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Abuse and Neglect
Special advocate may be appointed to represent an abused or neglected child.
Confidentiality or release of child abuse or neglect information revised.
Statements of children, rules of evidence revised.
Administrative Rules
Access to state parks for certain persons with disabilities.
South Dakota Retirement System certain provisions revised.
Employer insurance assistance programs regulated.
The procedure to amend rules is revised.
Genetic counseling regulated.
Real estate broker associates education requirements increased.
Broker associate continuing education requirements increased.
Reward school counselors for being nationally certified.
Persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus may have an endorsement
on a commercial driver license to drive a school bus.
The South Dakota Boxing Commission created.
Professions and occupations licensing fees promulgated by rule, revised.
Drug screening program for applicants and employees
of the Wildland Fire Suppression Division.
Revise requirements for licensing of optometrists.
Agriculture
Mountain lions may be killed to protect persons or property.
Reward increased for information on livestock thefts.
Out-of-state brands on cattle sold in the livestock inspection area,
requirements changed.
Seed permits and nursery certificates of inspection, fees increased.
Milk plant and dairy farm fees, licenses and requirements changed.
Board of Regents appropriation to replace real estate held
for agriculture field laboratory research purposes.
Sale of milk regulations clarified.
Statute of frauds to include the sale of certain grains.
Appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
Speed restrictions removed for certain vehicles
hauling agricultural products or livestock.
Agricultural land assessment revised.
Financial documents revised for a grain buyer's license.
Rate setting revised for grain warehouse operators.
The licensing and regulation of grain buyers, revised.
Grain dealer definition changed.
Provide for oversight of Brand Board.
Alcoholic Beverages
On-sale alcoholic beverage license for full-service restaurants,
requirements revised.
Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment facilities redefined.
Certain business license fees increased.
Appropriation to defray operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program.
Time period for the sale of alcoholic beverage revised.
Unlimited number of alcoholic beverage retail licenses that may be held
by any person, corporation, or business.
Maximum number of off-sale alcoholic beverage licenses that may be issued
to any person, corporation, or business entity, limit revised.
Off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee may offer limited samples of beverages.
Insurance may be cancelled when a person does not participate
in the 24/7 sobriety program.
The elements of the crimes of vehicular homicide and vehicular battery,
revised.
Animals and Livestock
Reward increased for information on livestock thefts.
Out-of-state brands on cattle sold in the livestock inspection area,
requirements changed.
Speed restrictions removed for certain vehicles
hauling agricultural products or livestock.
Provide for oversight of Brand Board.
Appropriation
Veteran's grave markers and headstones, allowable expense increased.
Appropriation for an addition to the Mickelson Center.
Tuition reimbursement for physicians and dentists.
Environment and natural resources fee fund transfers modified.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell property
at the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery.
Board of Regents expenditure authority revised.
Board of Regents appropriation to replace real estate
held for agriculture field laboratory research purposes.
Appropriation to defray operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program.
Appropriation from the railroad trust fund
for the construction of a railroad siding.
Appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
Appropriation and authorization for construction
of West River Higher Education Center and other facilities.
Reward school counselors for being nationally certified.
Tax relief fund proceeds transferred to the general fund
and the collection allowance effective date revised.
Appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds
and revise the sales tax on food refund program.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Education enhancement tobacco tax fund transfers repealed.
Veterans affairs special revenue fund, use revised.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
Appropriation to the Department of Education
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
Appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires.
Appropriation for costs related to disasters.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 revised.
Appropriation from the Coordinated Natural Conservation Fund.
Board of Regents may construct an addition
to the Northern State University Joseph H. Barnett Center.
Sparsity funding for school districts repeal is rescinded.
Capital outlay fund expenditures for school districts, allowable use expanded.
Budget provisions relating to the receipt of certain federal funds revised.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 revised
to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
Assessments
Agricultural land assessment revised.
Federal income tax credits may not be used when assessing property.
Attorney General
Sex offender registry revised.
Internet and mail order sales of cigarettes and tobacco products regulated.
Appropriation to defray operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program.
The Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner.
Banks and Banking
Bank name restrictions revised.
Big Game
Mountain lions may be killed to protect persons or property.
Resale of seized or abandoned property allowed.
Designated hunter allowed for youth licensees
who possess a disabled hunter permit.
Game, Fish and Parks statutes cleanup.
Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
Limited permit to practice medicine.
Medical licensing exam time period extended.
Genetic counseling regulated.
Board of Regents
Board of Regents expenditure authority revised.
Board of Regents appropriation to replace real estate
held for agriculture field laboratory research purposes.
Postsecondary institutes may offer credits or degrees
if the institute has applied for accreditation.
Appropriation and authorization for construction
of West River Higher Education Center and other facilities.
Board of Regents may construct an addition
to the Northern State University Joseph H. Barnett Center.
Board of Regents may establish, operate, and control research parks
on state land.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 revised
to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
Bureau of Finance and Management
Fees increased for the Office of the Secretary of State.
Appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires.
Appropriation for costs related to disasters.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 revised.
Chief Justice
Special advocate may be appointed to represent an abused or neglected child.
Magistrate judge jurisdiction revised.
Affidavit required in garnishment proceedings.
Peremptory challenges in certain felonies, a change in the number allowed.
Ex parte temporary protection orders may be continued to a date certain.
Discretion allowed when ordering hearings on protection order petitions.
Child Support
Child support revisions.
Civil Procedure
Affidavit may be used for change of judge in habeas corpus proceedings.
Year 2000 litigation statutes repealed.
Service of garnishee summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure.
Attorney fees allowed in actions involving the disclosure statement required
for certain real estate transfers.
Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women, statutory authority repealed.
Concealed Weapons
Concealed weapon permit requirements revised.
Forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol, repealed.
Parole agents may carry concealed weapons.
Contractors Excise Tax
Construction project tax refund procedure, revised.
Contracts
Purchase of stationary for county officers, certain provisions repealed.
Mortgages on wind easements apply to the easement holder,
not the property owner.
Motorcycle sales at an event, requirements revised.
Revise provisions related to price adjustments in public contracts.
Statute of frauds to include the sale of certain grains.
Written contract documents revised for public improvements.
Collateral real estate mortgages, requirements revised.
School districts to share academic programs and facilities.
State contracts to be available in written form or on an internet website.
Controlled Substances
Possession of Salvia divinorum prohibited.
Unified Judicial System report regarding drug courts and correctional issues.
The elements of the crimes of vehicular homicide and vehicular battery,
revised.
Corporations
Judgment creditor rights relative to certain business organizations.
Real estate broker may form certain business entities under certain conditions.
Indemnification of employees, officers, and agents of rural electric cooperatives.
Central filing of documents to perfect a security interest
in property of a rural electric cooperative.
Provision repealed that requires cooperatives to set aside
a portion of net proceeds as an education fund.
Allow cooperatives to merge with subsidiaries.
Counties
Veteran's service officers basic salary increased.
On-sale alcoholic beverage license for full-service restaurants,
requirements revised.
Purchase of stationary for county officers, certain provisions repealed.
Obsolete provisions repealed relating to the discontinuance of county homes.
Time period for the sale of alcoholic beverage revised.
Written contract documents revised for public improvements.
Local government ownership and use of endowment funds revised.
Administration revised of the catastrophic county poor relief fund.
Counties may issue bonds to construct and operate
solid waste management facilities.
State trunk highway map maintained by the Department of Transportation.
Supreme Court authorized to make rules related to collection of
fees, costs, and civil penalties assessed by local government.
Revise provisions related to the modification of county comprehensive plans.
Political subdivisions may transfer highway rights-of-way
under certain conditions.
State trunk highway system regarding an extension of Highway 53.
Public access to public records.
Requirements established concerning the publication of county notices.
Courts and Judiciary
Supreme Court responsibilities revised
regarding the Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
Special advocate may be appointed to represent an abused or neglected child.
Magistrate judge jurisdiction revised.
Ex parte temporary protection orders may be continued to a date certain.
Discretion allowed when ordering hearings on protection order petitions.
Filing fees and surcharges modified for certain civil actions.
Affidavit may be used for change of judge in habeas corpus proceedings.
Persons 80 years of age and older may be excused from jury service.
Postconviction DNA testing for certain inmates.
Unified Judicial System report regarding drug courts and correctional issues.
Supreme Court authorized to make rules related to collection of
fees, costs, and civil penalties assessed by local government.
Statements of children, rules of evidence revised.
Crimes
Escape redefined.
Sex offender registry revised.
Possession of Salvia divinorum prohibited.
The elements of the crime of indecent exposure, revised.
Testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault
to be completed within a specified time.
Criminal sentence may be reduced if the criminal
provides substantial assistance to investigators of other crimes.
Smoking tobacco prohibited.
Parole agents may carry concealed weapons.
The elements of the crimes of vehicular homicide and vehicular battery,
revised.
Criminal Procedure
Peremptory challenges in certain felonies, a change in the number allowed.
Prosecutors required to notify victims of domestic abuse
regarding the status of their case.
Testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault
to be completed within a specified time.
Postconviction DNA testing for certain inmates.
Criminal sentence may be reduced if the criminal
provides substantial assistance to investigators of other crimes.
Sheriff may order an autopsy.
Damages
Year 2000 litigation statutes repealed.
Civil immunity for volunteers in the
Statewide Emergency Registry of Volunteers for South Dakota program.
Accidental releases of chemical or biological ore leaching agents from mines,
financial assurance requirements increased.
Supreme Court authorized to make rules related to collection of
fees, costs, and civil penalties assessed by local government.
Debtor and Creditor
Mortgage lender business regulation updated.
Judgment creditor rights relative to certain business organizations.
Mortgages on wind easements apply to the easement holder,
not the property owner.
