    Electronic voting, voter tabulation systems regulated.

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Banks and Banking
    Bank investments in annuities regulated.
    Debt cancellation and debt suspension contract fees may be included in
        consumer installment sales contracts.
    Electronic title file system to be used.
    Lending license fees, surety bond requirements, and bank franchise taxes
        not required for certain entities.
    Money lenders regulated.
    Remote service banking regulated.
    Tax imposed on financial institutions, distribution revised.
    The director of the Division of Banking may enter into interstate agreements.
Board of Regents
    Board of Regents appropriation for Cottonwood Research Station.
    Board of Regents appropriation for manure digestion system.
    Board of Regents may accept a gift of land from the
        South Dakota State University Foundation.
    Building authorization for the Board of Regents.
    Lee Medicine and Science Hall appropriation for increased costs.
    Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship revised provisions.
Budget
    Financial information concerning fund balances to be reported.
    Indirect cost reimbursement, deposit and appropriation.
Bureau of Administration
    Certain debts may be referred to a private vendor for collection.
    Governor's residence may be donated for public purpose.
    Litigation extraordinary expenses appropriation.
Bureau of Finance and Management
    General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005 corrected.
    Payment of settlement expenses to SDDS, Inc.
Bureau of Personnel
    Health insurance, prior creditable coverage revised.
    South Dakota Risk Pool, certain provider contracts permitted.
Cable
    Cable television and franchise provisions revised.
Children
    Abuse or neglected child definition revised.
    Child custody proceedings to comply with Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Parental rights termination, parent may appear at hearing telephonically.
Civil Procedure
    Eminent domain power may be used for limited purpose.
    Health care provider statements may not be used in malpractice actions.
    Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and appliances defined as a product for
        determining product liability.
    Medical malpractice damages limited for podiatrists.
    Personal liability limited for persons in certain corporations.
    Petitioner notified when an ex parte protection order is served.
    Professional corporations and practitioners, time limited for bringing actions.
Code Counsel
    2004 legislation codified.
    Corrections to the code.
    Retirement system special pay plan revised.
    Special pay plan recodified.
Contracts
    Contracts in restraint of trade, exception for insurance agents.
    Credit card agreement modifications regulated.

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    Interest rate on a bill, statement, or invoice regulated.
    Money lenders regulated.
    Terminating a teacher's contract, procedure revised.
Corporations
    Limited liability company, filing requirements revised.
    Personal liability limited for persons in certain corporations.
    Professional corporations and practitioners, time limited for bringing actions.
    South Dakota Business Corporation Act cross references corrected.
    South Dakota Business Corporation Act.
Counties
    Association of County Commissioners appropriation for the coordination of
        911 services.
    Coroner's fees set by county commission.
    County board of mental illness composition.
    County redistricting.
    Deputy coroners compensation revised.
    Indemnification of public officers and employees, the maximum amount
        increased.
    Mosquito prevention and control program continued.
    Notice of certain tax equalization decisions to be published.
    Private entity voter registration regulated.
    Public officials may not vote on issues that cause a conflict of interest.
    Records of weed and pest control board may recorded when related to
        real property.
    Specify when orders for weed and pest control terminate.
    Surplus property, consistent local procedures for disposal.
    Unemployment insurance compensation fund for political subdivisions,
        restriction modified.
    Voter registration by private entity regulated.
Crimes
    Civil recovery for unpaid motor fuel.
    Criminal code revised.
    Driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, fifth offense penalty set.
    Products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine sales restricted.
Criminal Procedure
    A judge may extend clemency or reduce a sentence, time to act increased.
    A nonresident violator of game, fish and parks laws may be required
        to post bond.
    Court services officers may arrest probation violators.
    Criminal code revised.
    Federal law enforcement officer, definition to include postal and
        protective services.
    Grand jury transcript may be ordered by a magistrate judge.
    Victim definition revised for the purpose of making impact statements to court.
Debtor and Creditor
    Credit card agreement modifications regulated.
    Debt cancellation and debt suspension contract fees may be included in
        consumer installment sales contracts.
    Homestead exemption increased for debtors in bankruptcy.
    Interest rate on a bill, statement, or invoice regulated.
    Lending license fees, surety bond requirements, and bank franchise taxes
        not required for certain entities.
    Money lenders regulated.
Debts
    Certain debts may be referred to a private vendor for collection.

