TOPICAL INDEX
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Abortion
Abortion facilities to offer sonograms.
Abstractor
Department of Revenue and Regulation form and style review
of the abstractor's statutes.
Administrative Rules
Department of Revenue and Regulation,
business of money transmission regulated.
Telecommunication services definition revised.
Medical claim for payment under workers' compensation,
procedure implemented.
Livestock inspection fee, limit increased.
The promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees
for certain professions and occupations, revised.
Revise certain requirements for veterinary technicians.
Appropriation for county conservation district award program.
Establish a hunter mentoring program.
Chiropractic assistants certified.
Annuity requirements outlined.
The licensing and regulation requirements for public grain warehouses,
revised.
High performance building design and construction standards
for newly constructed or renovated state-owned buildings.
Agriculture
Agricultural land assessment practices revised.
Leaving the brand inspection area without a brand inspection,
penalty modified.
Livestock sales and the transporting of livestock
out of the ownership inspection area, documentation revised.
Appropriation revised for new dairy manufacturing plant
at South Dakota State University.
Definition and operation revised for farm wineries.
Provide an exception to the definition of large-scale solid waste facilities.
Appropriate money for the state fair.
Appropriate money to the Department of Agriculture
for a grant to the Northern Crops Institute
Appropriation for county conservation district award program.
Grain buyer and dealer licensing and regulation modified.
The licensing and regulation requirements for public grain warehouses,
revised.
License fees for grain buyers and grain warehouses increased.
The assessment of real property, revised.
Increase the pesticide registration fee
and promote the pesticide recycling and disposal program.
Revise provisions related to the Family Farm Act
to exempt certain large dairies.
Alcoholic Beverages
Department of Revenue form and style revisions
to alcoholic beverage statutes.
The 24/7 sobriety program, participation expanded.
Definition and operation revised for farm wineries.
Special off-sale package wine dealers licenses authorized.
On- sale wine licenses, issuance revised.
Additional off-sale liquor licenses in certain municipalities.
Placement or return of abused or neglected children.
Sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
upon property adjoining licensed premises.
Recyclers, scrap metal dealers, or scrap yard operators
prohibited from purchasing certain beer kegs.
Persons convicted of driving under the influence
may drive to sobriety testing.
The sale, purchase, use, or possession of alcohol
without liquid devices, prohibited.
Off-sale package beer and wine combination license.
Revised municipal alcoholic beverage licenses.
Alcoholic beverage licenses authorized for certain municipal facilities.
Municipalities and counties may issue
additional on- sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Animals and Livestock
Leaving the brand inspection area without a brand inspection,
penalty modified.
Livestock sales and the transporting of livestock
out of the ownership inspection area, documentation revised.
Eligibility for open market status, revised.
Livestock inspection fee, limit increased.
Revise certain requirements for veterinary technicians.
Revise provisions related to the Family Farm Act
to exempt certain large dairies.
Appropriation
Appropriation to defray operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program.
Appropriation to authorize the Office of the Attorney General
to construct a storage facility in Rapid City.
Appropriation to the coordinated natural resources conservation fund.
Appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund
to the State Conservation Commission.
Board of Regents may construct a student athlete development center
on the campus of South Dakota State University.
Board of Regents may replace storage facilities
at the Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station.
Appropriation revised for new dairy manufacturing plant
at South Dakota State University.
Board of Regents to construct a new public restroom facility
at McCrory Gardens.
Board of Regents expenditure authority increased
for certain approved construction projects.
South Dakota Building Authority to provide financing for
science facilities and laboratories at public universities.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
Continue to appropriate funds to provide cochlear implants
to certain children.
Appropriation for the purchase of motorcycles
used in the motorcycle safety training courses.
Appropriation for the intensive methamphetamine treatment program.
Appropriate money for the state fair.
Appropriate money to the Department of Agriculture
for a grant to the Northern Crops Institute
Appropriation for the postsecondary technical institutes.
Appropriation to postsecondary technical institutes
for the maintenance and repair of buildings.
Appropriation for county conservation district award program.
Board of Regents to acquire land and to construct a facility
for the West River Higher Education Center.
General Appropriations Act revised for Fiscal Year 2008
regarding the South Dakota opportunity scholarships.
Appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons
and persons with a disability.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Appropriation to provide for the renovation
of the National Guard armory in Yankton.
Department of Education appropriation
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
Appropriation for tuition reimbursement to certain health care providers.
Appropriation to fund a dental externship program.
The licensing and regulation requirements for public grain warehouses,
revised.
An appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state.
An appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses.
An appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires.
Board of Regents may construct a roadway
on the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Board of Regents may demolish Seymour Hall at Northern State University.
Appropriation for Fourth Circuit drug court program.
Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish
certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building.
Appropriation to provide refunds of sales tax on food.
Board of Regents to lease a site for delivery of public higher education
in Pierre.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009
Assessments
Agricultural land assessment practices revised.