The exemption on the proceeds of the sale of certain homesteads, increased.
Service of garnishee summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure.
Collateral real estate mortgages, requirements revised.
Department of Agriculture
Seed permits and nursery certificates of inspection, fees increased.
Milk plant and dairy farm fees, licenses and requirements changed.
Drug screening program for applicants and employees
of the Wildland Fire Suppression Division.
Appropriation from the Coordinated Natural Conservation Fund.
Fire equipment shop requirements changed.
Department of Corrections
Inmate appeal of prison disciplinary actions, procedure clarified.
Rules of evidence do not apply to Board of Pardons and Paroles proceedings.
Escape redefined.
Minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Department of Education
Career and technical education academies created.
Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council repealed.
Richard Hagen - Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship eligibility revised.
Reward school counselors for being nationally certified.
School districts required to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing.
Appropriation to the Department of Education
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Environment and natural resources fee fund transfers modified.
Counties may issue bonds to construct and operate
solid waste management facilities.
Accidental releases of chemical or biological ore leaching agents from mines,
financial assurance requirements increased.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
Lawfully taken preserved or mounted fish may be sold.
Resale of seized or abandoned property allowed.
Designated hunter allowed for youth licensees
who possess a disabled hunter permit.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell property
at the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery.
Hunting and fishing privileges may be revoked for consecutive years.
Real property appraisals by Game, Fish and Parks must be at market value.
Department of Health
Food service, lodging, and campgrounds revisions
for licensing, registration, and fees.
Tuition reimbursement for physicians and dentists.
Testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault
to be completed within a specified time.
Assisted living center, definition revised.
License, inspections, and drug registration fees increased
related to health care facilities.
Civil immunity for volunteers in the
Statewide Emergency Registry of Volunteers for South Dakota program.
Written consent required for the issuance of certain disinterment permits.
Department of Human Services
Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment facilities redefined.
Appropriation for an addition to the Mickelson Center.
The use of seclusion revised as it relates to treatment.
Adjustment training centers redefined.
Department of Labor
Branch schools allowed for cosmetology education programs.
Worker's compensation burial expenses increased.
Practice privileges revised for certified public accountants
licensed in other states.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Veteran's service officers basic salary increased.
Veteran's grave markers and headstones, allowable expense increased.
Department of Public Safety
Persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus may have an endorsement
on a commercial driver license to drive a school bus.
Driver licensing provisions revised.
Federal references updated relating to motor carrier safety
and transportation of hazardous materials.
Labeling requirements for gasoline or gasoline blends revised.
Motor vehicle fees increased.
Department of Revenue and Regulation
Construction project tax refund procedure, revised.
Sales and use tax on telecommunications services, amended.
Certain tax refund permits and claim requirements revised.
Contested case hearing for the recovery of taxes that may have been overpaid.
Members of limited liability companies and partnerships liable for tax debts.
On-sale alcoholic beverage license for full-service restaurants,
requirements revised.
Employer insurance assistance programs regulated.
Real estate appraiser regulation modified.
Property casualty insurance rate filing exception allowed.
Actuarial certifications, annual filing not required.
Certain license plate fees increased.
Certain business license fees increased.
Captive insurance company requirements changed..
Financial reporting requirements of insurance companies,
annual requirements changed.
Mortgage lender business regulation updated.
Gross receipts tax on visitor related business increased.
Construction project tax refund limited in certain areas.
Title obtained by a tax deed, requirements clarified.
Internal Revenue Tax Code references updated.
Taxation revised for biodiesel and biodiesel blends.
Group health insurance policies continuation and conversion not required
under certain conditions.
Lifetime benefit maximum increased for the risk pool.
Insurance claim files, time period to retain increased.
Limited or restricted insurance licenses, provisions regarding renewal revised.
Coordination of benefits and recision of health insurance provisions repealed.
Group life insurance policies,
replacement or discontinuance requirements revised.
Sales tax refund on the gross receipts derived from renting mini-storage units.
Department of Social Services
Confidentiality or release of child abuse or neglect information revised.
Department of Tourism and State Development
Economic Development Finance Authority, board membership increased.
Ellsworth Development Authority created.
Department of Tourism and State Development statutes revised.
Department of Transportation
Limited speed zones through work areas created.
Operation of off-road vehicles operated in road ditches regulated.
Revise certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical
and communication lines and pipelines.
Appropriation from the railroad trust fund
for the construction of a railroad siding.
State trunk highway system modified.
State trunk highway map maintained by the Department of Transportation.
Developmental Disabilities
The use of seclusion revised as it relates to treatment.
Adjustment training centers redefined.
Domestic Relations
Ex parte temporary protection orders may be continued to a date certain.
Discretion allowed when ordering hearings on protection order petitions.
Prosecutors required to notify victims of domestic abuse
regarding the status of their case.
Child support revisions.
Late payment fee for unpaid child support.
Drug Testing
Background checks for municipal employment.