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Department of Agriculture
    Coordinated Soil and Water Conservation Fund appropriation.
    Nonprofit corporate rural firefighters eligible for state workers compensation
        when working for the Department of Agriculture.
    State Fair appropriation.
    Wildfire suppression appropriation.
Department of Corrections
    Clemency hearings before the Board of Pardons and Parole, procedure revised.
    Correctional facilities, appropriation for design and construction.
    Inmates, involuntary feeding or hydration procedure established.
    Interdisciplinary child information teams.
    Real property acquired for a correctional facility to be sold.
Department of Education
    Certificate of health for persons with continuing contracts in a consolidated
        school district, requirement changed.
    Education for gifted children rule-making authority repealed.
    School district consolidation incentive appropriation.
    School district obligation to reorganize may be submitted to voters if no
        agreement reached on plan.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
    Mining statutes, certain executed and superceded laws repealed.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
    A nonresident violator of game, fish and parks laws may be required
        to post bond.
    Artificial lights to hunt or locate wild animals restricted.
    Fish hatchery and facility infrastructure to be constructed and modernized.
    Game, Fish and Parks may not require the of use electronic or telephonic
        methods to 1issue licenses.
    Park license required for additional areas.
    Shooting preserves permit process modified.
    Wholesale resident bait dealer license required of certain persons.
Department of Health
    Cancer reporting requirements revised.
    Critical access hospital, rural area defined.
    Delayed marriage record established.
    Mosquito prevention and control program continued.
    Nursing facility bed moratorium continued.
    Specialty resorts, minimum fire safety standards set.
    Tuberculosis, requirement to be screened is repealed.
    Vital record access regulated.
Department of Human Services
    Appropriate funds to provide cochlear implants to certain children.
Department of Labor
    Estheticians licensing revised.
    Unemployment experience rating account, transfer of the account regulated.
    Unemployment insurance benefits modified.
    Workers compensation procedure revised to comply with the
        statute of limitation.
Department of Public Safety
    Commercial motor vehicle drivers, regulatory authority of the
        Department of Public Safety revised.
    Department of Public Safety references corrected.
    Motor vehicle window film or glaze, label requirement repealed.
    Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices,
        federal references updated.

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Department of Revenue and Regulation
    Abandoned motor vehicles regulated.
    Alcoholic beverage licensee training program responsibility revised.
    Bad debt redefined and deducted for taxation purposes.
    Burial expenses, payment by life insurers and fraternal benefit societies
        revised.
    Department of Transportation to provide information regarding
        railroad property.
    Electronic title file system to be used.
    Group health coverage, references to conversion rights removed from the
        continuation requirements.
    Health care provider networks, adequate access provided.
    Health insurance dependent coverage continuation modified.
    Insurance examination reports procedure revised.
    Insurance producer may not pay a referral fee.
    Insurance producers may not influence a witness.
    Internal Revenue Code tax references updated.
    Medicare supplement policies modified.
    Motor vehicle dealer investigation by Department of Revenue and Regulation,
        procedure revised.
    Motor vehicle dealers subject to increased regulatory authority of the
        Department of Revenue and Regulation.
    Prepared food defined for sales and use tax purposes.
    Remote service banking regulated.
    Sales and use tax exemptions repealed.
    Sales and use tax refund procedures revised.
    Small employer premium discounts authorized.
    Tax liability of sellers who agree to collect tax under the Streamlined
        Sales Tax Agreement.
    The director of the Division of Banking may enter into interstate agreements.
Department of Social Services
    Abused or neglected child, expedited hearing procedure clarified.
    Abused or neglected children, provide a preference for placement with
        a relative.
    Food stamp benefits, unauthorized acquisition and transfer penalties
        established.
    Insurers to cooperate with the Department of Social Services to coordinate
        medical benefits.
    Interdisciplinary child information teams.
    Nursing facilities, preadmission assessment for admission repealed.
    Parental rights termination, parent may appear at hearing telephonically.
    Residential treatment center established as a child welfare agency.
    Welfare fraud investigations and recoveries, program established.
Department of Transportation
    Department of Transportation to provide information regarding
        railroad property.
    Pedestrian control signals, standards revised.
    State trunk highway system revised.
    Winter Safe Highway Maintenance fund repealed.
Domestic Relations
    Abused or neglected child, expedited hearing procedure clarified.
    Abused or neglected children, provide a preference for placement with
        a relative.
    Child custody proceedings to comply with Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Child support, methods to determine revised.