Board of equalization may remain in session
to consider property assessment appeals.
Information related to the assessment of property
that is to be provided by the director of equalization.
The time to request a hearing or pay an audit is extended.
The assessment of real property, revised.
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General's consumer complaint program,
personnel limit repealed.
Statute of limitations regarding deceptive trade practices, increased.
Distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana to a minor,
penalty increased.
National Park Service officers included in the definition
of a federal law enforcement officer.
The crime of aggravated incest revised.
The 24/7 sobriety program, participation expanded.
Appropriation to defray operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program.
Appropriation to authorize the Office of the Attorney General
to construct a storage facility in Rapid City.
The state lottery investigation fund and the authority to contract with
the attorney general for certain services, repealed.
Placement or return of abused or neglected children.
Persons convicted of driving under the influence
may drive to sobriety testing.
Banks and Banking
Department of Revenue and Regulation,
business of money transmission regulated.
Bank franchise tax provisions revised.
Bank and trust regulation updated.
Trust business in banks and the trust company business.
Modification of credit card agreements.
The supervision, rehabilitation, and liquidation of insurers.
Board of Regents
Board of Regents may construct a student athlete development center
on the campus of South Dakota State University.
Board of Regents may replace storage facilities
at the Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station.
Appropriation revised for new dairy manufacturing plant
at South Dakota State University.
Board of Regents to construct a new public restroom facility
at McCrory Gardens.
Board of Regents expenditure authority increased
for certain approved construction projects.
South Dakota Building Authority to provide financing
for science facilities and laboratories at public universities.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
Eligibility for the opportunity scholarship, changed.
Board of Regents to acquire land and to construct a facility
for the West River Higher Education Center.
Board of Regents may convey land in Pennington County
to the United States Air Force.
Board of Regents may construct a roadway
on the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Board of Regents may demolish Seymour Hall at Northern State University.
The state to enter into the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.
Board of Regents to lease a site for delivery of public higher education
in Pierre.
South Dakota opportunity scholarship requirements changed.
Bureau of Administration
Preference for the procurement of biobased products.
Disposal of state surplus property.
High performance building design and construction standards
for newly constructed or renovated state-owned buildings.
Bureau of Finance and Management
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
An appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state.
An appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses.
An appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires.
Campaign Finance
Campaign finance reporting requirements revised.
Definition of certain public entities that are prohibited
from making political campaign contributions, revised.
Civil Procedure
Jury trial in forfeiture proceedings.
Statute of limitations regarding deceptive trade practices, increased.
Custody or visitation dispute mediation.
Jurisdictional amount increased in certain civil actions
and small claims proceedings.
Commission on Equal Access to Our Courts established.
Petitions for protection, filing requirements revised.
Residency of parties in divorce or separate maintenance proceedings.
Placement or return of abused or neglected children.
Medical malpractice statute of limitation
applicable to minors aged six or over, repealed.
Continuing Education
Plumbing trade continuing education required.
Controlled Substances
Controlled substances schedule updated.
Distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana to a minor,
penalty increased.
The 24/7 sobriety program, participation expanded.
Appropriation for the intensive methamphetamine treatment program.
Placement or return of abused or neglected children.
Persons convicted of driving under the influence
may drive to sobriety testing.
The sale, purchase, use, or possession of alcohol
without liquid devices, prohibited.
Marijuana added to the list of abusive substances
for the purposes of determining child abuse.
Appropriation for Fourth Circuit drug court program.
Corporations
Constitutional amendment to repeal certain provisions
of the State Constitution relating to corporations.
Revise provisions related to the Family Farm Act
to exempt certain large dairies.
Counties
Information related to the assessment of property
that is to be provided by the director of equalization.
Sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
upon property adjoining licensed premises.
The accumulation of funds by counties for capital outlay purposes.
Municipalities and counties may issue
additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
County auditors to keep voter registration cards on file
and open to public inspection.
Public meetings criteria revised.
Courts and Judiciary
Jurisdictional amount increased in certain civil actions
and small claims proceedings.
Commission on Equal Access to Our Courts established.
Standard visitation guidelines, implementation revised.
Court may assess a crime victims' compensation surcharge.
Children may be held in temporary custody upon certain conditions.
Petitions for protection, filing requirements revised.
The effect of suspended impositions of sentence
on parole eligibility of certain offenders.
Amount increased for a judgment in a petty offense case.
Placement or return of abused or neglected children.
Broadcasting or taking of photographs of judicial proceedings
from courtrooms, permitted.
Appropriation for Fourth Circuit drug court program.
Crimes
Distribution or possession with intent to distribute marijuana to a minor,
penalty increased.
The crime of aggravated incest revised.
Petitions for protection, filing requirements revised.
Use prohibited for a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
Location and hours of operation of adult oriented businesses regulated.
Branding a minor prohibited.
The effect of suspended impositions of sentence
on parole eligibility of certain offenders.