Drug screening program for applicants and employees
of the Wildland Fire Suppression Division.
Easements
Mortgages on wind easements apply to the easement holder,
not the property owner.
Wind easements to accommodate other easements for wind or essential services.
Education
Career and technical education academies created.
Academic Achievement Test Advisory Council repealed.
Richard Hagen - Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship eligibility revised.
Branch schools allowed for cosmetology education programs.
School district may discontinue school board representation areas.
Board of Regents expenditure authority revised.
Board of Regents appropriation to replace real estate
held for agriculture field laboratory research purposes.
Real estate broker associates education requirements increased.
Broker associate continuing education requirements increased.
Postsecondary institutes may offer credits or degrees
if the institute has applied for accreditation.
Appropriation and authorization for construction of
West River Higher Education Center and other facilities.
Reward school counselors for being nationally certified.
Education enhancement tobacco tax fund transfers repealed.
Federal stimulus funds not included in school district's general funds.
School districts required to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing.
Appropriation to the Department of Education
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
Board of Regents may establish, operate, and control research parks
on state land.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
Sparsity funding for school districts repeal is rescinded.
Capital outlay fund expenditures for school districts, allowable use expanded.
School residence of a child assigned to an approved
out of district special education residential or tuition day program.
State aid to education formula regarding funds to sparse schools, revised.
Compulsory school attendance regarding attendance
in graduate equivalent degree programs.
Resident student determination revised for purpose of state aid.
Provision repealed that requires cooperatives to set aside
a portion of net proceeds as an education fund.
School districts to share academic programs and facilities.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 revised
to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
Private, nonprofit benevolent organizations
may assist in funding certain school curricula, activities, and programs.
Contracting school district and student assignment after reorganization.
Graduation requirements revised
for students entering ninth grade in 2009 and thereafter.
State aid for special education formula, allocations for disabilities revised.
Elections
Election statutes revised.
Campaign finance requirements revised.
School district may discontinue school board representation areas.
Revise provisions related to the initiative process.
Campaign finance reporting of the expenditures of certain organizations, revised.
Limited campaign finance disclosure statement, repealed.
Revise municipal election procedures.
Authorize recall in third class municipalities.
Statements submitted by organizations making contributions
to ballot questions committees, certain content required.
Emergency Clause
Possession of Salvia divinorum prohibited.
Minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Appropriation to the Department of Education
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
Appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires.
Appropriation for costs related to disasters.
Financial documents revised for a grain buyer's license.
Employer and Employee
Veteran's service officers basic salary increased.
Employer insurance assistance programs regulated.
Earnings subject to garnishment, revised.
Worker's compensation burial expenses increased.
Background checks for municipal employment.
Drug screening program for applicants and employees
of the Wildland Fire Suppression Division.
Energy
Mortgages on wind easements apply to the easement holder,
not the property owner.
Revise certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical
and communication lines and pipelines.
Transmission facility definition revised.
Compensation for service rights of electric utilities
in areas annexed by municipalities.
Energy efficiency and conservation
may count toward the state's renewable and recycled energy objective.
Notification of construction of a wind energy project required.
Filing fee for the siting of energy facilities increased.
Public Utilities Commission to implement and comply with a federal energy act.
Energy efficiency disclosure requirements for new residential buildings.
Requirements established for siting wind energy systems.
Wind easements to accommodate other easements for wind or essential services.
Bureau of Administration to report regarding energy-saving measures.
Environmental Protection
Environment and natural resources fee fund transfers modified.
Evidence
Rules of evidence do not apply to Board of Pardons and Paroles proceedings.
Statements of children, rules of evidence revised.
Excise Tax
Construction project tax refund procedure, revised.
Certain tax refund permits and claim requirements revised.
Taxation revised for biodiesel and biodiesel blends.
Fuel excise tax revised.
Fees
Access to state parks for certain persons with disabilities.
Annual report filing fee fund identified and certain funds deposited.
Certain license plate fees increased.
Certain business license fees increased.
Food service, lodging, and campgrounds revisions
for licensing, registration, and fees.
Environment and natural resources fee fund transfers modified.
Fees increased for the Office of the Secretary of State.
Seed permits and nursery certificates of inspection, fees increased.
Milk plant and dairy farm fees, licenses and requirements changed.
Genetic counseling regulated.
Filing fees and surcharges modified for certain civil actions.
Motorcycle sales at an event, requirements revised.
The South Dakota Boxing Commission created.
Professions and occupations licensing fees promulgated by rule revised.
Motor vehicle fees increased.
License, inspections, and drug registration fees increased
related to health care facilities.
Filing fee for the siting of energy facilities increased.
Supreme Court authorized to make rules related to collection of
fees, costs, and civil penalties assessed by local government.
Late payment fee for unpaid child support.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
Administration of trusts.
Firearms
Concealed weapon permit requirements revised.
Forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol, repealed.
Food and Drugs
Certain business license fees increased.
Sale of milk regulations clarified.