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    Constitution amended to define marriage.
    Delayed marriage record established.
    Parental rights termination, parent may appear at hearing telephonically.
    Petitioner notified when an ex parte protection order is served.
    Revise definition of domestic abuse.
    Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
Driving Under the Influence
    Driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, fifth offense penalty set.
Education
    Appropriation in HB 1220 repealed.
    Appropriation to enhance education.
    Certificate of health for persons with continuing contracts in a consolidated
        school district, requirement changed.
    Cross-border education contracts with North Dakota schools.
    Dental tuition reimbursement program participation increased.
    Distance education course providers to be certified.
    Education for gifted children rule-making authority repealed.
    General Appropriations Act for education enhancement for fiscal year 2005
        revised.
    Honorary high school diplomas may be awarded to Vietnam veterans.
    Legal costs are an allowable expense for special education fund.
    Nonpublic school students may participate in interscholastic activities at
        other nonpublic schools.
    Permanent school records may be maintained in an electronic format.
    Post secondary technical institutes appropriation.
    Property tax levies for school districts revised.
    Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship revised provisions.
    School district consolidation incentive appropriation.
    School district general fund balance to not include certain transfers.
    State aid to education mandated study.
    Terminating a teacher's contract, procedure revised.
    Tuberculosis, requirement to be screened is repealed.
    Use of bond redemption funds revised.
Elections
    Absentee voting, procedure revised.
    Constitution amended to define marriage.
    County redistricting.
    Dates for holding certain elections and filing nominating petitions revised.
    Electronic voting, voter tabulation systems regulated.
    First class municipalities may use special elections to fill vacancies on the
        governing body.
    Home rule charter special elections, when an election shall be called is changed.
    Private entity voter registration regulated.
    Registering and assisting voters, method of payment regulated.
    Road district election notice requirements revised.
    Voter registration by private entity regulated.
    Voter registration, requirements revised.
Emergency Clause
    Appropriations from various water and environment funds.
    Board of Regents appropriation for manure digestion system.
    Bonding authority for law enforcement building, increased.
    Correctional facilities, appropriation for design and construction.
    County redistricting.
    Governor's residence may be donated for public purpose.
    Lee Medicine and Science Hall appropriation for increased costs.

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    Litigation extraordinary expenses appropriation.
    Mosquito prevention and control program continued.
    Payment of settlement expenses to SDDS, Inc.
    Real property acquired for a correctional facility to be sold.
    Shooting preserves permit process modified.
    South Dakota Risk Pool, certain provider contracts permitted.
    State Fair appropriation.
    Tax returns to be filed.
    Wildfire suppression appropriation.
Employee
    Drug testing for employees of resident care centers.
    Employer experience rating accounts not charged under certain circumstances.
    Multiple employer trusts authorized.
    Unemployment experience rating account, transfer of the account regulated.
    Unemployment insurance benefits modified.
    Unemployment insurance revisions.
Employer
    Drug testing for employees of resident care centers.
    Employer experience rating accounts not charged under certain circumstances.
    Multiple employer trusts authorized.
    Unemployment experience rating account, transfer of the account regulated.
    Unemployment insurance benefits modified.
    Unemployment insurance revisions.
Energy
    Civil recovery for unpaid motor fuel.
    Ethanol labeling requirements.
    Property tax assessment exemption for energy transmission facilities.
    Revise definition of energy conservation measure.
    Sales and contractor's excise tax refund for power generation facilities.
    South Dakota Electric Transmission Assistance Authority created.
    Wind energy facilities, Public Utilities Commission siting authority revised.
Federal Law Updates
    Bad debt redefined and deducted for taxation purposes.
    Commercial motor vehicle drivers, regulatory authority of the
        Department of Public Safety revised.
    Internal Revenue Code tax references updated.
    Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials, federal
        references updated.
    Pipeline safety inspection program, references to federal law updated.
    Prepared food defined for sales and use tax purposes.
    Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices,
        federal references updated.
    Unemployment insurance compensation fund for political subdivisions,
        restriction modified.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
    Qualified dispositions in trust authorized.
    Trust provisions revised.
Fire
    Nonprofit corporate rural firefighters eligible for state workers compensation
        when working for the Department of Agriculture.
    Rural fire protection districts may contract with other nonprofit corporations.
    Specialty resorts, minimum fire safety standards set.
    Wildfire suppression appropriation.
Food and Drugs
    Sales tax on food refund program rule-making authority clarified.