Sex offender registry revised to include persons without a residence address.
The sale, purchase, use, or possession of alcohol
without liquid devices, prohibited.
The doctrine of abatement of a criminal proceeding abolished.
The use of certain electronic communication devices
to communicate threats and harassment prohibited.
Intentional exposure to HIV infection defined as a sex crime.
Adult arrested for a qualifying offense, provide a DNA sample.
Criminal Procedure
National Park Service officers included in the definition
of a federal law enforcement officer.
The crime of aggravated incest revised.
The 24/7 sobriety program, participation expanded.
Duration of juvenile detention programs, increased.
The effect of suspended impositions of sentence
on parole eligibility of certain offenders.
Limitation period increased for commencing child abuse prosecutions.
The doctrine of abatement of a criminal proceeding abolished.
Capital punishment.
Intentional exposure to HIV infection defined as a sex crime.
Broadcasting or taking of photographs of judicial proceedings
from courtrooms, permitted.
Adult arrested for a qualifying offense, provide a DNA sample.
Custody and Visitation
Temporary custody before divorce or separate maintenance.
Records and applications regarding a child
to reference the names and addresses of both parents.
Terminology revised for standard child visitation guidelines.
A parent's interest in the custody, service, and earnings of a child.
Parenting coordinators for certain custody and visitation disputes.
Sanctions against parties who willfully
do not comply with custody or visitation decrees.
Custody or visitation dispute mediation.
Rebuttable presumption against the award of custody
to any person with a history of domestic abuse.
Standard visitation guidelines, implementation revised.
Notification requirements established for relatives of children
in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
Debtor and Creditor
Certain entities exempt from the criminal background check
for persons in the business of mortgage lending.
Disclosure of debts in property condition disclosure statements.
Modification of credit card agreements.
Surety bond requirements for mortgage brokerages.
Department of Agriculture
Appropriation to the coordinated natural resources conservation fund.
Appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund
to the State Conservation Commission.
The permissible costs payable from the fire suppression special revenue fund.
Appropriate money for the state fair.
Appropriate money to the Department of Agriculture
for a grant to the Northern Crops Institute
Department of Corrections
Appropriation for the intensive methamphetamine treatment program.
Capital punishment.
Department of Education
Teacher compensation assistance program revised.
The calculation of state aid to special education modified.
Appropriation to assist sparse school districts.
Teacher education regarding Indian education, revised.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
Bordering state student enrollment options.
Consolidated school districts payment of additional funds.
Department of Education appropriation
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
State aid to education certain calculations repealed.
School food service inspection requirement revised.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
South Dakota Conservancy District bond requirements revised.
Ownership of an application to appropriate water may be transferred.
Regulatory oversight of oil pipelines and to create a task force.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
The definition of residency revised for the issuance of
resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
Exemption to boat numbering requirement clarified.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks to sell real and personal property
located at the Spring Creek Recreation Area.
Department of Health
Inpatient hospice and residential hospice defined as a health care facility.
Controlled substances schedule updated.
Appropriation for tuition reimbursement to certain health care providers.
Appropriation to fund a dental externship program.
Minimum fire safety standards for specialty resorts revised.
Statewide trauma system established.
Department of Human Services
Certification for chemical dependency counselors and prevention specialists.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
Appropriation for the intensive methamphetamine treatment program
Change the name of the Board of Counselor Examiners.
The Board of Examiners of Psychologists, responsibilities modified.
Department of Labor
Department of Labor style and form review of statutes.
Department of Labor style and form revisions to the unemployment laws.
Department of Labor review of workers' compensation laws.
Medical claim for payment under workers' compensation,
procedure implemented.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
State's interest in the Mobridge National Guard Armory transferred to city.
Appropriation to provide for the renovation
of the National Guard armory in Yankton.
Department of Public Safety
Motor fuel dispensing operations requirements
for corrosion protection revised.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
provisions updated.
The convictions that may cause the suspension of a minor's driving privilege.
Department of Revenue and Regulation
Department of Revenue and Regulation form and style revisions
to alcoholic beverage statutes.
Department of Revenue and Regulation form and style review
of the abstractor's statutes.
Department of Revenue and Regulation,
business of money transmission regulated.
Telecommunication services definition revised.
Bank franchise tax provisions revised.
Property tax exemption for veterans with disabilities revised.
Property and casualty insurance filing waiting period revised.
Snowmobile and boat licensing staggered.
Taxation of products transferred electronically, provisions revised.
Special fuel taxes refunded under certain circumstances.
The appointments to panels for voluntary review
of certain first level health care decisions, revised.
The time to request a hearing or pay an audit is extended.
Electronic motor vehicle titles.
Bank and trust regulation updated.
Tax code references updated.
Discount medical plan organization's renewal period shortened.
Annuity requirements outlined.
The regulation of franchises and business opportunities, improved.
Cease and desist orders issued to certain vehicle dealers, time reduced.