Fuels
Taxation revised for biodiesel and biodiesel blends.
Fuel excise tax revised.
Labeling requirements for gasoline or gasoline blends revised.
The application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Access to state parks for certain persons with disabilities.
Mountain lions may be killed to protect persons or property.
Lawfully taken preserved or mounted fish may be sold.
Resale of seized or abandoned property allowed.
Designated hunter allowed for youth licensees
who possess a disabled hunter permit.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell property
at the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery.
Hunting and fishing privileges may be revoked for consecutive years.
Real property appraisals by Game, Fish and Parks must be at market value.
Game, Fish and Parks statutes cleanup.
Gaming
South Dakota Commission on Gaming may assess costs of special meeting.
Slot machines that may be owned or leased by the City of Deadwood, revised.
Additional tax on proceeds from Deadwood gaming imposed.
Electronic bingo devices authorized.
Garnishment
Earnings subject to garnishment, revised.
Affidavit required in garnishment proceedings.
Governor
Appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds
and revise the sales tax on food refund program.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Education enhancement tobacco tax fund transfers repealed.
Administration revised of the catastrophic county poor relief fund.
Ellsworth Development Authority created.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 revised
to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
State aid for special education formula, allocations for disabilities revised.
Grain Buyers
Statute of frauds to include the sale of certain grains.
Financial documents revised for a grain buyer's license.
The licensing and regulation of grain buyers, revised.
Grain dealer definition changed.
Health Insurance
School district group health insurance, benefits and coverage revised.
Group health insurance policies continuation and conversion not required
under certain conditions.
Lifetime benefit maximum increased for the risk pool.
Coordination of benefits and recision of health insurance provisions repealed.
Risk pool revised to allow uninsurable children to enroll
and provide for additional funding.
Highways and Bridges
Limited speed zones through work areas created.
Operation of off-road vehicles operated in road ditches regulated.
Revise certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical
and communication lines and pipelines.
State trunk highway system modified.
State trunk highway map maintained by the Department of Transportation.
Political subdivisions may transfer highway rights-of-way
under certain conditions.
State trunk highway system regarding an extension of Highway 53.
Hunting and Fishing
Lawfully taken preserved or mounted fish may be sold.
Resale of seized or abandoned property allowed.
Designated hunter allowed for youth licensees
who possess a disabled hunter permit.
Hunting and fishing privileges may be revoked for consecutive years.
Game, Fish and Parks statutes cleanup.
Indian Tribes
Richard Hagen - Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship eligibility revised.
Construction project tax refund limited in certain areas.
Update earlier legislation to replace certain offensive geographic place names.
Initiative and Referendum
Revise provisions related to the initiative process.
Inmates
Inmate appeal of prison disciplinary actions, procedure clarified.
Rules of evidence do not apply to Board of Pardons and Paroles proceedings.
Escape redefined.
Postconviction DNA testing for certain inmates.
Minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Insurance
Employer insurance assistance programs regulated.
Property casualty insurance rate filing exception allowed.
Actuarial certifications, annual filing not required.
Captive insurance company requirements changed..
Financial reporting requirements of insurance companies,
annual requirements changed.
Insurance coverage for residential property destroyed while under construction.
Business records to be maintained for insurance producers.
Authorize water user districts to provide certain health insurance coverage.
Private placement life insurance policies.
School district group health insurance, benefits and coverage revised.
Group health insurance policies continuation and conversion not required
under certain conditions.
Lifetime benefit maximum increased for the risk pool.
Insurance claim files, time period to retain increased.
Limited or restricted insurance licenses, provisions regarding renewal revised.
Coordination of benefits and recision of health insurance provisions repealed.
Group life insurance policies,
replacement or discontinuance requirements revised.
Accidental releases of chemical or biological ore leaching agents from mines,
financial assurance requirements increased.
Indemnification of employees, officers, and agents of rural electric cooperatives.
Risk pool revised to allow uninsurable children to enroll
and provide for additional funding.
Insurance may be cancelled when a person does not participate
in the 24/7 sobriety program.
Judicial Remedies
Earnings subject to garnishment, revised.
Affidavit required in garnishment proceedings.
Year 2000 litigation statutes repealed.
Service of garnishee summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure.
Civil immunity for volunteers in the
Statewide Emergency Registry of Volunteers for South Dakota program.
Law Enforcement
Prosecutors required to notify victims of domestic abuse
regarding the status of their case.
Criminal sentence may be reduced if the criminal
provides substantial assistance to investigators of other crimes.
Concealed weapon permit requirements revised.
Forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol, repealed.
Parole agents may carry concealed weapons.
Sheriff may order an autopsy.
Legislature and Statutes
The procedure to amend rules is revised.
Code and session laws publication revisions.
Codify legislation enacted in 2008.
Unified Judicial System report regarding drug courts and correctional issues.
Provide for oversight of Brand Board.
Limited campaign finance disclosure statement, repealed.
Licensing
On-sale alcoholic beverage license for full-service restaurants,
requirements revised.