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Governor
    Abuse or neglected child definition revised.
    Appropriations from various water and environment funds.
    Dental tuition reimbursement program participation increased.
    Elderly and disabled persons tax refund appropriation.
    Employer experience rating accounts not charged under certain circumstances.
    General Appropriations Act for education enhancement for fiscal year 2005
        revised.
    Products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine sales restricted.
    Professional and occupational boards reformed.
    Property tax assessment exemption for energy transmission facilities.
    Sales and contractor's excise tax refund for power generation facilities.
    Sales tax on food refund appropriation.
    South Dakota Certified Beef Program established.
    South Dakota Electric Transmission Assistance Authority created.
    State aid to education mandated study.
    The state prairie dog management plan, approved.
    Veteran's bonus program eligibility revised.
Health Plan
    Health insurance dependent coverage continuation modified.
    Health insurance, prior creditable coverage revised.
    South Dakota Risk Pool, certain provider contracts permitted.
Highways and Bridges
    Highway speed limits to be set by Transportation Commission.
    Road district election notice requirements revised.
    Snowmobile drivers, operation restricted.
    State trunk highway system revised.
    Winter Safe Highway Maintenance fund repealed.
Hunting
    Artificial lights to hunt or locate wild animals restricted.
    Game, Fish and Parks may not require the of use electronic or telephonic
        methods to 1issue licenses.
    National Guard and reserve members may receive resident hunting and
        fishing licenses.
    Shooting preserves permit process modified.
Indian Tribes
    Child custody proceedings to comply with Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Tribal and state tax compacts.
Insurance
    Burial expenses, payment by life insurers and fraternal benefit societies
        revised.
    Contracts in restraint of trade, exception for insurance agents.
    Farm mutual insurance companies, division allowed.
    Group health coverage, references to conversion rights removed from the
        continuation requirements.
    Health care provider networks, adequate access provided.
    Health insurance dependent coverage continuation modified.
    Health insurance, prior creditable coverage revised.
    Indemnification of public officers and employees, the maximum amount
        increased.
    Insurance examination reports procedure revised.
    Insurance producer may not pay a referral fee.
    Insurance producers may not influence a witness.
    Insurer liquidation proceedings, amount payable under reinsurance contracts
        revised.

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    Insurers to cooperate with the Department of Social Services to coordinate
        medical benefits.
    Long term care insurance mandated benefit.
    Medicare supplement policies modified.
    Multiple employer trusts authorized.
    Small employer premium discounts authorized.
    South Dakota Risk Pool, certain provider contracts permitted.
    Supplemental coverages offered with automobile liability policies.
Joint Resolutions
    Constitution amended to define marriage.
Judicial Remedies
    Medical malpractice damages limited for podiatrists.
Law Enforcement
    Court services officers may arrest probation violators.
    Federal firearms licensee requirements clarified.
    Federal law enforcement officer, definition to include postal and
        protective services.
    Interdisciplinary child information teams.
    Nonresident concealed pistol permit reciprocity.
Legislature
    2004 legislation codified.
    Constitutional Revision Commission continued.
    Corrections to the code.
    Financial information concerning fund balances to be reported.
    Mining statutes, certain executed and superceded laws repealed.
    President Pro Tempore may appoint certain members of the
        Interim Rules Review Committee.
    Task force to study abortion created.
Licenses
    Alcoholic beverage licensees, notice required before civil penalty for
        subsequent violations may be imposed.
    Athletic trainers licensing revised.
    Commercial motor vehicle drivers, regulatory authority of the
        Department of Public Safety revised.
    Drivers licenses and identification cards regulated.
    Estheticians licensing revised.
    Foreign country identification and documentation to be copied when
        applying for a drivers license.
    Game, Fish and Parks may not require the of use electronic or
        telephonic methods to issue licenses.
    Lending license fees, surety bond requirements, and bank franchise taxes
        not required for certain entities.
    Municipal alcoholic beverage licensee, food service allowed.
    National Guard and reserve members may receive resident hunting and
        fishing licenses.
    Park license required for additional areas.
    Professional and occupational boards reformed.
    Revise certain provisions related to the practice of occupational therapy.
    Snowmobile drivers, operation restricted.
    Social security number may not be used for certain identification cards.
    Wholesale resident bait dealer license required of certain persons.
Liens
    Abandoned vehicles possessory lien.
    Electronic title file system to be used.
    Federal tax lien registration, filing requirements revised.