Department of Social Services
Abuse and neglect registry screening required
for certain volunteers and guardians.
Criminal record checks in adoption home studies.
The consideration of assets for the purpose of long-term care eligibility.
Department of Tourism and State Development
Tax credit for certain renewable resource energy systems.
Executive director of the science and technology authority duties prescribed.
The South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority responsibilities modified.
Department of Transportation
Emergency snow removal equipment operators accident reporting revised.
State trunk highway system revised in Hanson County.
State Highway 314 in Yankton County
removed from the state trunk highway system.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008, revised.
Domestic Relations
Criminal record checks in adoption home studies.
Temporary custody before divorce or separate maintenance.
Records and applications regarding a child
to reference the names and addresses of both parents.
Terminology revised for standard child visitation guidelines.
A parent's interest in the custody, service, and earnings of a child.
Parenting coordinators for certain custody and visitation disputes.
Sanctions against parties who willfully
do not comply with custody or visitation decrees.
Custody or visitation dispute mediation.
Rebuttable presumption against the award of custody
to any person with a history of domestic abuse.
Standard visitation guidelines, implementation revised.
Protection order term extended.
Residency of parties in divorce or separate maintenance proceedings.
Penalty applicable to violations of certain no contact orders.
Drivers License
The convictions that may cause the suspension of a minor's driving privilege.
Education
Teacher compensation assistance program revised.
The calculation of state aid to special education modified.
Appropriation to assist sparse school districts.
Teacher education regarding Indian education, revised.
Board of Regents may construct a student athlete development center
on the campus of South Dakota State University.
Board of Regents may replace storage facilities
at the Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station.
Board of Regents to construct a new public restroom facility
at McCrory Gardens.
Board of Regents expenditure authority increased
for certain approved construction projects.
South Dakota Building Authority to provide financing
for science facilities and laboratories at public universities.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
Use prohibited for a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
School district employee retirement benefits, repealed.
School district purchase or lease of computer hardware and software
through the general fund.
Eligibility for the opportunity scholarship, changed.
Bond amounts issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority
on behalf of the four technical institutes, increased.
Veterans education benefits apply to courses offered
by public higher education institutions at off-campus locations.
Appropriation for the postsecondary technical institutes.
Appropriation to postsecondary technical institutes
for the maintenance and repair of buildings.
Board of Regents to acquire land and to construct a facility
for the West River Higher Education Center.
General Appropriations Act revised for Fiscal Year 2008
regarding the South Dakota opportunity scholarships.
School district may only benefit from the enrollment allowance
that provides the most additional funding to the district.
South Dakota virtual high school changed to the South Dakota virtual school.
Revise certain Native American language education requirements
to include Dakota and Nakota.
Bordering state student enrollment options.
Consolidated school districts payment of additional funds.
Department of Education appropriation
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
State aid to education certain calculations repealed.
School food service inspection requirement revised.
Board of Regents may convey land in Pennington County
to the United States Air Force.
Board of Regents may construct a roadway
on the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Board of Regents may demolish Seymour Hall at Northern State University.
The assessment of real property, revised.
The state to enter into the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.
State aid to education to certain school districts for certain students.
State aid formula revised for purposes of increasing teachers' salaries.
Board of Regents to lease a site for delivery of public higher education
in Pierre.
South Dakota opportunity scholarship requirements changed.
Elections
Certain provision concerning elections revised.
Water development district elections
deadline for nominating petitions changed.
Election equipment replacement fund repealed.
Recount board compensation increased.
South Dakota Business Corporations Act revised
regarding the issuance of shares and cumulative voting for directors.
Revise provisions related to water development district directors.
A constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions
for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.
A constitutional amendment to provide for a maximum
of forty legislative days each year.
Nomination and election when a vacancy occurs
in the office of representative in Congress.
Public access restricted to certain information
in the master voter registration list.
Special district election procedures revised.
Campaign finance reporting requirements revised.
Definition of certain public entities that are prohibited
from making political campaign contributions, revised.
County auditors to keep voter registration cards on file
and open to public inspection.
A constitutional amendment to eliminate legislative term limits.
Eminent Domain
The exercise of eminent domain by railroads revised.
Energy
Tax credit for certain renewable resource energy systems.
Renewable and recycled energy objectives and reporting requirements.
Revised renewable energy standards.
Tax incentives for certain wind energy facilities
and energy transmission equipment.
Energy facility siting requirements changed.
The South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority responsibilities modified.
Tax incentive for fuel blended with biodiesel.
Regulatory oversight of oil pipelines and to create a task force.
Environmental Protection
Provide an exception to the definition of large-scale solid waste facilities.
Requirements for the sale and purchase of nonferrous metal property.
Increase the pesticide registration fee
and promote the pesticide recycling and disposal program.
Fees
Department of Revenue and Regulation,
business of money transmission regulated.
Livestock inspection fee, limit increased.
The promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees
for certain professions and occupations, revised.
Revise certain requirements for veterinary technicians.
Commission on Equal Access to Our Courts established.
Model Registered Agents Act.
Vehicle dealer license fees increased
License fees for grain buyers and grain warehouses increased.
Increase the pesticide registration fee
and promote the pesticide recycling and disposal program.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
Trust statutes revised.
Trust business in banks and the trust company business.
Fuel Tanks
Motor fuel dispensing operations requirements
for corrosion protection revised.
Fuels
Special fuel taxes refunded under certain circumstances.
Certain fuel contracts may not restrict ethanol blend percentage.
Motor fuel dispensing operations requirements
for corrosion protection revised.
Tax incentive for fuel blended with biodiesel.
Regulatory oversight of oil pipelines and to create a task force.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Revise provisions related to bow hunting methods
for persons with disabilities.
Establish a hunter mentoring program.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks to sell real and personal property
located at the Spring Creek Recreation Area.
Road hunting of big game prohibited for all types of firearms.
Government Operations and Audit
The promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees
for certain professions and occupations, revised.
Election equipment replacement fund repealed.
The state lottery investigation fund and the authority to contract with
the attorney general for certain services, repealed.
Hazardous Materials
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
provisions updated.
Health Care
Inpatient hospice and residential hospice defined as a health care facility.
The appointments to panels for voluntary review
of certain first level health care decisions, revised.
Continue to appropriate funds to provide cochlear implants
to certain children.
Options for those who elect continuation of health insurance.
Certified nurse midwives may attend out-of-hospital births.
Discount medical plan organization's renewal period shortened.
The consideration of assets for the purpose of long-term care eligibility.
Eligibility requirements revised for continuation of health care coverage.
Health care coverage under the risk pool under certain circumstances.
Continuation of insurance coverage
after an employer ceases business operations.
Statewide trauma system established.
Hearings
Jury trial in forfeiture proceedings.
South Dakota Retirement System's contested case provisions modified.
Jurisdictional amount increased in certain civil actions
and small claims proceedings.
Board of equalization may remain in session
to consider property assessment appeals.
The time to request a hearing or pay an audit is extended.
Highways and Bridges
State trunk highway system revised in Hanson County.
State Highway 314 in Yankton County
removed from the state trunk highway system.
Pneumatic tires with retractable studs may be used year round.
Hunting and Fishing
The definition of residency revised for the issuance of
resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
Revise provisions related to bow hunting methods
for persons with disabilities.
Establish a hunter mentoring program.
Road hunting of big game prohibited for all types of firearms.
Insurance
Property and casualty insurance filing waiting period revised.
Emergency snow removal equipment operators accident reporting revised.
The appointments to panels for voluntary review
of certain first level health care decisions, revised.
Group life insurance revisions.
Computation for premium tax payable
for individual life insurance policies, clarified.
Farm mutual insurers, audit requirements revised.
Marketing of group insurance for wireless telecommunications equipment
under certain conditions.
Uniform standard for processing
of accident and health carrier policy rate and form filings.
Options for those who elect continuation of health insurance.
Discount medical plan organization's renewal period shortened.
Annuity requirements outlined.
The consideration of assets for the purpose of long-term care eligibility.
Eligibility requirements revised for continuation of health care coverage.
Health care coverage under the risk pool under certain circumstances.
Continuation of insurance coverage
after an employer ceases business operations.
Surety bond requirements for mortgage brokerages.
The supervision, rehabilitation, and liquidation of insurers.
Military sales practices regulated for life insurance and annuities.
Joint Resolutions
A constitutional amendment to repeal certain provisions
of the State Constitution relating to corporations.
A constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions
for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.
A constitutional amendment to provide for a maximum
of forty legislative days each year.
A constitutional amendment to eliminate legislative term limits.
Jury
Jury trial in forfeiture proceedings.
Labor and Employment
Department of Labor style and form review of statutes.
Law Enforcement
Amount increased for a judgment in a petty offense case.
Law enforcement officers may provide certain information
to repossession businesses.
Fees collected by sheriffs for collecting delinquent property taxes, increased.
Requirements for the sale and purchase of nonferrous metal property.
Adult arrested for a qualifying offense, provide a DNA sample.
Legislature and Statutes
Codify legislation from 2007.
A constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions
for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.
A constitutional amendment to provide for a maximum
of forty legislative days each year.
Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish
certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building.
A constitutional amendment to eliminate legislative term limits.
Licensing
Snowmobile and boat licensing staggered.
The definition of residency revised for the issuance of
resident hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
Exemption to boat numbering requirement clarified.
The promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees
for certain professions and occupations, revised.
Revise certain requirements for veterinary technicians.
Special off-sale package wine dealers licenses authorized.
On-sale wine licenses, issuance revised.
Additional off-sale liquor licenses in certain municipalities.