Real estate appraiser regulation modified.
Certain license plate fees increased.
Food service, lodging, and campgrounds revisions
for licensing, registration, and fees.
Limited permit to practice medicine.
Medical licensing exam time period extended.
Designated hunter allowed for youth licensees
who possess a disabled hunter permit.
Practice privileges revised for certified public accountants
licensed in other states.
Milk plant and dairy farm fees, licenses and requirements changed.
Genetic counseling regulated.
Criminal background checks for certain real estate professionals.
Real estate broker may form certain business entities under certain conditions.
Real estate broker associates education requirements increased.
Broker associate continuing education requirements increased.
Specialty license plates maybe placed on motorcycles.
Revise provisions related to the qualifications of city engineers.
Persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus may have an endorsement
on a commercial driver license to drive a school bus.
Responsible broker's license applicant may complete
additional education requirement after applying.
Unlimited number of alcoholic beverage retail licenses that may be held
by any person, corporation, or business.
Professions and occupations licensing fees promulgated by rule revised.
Driver licensing provisions revised.
Limited or restricted insurance licenses, provisions regarding renewal revised.
License, inspections, and drug registration fees increased
related to health care facilities.
Revise requirements for licensing of optometrists.
Maximum number of off-sale alcoholic beverage licenses that may be issued
to any person, corporation, or business entity, limit revised.
Person's with disabilities parking space, notice requirements changed.
Special motor vehicle license plate for parents
of members of the United States Armed Forces.
Grounds for which a license of an athletic trainer may be revoked,
suspended, or canceled.
Liens
Collateral real estate mortgages, requirements revised.
Central filing of documents to perfect a security interest
in property of a rural electric cooperative.
Life Insurance
Private placement life insurance policies.
Group life insurance policies,
replacement or discontinuance requirements revised.
Local Government
James River Water Development District boundaries revised.
Authorize water user districts to provide certain health insurance coverage.
Background checks for municipal employment.
Notice of the cost of certain publications required.
Revise provisions related to price adjustments in public contracts.
Time period for the sale of alcoholic beverage revised.
Written contract documents revised for public improvements.
Local government ownership and use of endowment funds revised.
Supreme Court authorized to make rules related to collection of
fees, costs, and civil penalties assessed by local government.
Political subdivisions may transfer highway rights-of-way
under certain conditions.
Public access to public records.
New construction to comply with the building code.
Update earlier legislation to replace certain offensive geographic place names.
Requirements established concerning the publication of county notices.
Military and Veterans Affairs
Access to state parks for certain persons with disabilities.
Veteran's service officers basic salary increased.
Veteran's grave markers and headstones, allowable expense increased.
Veterans affairs special revenue fund, use revised.
Special motor vehicle license plate for parents
of members of the United States Armed Forces.
Mining, Oil and Gas
Accidental releases of chemical or biological ore leaching agents from mines,
financial assurance requirements increased.
Minors
Special advocate may be appointed to represent an abused or neglected child.
The elements of the crime of indecent exposure, revised.
Confidentiality or release of child abuse or neglect information revised.
Minors may donate blood with parental consent.
Risk pool revised to allow uninsurable children to enroll
and provide for additional funding.
Statements of children, rules of evidence revised.
Compulsory school attendance regarding attendance
in graduate equivalent degree programs.
Late payment fee for unpaid child support.
Mortgage Lender Business
Mortgage lender business regulation updated.
Motor Vehicles
Certain license plate fees increased.
Private applicator of pesticides may be a qualified driver
for the purpose of motor carrier safety.
Specialty license plates maybe placed on motorcycles.
Motorcycle sales at an event, requirements revised.
Persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus may have an endorsement
on a commercial driver license to drive a school bus.
Speed restrictions removed for certain vehicles
hauling agricultural products or livestock.
Driver licensing provisions revised.
Federal references updated relating to motor carrier safety
and transportation of hazardous materials.
Fuel excise tax revised.
Motor vehicle fees increased.
Person's with disabilities parking space, notice requirements changed.
Insurance may be cancelled when a person does not participate
in the 24/7 sobriety program.
Special motor vehicle license plate for parents
of members of the United States Armed Forces.
The elements of the crimes of vehicular homicide and vehicular battery,
revised.
Mountain Lions
Mountain lions may be killed to protect persons or property.
Municipalities
On-sale alcoholic beverage license for full-service restaurants,
requirements revised.
Background checks for municipal employment.
Notice of the cost of certain publications required.
Repeal provisions related to purchase of private water lines by a municipality.
Revise provisions related to waiver of certain special assessments.
Revise provisions related to the qualifications of city engineers.
Revise provisions related to price adjustments in public contracts.
Time period for the sale of alcoholic beverage revised.
Written contract documents revised for public improvements.
Local government ownership and use of endowment funds revised.
Compensation for service rights of electric utilities
in areas annexed by municipalities.