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    Motor vehicle sales, records and lien provisions modified.
Mentally Ill Persons
    Abortion restricted for unemancipated minors and incompetent females.
    Commitment for mental illness, additional persons may serve commitment
        papers.
    County board of mental illness composition.
Military Affairs
    Honorary high school diplomas may be awarded to Vietnam veterans.
    National Guard and reserve members may receive resident hunting and
        fishing licenses.
    Veteran's bonus program eligibility revised.
Minors
    Abortion restricted for unemancipated minors and incompetent females.
    Abuse or neglected child definition revised.
    Abused or neglected child, expedited hearing procedure clarified.
    Abused or neglected children, provide a preference for placement with
        a relative.
    Alcoholic beverage licensee training program responsibility revised.
    Alcoholic beverage licensees, notice required before civil penalty for
        subsequent violations may be imposed.
    Child custody proceedings to comply with Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Child support, methods to determine revised.
    Interdisciplinary child information teams.
    Nonpublic school students may participate in interscholastic activities at
        other nonpublic schools.
    Residential treatment center established as a child welfare agency.
    Snowmobile drivers, operation restricted.
    Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
    Wholesale resident bait dealer license required of certain persons.
Motor Vehicles
    Abandoned motor vehicles regulated.
    Abandoned vehicles possessory lien.
    Civil recovery for unpaid motor fuel.
    Commercial motor vehicle drivers, regulatory authority of the
        Department of Public Safety revised.
    Drivers licenses and identification cards regulated.
    Driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, fifth offense penalty set.
    Electronic title file system to be used.
    Foreign country identification and documentation to be copied when
        applying for a drivers license.
    Highway speed limits to be set by Transportation Commission.
    Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials, federal
        references updated.
    Motor vehicle dealer investigation by Department of Revenue and Regulation,
        procedure revised.
    Motor vehicle dealers subject to increased regulatory authority of the
        Department of Revenue and Regulation.
    Motor vehicle license plate regulation revised.
    Motor vehicle manufacturers, franchisors and dealers, provisions revised.
    Motor vehicle sales, records and lien provisions modified.
    Motorcycle safety education fee revised.
    Pedestrian control signals, standards revised.
    Recreational vehicle dimensions regulated.
    Revise certain provisions related to mobile and manufactured homes.
    Sales of out-of-state motor vehicles and excise tax requirements revised.