Provide an exception to the definition of large-scale solid waste facilities.
Sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
upon property adjoining licensed premises.
Persons convicted of driving under the influence
may drive to sobriety testing.
Vehicle dealer license fees increased
Titling and registration of certain low- speed vehicles.
Off-sale package beer and wine combination license.
Revised municipal alcoholic beverage licenses.
Alcoholic beverage licenses authorized for certain municipal facilities.
Plumbing trade continuing education required.
Chiropractic assistants certified.
Municipalities and counties may issue
additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Special motor vehicle license plates limited.
Local Government
Certain provision concerning elections revised.
Information related to the assessment of property
that is to be provided by the director of equalization.
Alcoholic beverage licenses authorized for certain municipal facilities.
Special district election procedures revised.
Public meetings criteria revised.
Military Affairs
Property tax exemption for veterans with disabilities revised.
State's interest in the Mobridge National Guard Armory transferred to city.
Residency of parties in divorce or separate maintenance proceedings.
Veterans education benefits apply to courses
offered by public higher education institutions at off-campus locations.
Application revised for property tax exemptions
provided for dwellings owned and occupied by disabled veterans.
Military sales practices regulated for life insurance and annuities.
Mining, Oil and Gas
Revise provisions related to confidentiality of certain geological reports.
Minors
Abuse and neglect registry screening required
for certain volunteers and guardians.
Criminal record checks in adoption home studies.
Temporary custody before divorce or separate maintenance.
Records and applications regarding a child
to reference the names and addresses of both parents.
Terminology revised for standard child visitation guidelines.
A parent's interest in the custody, service, and earnings of a child.
Parenting coordinators for certain custody and visitation disputes.
Sanctions against parties who willfully
do not comply with custody or visitation decrees.
Continue to appropriate funds to provide cochlear implants
to certain children.
Court may assess a crime victims' compensation surcharge.
Children may be held in temporary custody upon certain conditions.
Branding a minor prohibited.
Duration of juvenile detention programs, increased.
Placement or return of abused or neglected children.
Limitation period increased for commencing child abuse prosecutions.
Notification requirements established for relatives
of children in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
The convictions that may cause the suspension of a minor's driving privilege.
Marijuana added to the list of abusive substances
for the purposes of determining child abuse.
Medical malpractice statute of limitation
applicable to minors aged six or over, repealed.
Motor Vehicles
Snowmobile and boat licensing staggered.
Emergency snow removal equipment operators accident reporting revised.
Exemption to boat numbering requirement clarified.
Appropriation for the purchase of motorcycles
used in the motorcycle safety training courses.
Franchise protection for certain types of merchandise.
Pneumatic tires with retractable studs may be used year round.
The display of customized motorcycles at certain events, regulated.
Persons convicted of driving under the influence
may drive to sobriety testing.
Vehicle dealer license fees increased
Vehicle dealers allowed additional time to deliver a vehicle title.
Titling and registration of certain low- speed vehicles.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
provisions updated.
The convictions that may cause the suspension of a minor's driving privilege.
Electronic motor vehicle titles.
Law enforcement officers may provide certain information
to repossession businesses.
Recreational park trailers regulated.
Mufflers on motorcycles.
Cease and desist orders issued to certain vehicle dealers, time reduced.
Definition for authorized emergency vehicles.
Special motor vehicle license plates limited.
Motorcycles
Appropriation for the purchase of motorcycles
used in the motorcycle safety training courses.
The display of customized motorcycles at certain events, regulated.
Mufflers on motorcycles.
Municipality
State's interest in the Mobridge National Guard Armory transferred to city.
Certain provision concerning elections revised.
Additional off-sale liquor licenses in certain municipalities.
Sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages
upon property adjoining licensed premises.
Revised municipal alcoholic beverage licenses.
Alcoholic beverage licenses authorized for certain municipal facilities.
Municipalities and counties may issue
additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Public meetings criteria revised.
Oaths and Acknowledgments
Notary Public appointment and requirements.
Office of the Governor
General Appropriations Act revised for Fiscal Year 2008
regarding the South Dakota opportunity scholarships.
Appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons
and persons with a disability.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Options for those who elect continuation of health insurance.
Tax incentives for certain wind energy facilities
and energy transmission equipment.
Tax incentive for fuel blended with biodiesel.
The state to enter into the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.
Appropriation to provide refunds of sales tax on food.
High performance building design and construction standards
for newly constructed or renovated state-owned buildings.
Statewide trauma system established.
South Dakota opportunity scholarship requirements changed.
Military sales practices regulated for life insurance and annuities.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
The effect of suspended impositions of sentence
on parole eligibility of certain offenders.
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
The initiation of changes to a county comprehensive plan, method revised.
Professions and Occupations
Department of Revenue and Regulation form and style review
of the abstractor's statutes.
Certification for chemical dependency counselors and prevention specialists.
Revise certain requirements for veterinary technicians.