Unlimited number of alcoholic beverage retail licenses that may be held
by any person, corporation, or business.
Supreme Court authorized to make rules related to collection of
fees, costs, and civil penalties assessed by local government.
Revise municipal election procedures.
Clarify the definition of property contiguous to a municipality.
Public access to public records.
Authorize recall in third class municipalities.
Requirements established concerning the publication of county notices.
Pardons and Paroles
Inmate appeal of prison disciplinary actions, procedure clarified.
Parks
Access to state parks for certain persons with disabilities.
Game, Fish and Parks statutes cleanup.
Board of Regents may establish, operate, and control research parks
on state land.
Partnerships
Judgment creditor rights relative to certain business organizations.
Real estate broker may form certain business entities under certain conditions.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Inmate appeal of prison disciplinary actions, procedure clarified.
Rules of evidence do not apply to Board of Pardons and Paroles proceedings.
Postconviction DNA testing for certain inmates.
Minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Unified Judicial System report regarding drug courts and correctional issues.
Personal Rights and Obligations
The Commission on the Status of Women, statutory authority repealed.
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Revise provisions related to the modification of county comprehensive plans.
New construction to comply with the building code.
Professions and Occupations
Real estate appraiser regulation modified.
Limited permit to practice medicine.
Medical licensing exam time period extended.
Branch schools allowed for cosmetology education programs.
Practice privileges revised for certified public accountants
licensed in other states.
Genetic counseling regulated.
Criminal background checks for certain real estate professionals.
Unprofessional conduct revised for a real estate licensee.
Judgment creditor rights relative to certain business organizations.
Real estate broker may form certain business entities under certain conditions.
Real estate broker associates education requirements increased.
Broker associate continuing education requirements increased.
Improper influence regarding real estate appraisals prohibited.
Revise provisions related to the qualifications of city engineers.
Reward school counselors for being nationally certified.
Responsible broker's license applicant may complete
additional education requirement after applying.
Professions and occupations licensing fees promulgated by rule revised.
Revise requirements for licensing of optometrists.
Special electricians license established.
Grounds for which a license of an athletic trainer may be revoked,
suspended, or canceled.
Property
Mortgages on wind easements apply to the easement holder,
not the property owner.
Pipeline integrity for pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide.
Private placement life insurance policies.
Statute of frauds to include the sale of certain grains.
Single-family dwellings that are under construction may be classified as
owner-occupied single-family dwellings for the purpose of taxation.
The exemption on the proceeds of the sale of certain homesteads, increased.
Attorney fees allowed in actions involving the disclosure statement required
for certain real estate transfers.
Energy efficiency disclosure requirements for new residential buildings.
Revised uniform commercial code, Article 7- Documents of Title, adopted.
Central filing of documents to perfect a security interest
in property of a rural electric cooperative.
Wind easements to accommodate other easements for wind or essential services.
Property Casualty Insurance
Property casualty insurance rate filing exception allowed.
Insurance coverage for residential property destroyed while under construction.
Public Fiscal Administration
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
Budget provisions relating to the receipt of certain federal funds revised.
Public Grain Warehouses
Rate setting revised for grain warehouse operators.
Public Health and Safety
Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment facilities redefined.
Food service, lodging, and campgrounds revisions
for licensing, registration, and fees.
Limited permit to practice medicine.
Medical licensing exam time period extended.
Possession of Salvia divinorum prohibited.
Smoking tobacco prohibited.
Ignition propensity standards for cigarettes set.
Assisted living center, definition revised.
License, inspections, and drug registration fees increased
related to health care facilities.
Fire equipment shop requirements changed.
Minors may donate blood with parental consent.
The Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner.
Revise method of sale for certain tobacco products.
Written consent required for the issuance of certain disinterment permits.
Public Notice
Requirements established concerning the publication of county notices.
Public Officers and Employees
South Dakota Retirement System certain provisions revised.
Credited service purchase requirements changed.
Purchase of stationary for county officers, certain provisions repealed.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Revise provisions related to price adjustments in public contracts.
Written contract documents revised for public improvements.
A request for proposals must be issued for state contracts
for professional services.
State contracts to be available in written form or on an internet website.
Public Records
Secretary of State to redact certain identifying numbers
before providing copies of information.
Written consent required for the issuance of certain disinterment permits.
The state to continue an internet website for public records.
State contracts to be available in written form or on an internet website.
Public access to public records.
Statements submitted by organizations making contributions
to ballot questions committees, certain content required.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Pipeline integrity for pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide.
Compensation for service rights of electric utilities
in areas annexed by municipalities.
Public Utilities Commission
Revise certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical
and communication lines and pipelines.
Transmission facility definition revised.
Financial documents revised for a grain buyer's license.
Rate setting revised for grain warehouse operators.
The licensing and regulation of grain buyers, revised.
Grain dealer definition changed.
Energy efficiency and conservation
may count toward the state's renewable and recycled energy objective.
Notification of construction of a wind energy project required.
Filing fee for the siting of energy facilities increased.