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    Salvage titles provided.
    Snowmobile drivers, operation restricted.
    Snowmobiles may be sold on consignment.
    Social security number may not be used for certain identification cards.
    Supplemental coverages offered with automobile liability policies.
Motorcycles
    Motorcycle safety education fee revised.
Municipalities
    Business improvement districts and tax exemptions modified.
    Cable television and franchise provisions revised.
    Developer installed sewer collection systems or streets exempt from bid
    Electric cooperatives, taxes paid to municipalities revised.
    First class municipalities may use special elections to fill vacancies on the
        governing body.
    Home rule charter special elections, when an election shall be called is changed.
    Indemnification of public officers and employees, the maximum amount
        increased.
    Interdisciplinary child information teams.
    Internal service fund established for municipal equipment purchases.
    Mosquito prevention and control program continued.
    Municipal alcoholic beverage licensee, food service allowed.
    Municipal annexation authority near regional airports limited.
    Municipal officials may provide services.
    Municipalities, certain terms for promissory notes revised.
    Public officials may not vote on issues that cause a conflict of interest.
    School district general fund balance to not include certain transfers.
    Surplus property, consistent local procedures for disposal.
    Unemployment insurance compensation fund for political subdivisions,
        restriction modified.
Parents
    Child custody proceedings to comply with Indian Child Welfare Act.
    Child support, methods to determine revised.
    Interdisciplinary child information teams.
    Parental rights termination, parent may appear at hearing telephonically.
    Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
    Clemency hearings before the Board of Pardons and Parole, procedure revised.
    Correctional facilities, appropriation for design and construction.
    Inmates, involuntary feeding or hydration procedure established.
Personal Rights and Obligations
    Automated external defibrillators, use revised.
Pistol
    Criminal code revised.
    Federal firearms licensee requirements clarified.
    Firearm record confidentiality.
    Nonresident concealed pistol permit reciprocity.
Prairie Dogs
    Prairie dogs considered pests under certain conditions.
    The state prairie dog management plan, approved.
Privacy
    Firearm record confidentiality.
Professions and Occupations
    Athletic trainers licensing revised.
    Contracts in restraint of trade, exception for insurance agents.
    Dental hygienists evaluation period increased.

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    Dental tuition reimbursement program participation increased.
    Estheticians licensing revised.
    Health care provider statements may not be used in malpractice actions.
    Massage therapists regulated.
    Medical malpractice damages limited for podiatrists.
    Personal liability limited for persons in certain corporations.
    Professional and occupational boards reformed.
    Professional corporations and practitioners, time limited for bringing actions.
    Real estate brokers may appoint agents within office to represent
        separate parties.
    Real estate disclosure statement revised.
    Revise certain provisions related to the practice of occupational therapy.
Public Fiscal Administration
    Bonding authority for law enforcement building, increased.
    Financial information concerning fund balances to be reported.
    General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005 corrected.
    Governor's residence may be donated for public purpose.
    Indirect cost reimbursement, deposit and appropriation.
    South Dakota Science and Technology Authority may invest funds with the
        Investment Council.
    The General Appropriations Act for FY 2006.
    Winter Safe Highway Maintenance fund repealed.
Public Funds
    Financial information concerning fund balances to be reported.
    General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005 corrected.
    Indirect cost reimbursement, deposit and appropriation.
    South Dakota Science and Technology Authority may invest funds with the
        Investment Council.
Public Health and Safety
    Abortion restricted for unemancipated minors and incompetent females.
    Abortions restricted.
    Automated external defibrillators, use revised.
    Cancer reporting requirements revised.
    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives revised.
    Certificate of health for persons with continuing contracts in a consolidated
        school district, requirement changed.
    Critical access hospital, rural area defined.
    Delayed marriage record established.
    Drug testing for employees of resident care centers.
    First responder vaccination program.
    Hospitals required to provide diagnostic-related group charges information
        to the public.
    Integrated telecommunications functions and facilities, obsolete provision
        repealed.
    Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and appliances defined as a product
        for determining product liability.
    Nursing facilities, preadmission assessment for admission repealed.
    Nursing facility bed moratorium continued.
    Products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine sales restricted.
    Rural fire protection districts may contract with other nonprofit corporations.
    Specialty resorts, minimum fire safety standards set.
    Vital record access regulated.
Public Officers and Employees
    Drug testing for employees of resident care centers.