Use prohibited for a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed.
Plumbing trade continuing education required.
Appropriation for tuition reimbursement to certain health care providers.
Appropriation to fund a dental externship program.
Chiropractic assistants certified.
Certified nurse midwives may attend out-of-hospital births.
Change the name of the Board of Counselor Examiners.
The Board of Examiners of Psychologists, responsibilities modified.
Property
Recording and indexing of homestead descriptions.
Notice requirements for persons who lease real property
for their mobile or manufactured homes.
Location and hours of operation of adult oriented businesses regulated.
Revisions to elderly and disabled person's property tax freeze.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks to sell real and personal property
located at the Spring Creek Recreation Area.
Disclosure of debts in property condition disclosure statements.
Requirements for the sale and purchase of nonferrous metal property.
Specify format standards for real estate documents.
Surety bond requirements for mortgage brokerages.
Disposal of abandoned tenant's property left on leased residential premises.
Property Taxes
Agricultural land assessment practices revised.
Property tax levies for school districts, limitations revised.
Property tax exemption for veterans with disabilities revised.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
Board of equalization may remain in session
to consider property assessment appeals.
Information related to the assessment of property
that is to be provided by the director of equalization.
Revisions to elderly and disabled person's property tax freeze.
Appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons
and persons with a disability.
The classification and taxation of real property.
Fees collected by sheriffs for collecting delinquent property taxes, increased.
The assessment of real property, revised.
Application revised for property tax exemptions
provided for dwellings owned and occupied by disabled veterans.
Public Health and Safety
Jury trial in forfeiture proceedings.
Inpatient hospice and residential hospice defined as a health care facility.
Controlled substances schedule updated.
Branding a minor prohibited.
Motor fuel dispensing operations requirements
for corrosion protection revised.
Minimum fire safety standards for specialty resorts revised.
Vacation home rental regulated.
Certified nurse midwives may attend out-of-hospital births.
Recreational park trailers regulated.
Abortion facilities to offer sonograms.
Collection and administration of the 911 emergency surcharge
and operation of 911 services, revised.
Disclosure expanded for hospital charges.
Statewide trauma system established.
Public Officers and Employees
Release or use of social security numbers by public entities restricted.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Preference for the procurement of biobased products.
Disposal of state surplus property.
High performance building design and construction standards
for newly constructed or renovated state-owned buildings.
Public Records or Meetings
Public records regulated.
Public meetings criteria revised.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Revised renewable energy standards.
The use of certain electronic communication devices
to communicate threats and harassment prohibited.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
provisions updated.
Collection and administration of the 911 emergency surcharge
and operation of 911 services, revised.
The exercise of eminent domain by railroads revised.
Regulatory oversight of oil pipelines and to create a task force.
Public Utilities Commission
Electric or natural gas rate regulation revised.
Gas and electric public utility's assets to be segregated.
Public storage warehouse regulation revised..
Public warehouse regulation repealed.
Energy facility siting requirements changed.
Grain buyer and dealer licensing and regulation modified.
The licensing and regulation requirements for public grain warehouses,
revised.
License fees for grain buyers and grain warehouses increased.
Recreation and Sports
The state lottery investigation fund and the authority to contract with
the attorney general for certain services, repealed.
Safety
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
provisions updated.
Definition for authorized emergency vehicles.
Collection and administration of the 911 emergency surcharge
and operation of 911 services, revised.
Sales Tax
Taxation of products transferred electronically, provisions revised.
Appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons
and persons with a disability.
Appropriation to provide refunds of sales tax on food.
School Districts
Property tax levies for school districts, limitations revised.
Certain provision concerning elections revised.
Appropriation to assist sparse school districts.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
School district employee retirement benefits, repealed.
School district purchase or lease of computer hardware and software
through the general fund.
School district may only benefit from the enrollment allowance
that provides the most additional funding to the district.
South Dakota virtual high school changed to the South Dakota virtual school.
Bordering state student enrollment options.
Consolidated school districts payment of additional funds.
Department of Education appropriation
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
State aid to education certain calculations repealed.
School food service inspection requirement revised.
State aid to education to certain school districts for certain students.
Public meetings criteria revised.
Secretary of State
Certain provision concerning elections revised.
Water development district elections
deadline for nominating petitions changed.
Notary Public appointment and requirements.
Nomination and election when a vacancy occurs
in the office of representative in Congress.
Public access restricted to certain information
in the master voter registration list.
Special district election procedures revised.
Campaign finance reporting requirements revised.
Sex Offender
The crime of aggravated incest revised.
Sex offender registry revised to include persons without a residence address.
South Dakota Retirement System
Benefit formula improvements for the members
of the South Dakota Retirement System.
South Dakota Retirement System to establish an automatic enrollment feature.
South Dakota Retirement System creates supplemental pension benefit.
South Dakota Retirement System's contested case provisions modified.
South Dakota Retirement System,
deferred compensation and special pay plans coordinated.