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    Indemnification of public officers and employees, the maximum amount
        increased.
    Retirement benefit for retired and then rehired members, revised.
    Retirement system credited service for certain military active duty service,
        revised.
    Retirement system special pay plan revised.
    South Dakota Retirement System, types of service necessary for benefits
        revised.
    Special pay plan recodified.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
    Bonding authority for law enforcement building, increased.
    Developer installed sewer collection systems or streets exempt from bid
Public Utilities Commission
    Department of Transportation to provide information regarding
        railroad property.
    Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials, federal
        references updated.
    Pipeline safety inspection program, references to federal law updated.
    Public Utilities Commission required to act on certificate of authority for
        interchange telecommunications service.
    Public Utilities Commission to approve the sale or transfer of telecommunications
        property and telecommunications companies to report consolidations.
    Public Utilities Commission, disbursement of certain funds to customers
        required.
    Wind energy facilities, Public Utilities Commission siting authority revised.
    Wireless telecommunications subscriber, use of telephone number restricted.
Public Welfare and Assistance
    Food stamp benefits, unauthorized acquisition and transfer penalties
        established.
    Sales tax on food refund program rule-making authority clarified.
    Welfare fraud investigations and recoveries, program established.
Railroads
    Department of Transportation to provide information regarding
        railroad property.
Real Property
    Agricultural property assessments, factors used to determine value revised.
    Board of Regents may accept a gift of land from the
        South Dakota State University Foundation.
    Certain lands may be conveyed under special circumstances.
    Conservation easement terms clarified.
    Eminent domain power may be used for limited purpose.
    Homestead exemption increased for debtors in bankruptcy.
    Homestead, maximum value set.
    No tax abatement when tax certificate is outstanding.
    Owner-occupied dwellings, requirements to determine classification revised.
    Property tax levies for school districts revised.
    Real estate disclosure statement revised.
    Real property acquired for a correctional facility to be sold.
    Recorded plats errors or omissions, procedure to correct.
    Records of weed and pest control board may recorded when related to
        real property.
    Revise certain provisions related to mobile and manufactured homes.
    Specify when orders for weed and pest control terminate.
    Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.

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Records
    Drivers licenses and identification cards regulated.
    Firearm record confidentiality.
    Motor vehicle sales, records and lien provisions modified.
    Permanent school records may be maintained in an electronic format.
    Revise certain provisions related to mobile and manufactured homes.
    Vital record access regulated.
Recreation and Sports
    Amateur sports officials exempt from sales tax.
    Betting on horse and dog racing revised.
Sales Tax
    Amateur sports officials exempt from sales tax.
    Business improvement districts and tax exemptions modified.
    Contractor's excise tax, sales and use tax refunds.
    Elderly and disabled persons tax refund appropriation.
    Exempt certain items used in pesticide application from sale tax.
    Material fabricators sales and use tax refund.
    Prepared food defined for sales and use tax purposes.
    Revise the definition of agricultural purposes as it relates to sales tax.
    Sales and use tax exemption for certain political subdivisions.
    Sales and use tax exemptions repealed.
    Sales and use tax refund procedures revised.
    Sales tax on food refund appropriation.
    Sales tax on food refund program rule-making authority clarified.
    Tax liability of sellers who agree to collect tax under the Streamlined
        Sales Tax Agreement.
School Districts
    Certificate of health for persons with continuing contracts in a consolidated
        school district, requirement changed.
    Cross-border education contracts with North Dakota schools.
    Distance education course providers to be certified.
    Legal costs are an allowable expense for special education fund.
    Permanent school records may be maintained in an electronic format.
    Property tax levies for school districts revised.
    Public officials may not vote on issues that cause a conflict of interest.
    School district consolidation incentive appropriation.
    School district general fund balance to not include certain transfers.
    School district obligation to reorganize may be submitted to voters if no
        agreement reached on plan.
    Surplus property, consistent local procedures for disposal.
    Tax imposed on financial institutions, distribution revised.
    Terminating a teacher's contract, procedure revised.
    Unemployment insurance compensation fund for political subdivisions,
        restriction modified.
Secretary of State
    Federal tax lien registration, filing requirements revised.
    Limited liability company, filing requirements revised.
    South Dakota Business Corporation Act.
South Dakota Retirement System
    Retirement benefit for retired and then rehired members, revised.
    Retirement system credited service for certain military active duty service,
        revised.
    Retirement system special pay plan revised.
    South Dakota Retirement System, types of service necessary for benefits
        revised.