South Dakota Retirement System definition of child or children clarified.
Annual benefit improvement for certain firefighters
in line with the improvement for other members.
Special Districts
Water development district boundaries revised.
Special district election procedures revised.
South Dakota Conservancy District bond requirements revised.
State Affairs and Government
The 24/7 sobriety program, participation expanded.
Corrections Commission responsibilities changed.
Renewable and recycled energy objectives and reporting requirements.
Bond amounts issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority
on behalf of the four technical institutes, increased.
A constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions
for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.
A constitutional amendment to provide for a maximum
of forty legislative days each year.
Executive director of the science and technology authority duties prescribed.
The South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority responsibilities modified.
Release or use of social security numbers by public entities restricted.
The state to enter into the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.
Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish
certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building.
Public records regulated.
Public meetings criteria revised.
General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009
A constitutional amendment to eliminate legislative term limits.
State Aid to Education
Property tax levies for school districts, limitations revised.
The calculation of state aid to special education modified.
Appropriation to assist sparse school districts.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
School district may only benefit from the enrollment allowance
that provides the most additional funding to the district.
State aid to education certain calculations repealed.
State aid to education to certain school districts for certain students.
State aid formula revised for purposes of increasing teachers' salaries.
State Brand Board
Leaving the brand inspection area without a brand inspection,
penalty modified.
Livestock sales and the transporting of livestock
out of the ownership inspection area, documentation revised.
Eligibility for open market status, revised
Livestock inspection fee, limit increased.
State-Tribal Relations
Revise provisions related to water development district directors.
Notification requirements established for relatives of children
in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
Revise certain Native American language education requirements
to include Dakota and Nakota.
Definition of certain public entities that are prohibited
from making political campaign contributions, revised.
Taxes
Agricultural land assessment practices revised.
Property tax levies for school districts, limitations revised.
Department of Revenue form and style revisions
to alcoholic beverage statutes.
Telecommunication services definition revised.
Bank franchise tax provisions revised.
Taxation of products transferred electronically, provisions revised.
Special fuel taxes refunded under certain circumstances.
Tax credit for certain renewable resource energy systems.
Board of equalization may remain in session
to consider property assessment appeals.
Revisions to elderly and disabled person's property tax freeze.
Computation for premium tax payable
for individual life insurance policies, clarified.
Appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons
and persons with a disability.
Tax incentives for certain wind energy facilities
and energy transmission equipment.
The time to request a hearing or pay an audit is extended.
Tax code references updated.
Recreational park trailers regulated.
The accumulation of funds by counties for capital outlay purposes.
The classification and taxation of real property.
Fees collected by sheriffs for collecting delinquent property taxes, increased.
The assessment of real property, revised.
Collection and administration of the 911 emergency surcharge
and operation of 911 services, revised.
Tax incentive for fuel blended with biodiesel.
Teacher Salaries
State aid formula revised for purposes of increasing teachers' salaries.
Technical Institutes
Bond amounts issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority
on behalf of the four technical institutes, increased.
Appropriation for the postsecondary technical institutes.
Appropriation to postsecondary technical institutes
for the maintenance and repair of buildings.
Trade Regulation
Office of the Attorney General's consumer complaint program,
personnel limit repealed.
Statute of limitations regarding deceptive trade practices, increased.
Registration of business names, filing clarified.
Model Registered Agents Act.
South Dakota Business Corporations Act revised
regarding the issuance of shares and cumulative voting for directors.
Location and hours of operation of adult oriented businesses regulated.
Franchise protection for certain types of merchandise.
Recyclers, scrap metal dealers, or scrap yard operators
prohibited from purchasing certain beer kegs.
Certain fuel contracts may not restrict ethanol blend percentage.
The regulation of franchises and business opportunities, improved.
Requirements for the sale and purchase of nonferrous metal property.
Modification of credit card agreements.
Disclosure expanded for hospital charges.
Trains
The exercise of eminent domain by railroads revised.
Unemployment
Department of Labor style and form revisions to the unemployment laws.
Uniform Commercial Code
Uniform commercial code revised.
Uniform Probate Code
The administration of subsequently discovered property of an estate.
Use Tax
Taxation of products transferred electronically, provisions revised.
Vocational and Technical Education
Bond amounts issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority
on behalf of the four technical institutes, increased.
Appropriation for the postsecondary technical institutes.
Appropriation to postsecondary technical institutes
for the maintenance and repair of buildings.
Voter Registration
Public access restricted to certain information
in the master voter registration list.
Water
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Ownership of an application to appropriate water may be transferred.
Water Management
Water development district elections
deadline for nominating petitions changed.
Revise provisions related to water development district directors.
Water development district boundaries revised.
South Dakota Conservancy District bond requirements revised.
Workers' Compensation
Department of Labor review of workers' compensation laws.
Medical claim for payment under workers' compensation,
procedure implemented.