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    Special pay plan recodified.
State Affairs and Government
    Administrative rules, promulgation process revised.
    Artwork to be displayed in state buildings, provisions revised.
    Cancer reporting requirements revised.
    Certain debts may be referred to a private vendor for collection.
    Conservation easement terms clarified.
    Constitutional Revision Commission continued.
    Dental tuition reimbursement program participation increased.
    Digital Dakota Network, references corrected.
    Eminent domain power may be used for limited purpose.
    Fish hatchery and facility infrastructure to be constructed and modernized.
    Fry bread designated as official state bread.
    Governor's residence may be donated for public purpose.
    President Pro Tempore may appoint certain members of the
        Interim Rules Review Committee.
    Revise definition of energy conservation measure.
    South Dakota Electric Transmission Assistance Authority created.
    South Dakota Science and Technology Authority may invest funds with the
        Investment Council.
    The General Appropriations Act for FY 2006.
    Tribal and state tax compacts.
State Aid to Education
    State aid to education mandated study.
State Trunk Highway System
    State trunk highway system revised.
Taxes
    Agricultural land, capacity to produce criteria revised.
    Agricultural property assessments, factors used to determine value revised.
    Amateur sports officials exempt from sales tax.
    Bad debt redefined and deducted for taxation purposes.
    Business improvement districts and tax exemptions modified.
    Contractor's excise tax refund for new biodiesel plant and soybean
        processing plants.
    Contractor's excise tax, sales and use tax refunds.
    Department of Transportation to provide information regarding
        railroad property.
    Elderly and disabled persons tax refund appropriation.
    Electric cooperatives, taxes paid to municipalities revised.
    Federal tax lien registration, filing requirements revised.
    Homestead, maximum value set.
    Internal Revenue Code tax references updated.
    Material fabricators sales and use tax refund.
    No tax abatement when tax certificate is outstanding.
    Nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers consent to be sued in state courts.
    Notice of certain tax equalization decisions to be published.
    Owner-occupied dwellings, requirements to determine classification revised.
    Prepared food defined for sales and use tax purposes.
    Property tax assessment exemption for energy transmission facilities.
    Property tax levies for school districts revised.
    Public transportation may be funded from the state highway fund.
    Revise certain provisions related to mobile and manufactured homes.
    Revise the definition of agricultural purposes as it relates to sales tax.
    Sales and contractor's excise tax refund for power generation facilities.
    Sales and use tax exemption for certain political subdivisions.

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    Sales and use tax exemptions repealed.
    Sales and use tax refund procedures revised.
    Tax imposed on financial institutions, distribution revised.
    Tax liability of sellers who agree to collect tax under the Streamlined
        Sales Tax Agreement.
    Tax returns to be filed.
    Telecommunications tax allocation and distribution of the funds.
    Tobacco distributors and wholesalers, civil penalties for not complying
        with cigarette regulations.
    Tribal and state tax compacts.
Telecommunications
    Digital Dakota Network, references corrected.
    Integrated telecommunications functions and facilities, obsolete provision
        repealed.
    Public Utilities Commission required to act on certificate of authority for
        interchange telecommunications service.
    Public Utilities Commission to approve the sale or transfer of telecommunications
        property and telecommunications companies to report consolidations.
    Public Utilities Commission, disbursement of certain funds to customers
        required.
    Telecommunications tax allocation and distribution of the funds.
    Wireless telecommunications subscriber, use of telephone number restricted.
Telephone Service
    Integrated telecommunications functions and facilities, obsolete provision
        repealed.
Tobacco
    Extraordinary litigation fund purposes revised.
    Nonparticipating tobacco manufacturers consent to be sued in state courts.
    The sale and shipment of cigarettes regulated.
    Tobacco distributors and wholesalers, civil penalties for not complying
        with cigarette regulations.
Trade Regulation
    Department of Public Safety references corrected.
    Ethanol labeling requirements.
    Specifications and tolerances for weighing and measuring devices,
        federal references updated.
    The sale and shipment of cigarettes regulated.
Unemployment Compensation
    Employer experience rating accounts not charged under certain circumstances.
    Unemployment experience rating account, transfer of the account regulated.
    Unemployment insurance benefits modified.
    Unemployment insurance compensation fund for political subdivisions,
        restriction modified.
    Unemployment insurance revisions.
Unified Judicial System
    A judge may extend clemency or reduce a sentence, time to act increased.
    Court services officers may arrest probation violators.
    Grand jury transcript may be ordered by a magistrate judge.
Voter Registration
    Voter registration, requirements revised.
Water
    Appropriations from various water and environment funds.
Workers Compensation
    Nonprofit corporate rural firefighters eligible for state workers compensation
        when working for the Department of Agriculture.

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    Workers compensation procedure revised to comply with the
        statute of limitation.