Public Utilities Commission to implement and comply with a federal energy act.
Federal regulation references updated regarding the pipeline safety inspection.
Public Utilities Commission delegation of authority repealed.
Energy efficiency disclosure requirements for new residential buildings.
Public Welfare and Assistance
Felony drug offenders may be eligible for public assistance.
Obsolete provisions repealed relating to the discontinuance of county homes.
Appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds
and revise the sales tax on food refund program.
Administration revised of the catastrophic county poor relief fund.
Railroads
Clarify the definition of property contiguous to a municipality.
Real Property
Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell property
at the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery.
Criminal background checks for certain real estate professionals.
Unprofessional conduct revised for a real estate licensee.
Insurance coverage for residential property destroyed while under construction.
Mortgages on wind easements apply to the easement holder,
not the property owner.
Broker associate continuing education requirements increased.
Improper influence regarding real estate appraisals prohibited.
Pipeline integrity for pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide.
Revise provisions related to waiver of certain special assessments.
Real property appraisals by Game, Fish and Parks must be at market value.
Single-family dwellings that are under construction may be classified as
owner-occupied single-family dwellings for the purpose of taxation.
Attorney fees allowed in actions involving the disclosure statement required
for certain real estate transfers.
Agricultural land assessment revised.
Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Task Force,
responsibilities changed.
Title obtained by a tax deed, requirements clarified.
Energy efficiency disclosure requirements for new residential buildings.
Board of Regents may establish, operate, and control research parks
on state land.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
Collateral real estate mortgages, requirements revised.
State aid to education formula regarding funds to sparse schools, revised.
Revise provisions related to the modification of county comprehensive plans.
Clarify the definition of property contiguous to a municipality.
Central filing of documents to perfect a security interest
in property of a rural electric cooperative.
Requirements established for siting wind energy systems.
General fund property tax levies of a school district, revised.
Federal income tax credits may not be used when assessing property.
Recreation and Sports
South Dakota Commission on Gaming may assess costs of special meeting.
Slot machines that may be owned or leased by the City of Deadwood, revised.
The South Dakota Boxing Commission created.
Additional tax on proceeds from Deadwood gaming imposed.
Electronic bingo devices authorized.
Sales and Use Tax
Sales and use tax on telecommunications services, amended.
Certain tax refund permits and claim requirements revised.
Gross receipts tax on visitor related business increased.
Appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds
and revise the sales tax on food refund program.
Sales tax refund on the gross receipts derived from renting mini-storage units.
School Districts
School district may discontinue school board representation areas.
Notice of the cost of certain publications required.
Written contract documents revised for public improvements.
School district group health insurance, benefits and coverage revised.
Local government ownership and use of endowment funds revised.
Federal stimulus funds not included in school district's general funds.
Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Task Force,
responsibilities changed.
School districts required to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing.
Appropriation to the Department of Education
to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
Sparsity funding for school districts repeal is rescinded.
Capital outlay fund expenditures for school districts, allowable use expanded.
School residence of a child assigned to an approved
out of district special education residential or tuition day program.
State aid to education formula regarding funds to sparse schools, revised.
Compulsory school attendance regarding attendance
in graduate equivalent degree programs.
Resident student determination revised for purpose of state aid.
School districts to share academic programs and facilities.
Public access to public records.
Private, nonprofit benevolent organizations
may assist in funding certain school curricula, activities, and programs.
Contracting school district and student assignment after reorganization.
Graduation requirements revised
for students entering ninth grade in 2009 and thereafter.
Secretary of State
Annual report filing fee fund identified and certain funds deposited.
Election statutes revised.
Campaign finance requirements revised.
Secretary of State to redact certain identifying numbers
before providing copies of information.
Uniform Commercial Code redaction of certain numbers
before copies are provided.
Fees increased for the Office of the Secretary of State.
Concealed weapon permit requirements revised.
Sex Offender
Sex offender registry revised.
The elements of the crime of indecent exposure, revised.
Testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault
to be completed within a specified time.
Statements of children, rules of evidence revised.
Small Game
Designated hunter allowed for youth licensees
who possess a disabled hunter permit.
Game, Fish and Parks statutes cleanup.
Solid Waste Management
Counties may issue bonds to construct and operate
solid waste management facilities.
South Dakota Retirement System
South Dakota Retirement System certain provisions revised.
Credited service purchase requirements changed.
State Affairs and Government
Secretary of State to redact certain identifying numbers
before providing copies of information.
Economic Development Finance Authority, board membership increased.
Notice of the cost of certain publications required.
Tax relief fund proceeds transferred to the general fund
and the collection allowance effective date revised.
A request for proposals must be issued for state contracts
for professional services.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
Ellsworth Development Authority created.
Department of Tourism and State Development statutes revised.
Code and session laws publication revisions.
Codify legislation enacted in 2008.
Board of Regents may establish, operate, and control research parks
on state land.
The Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner.
Budget provisions relating to the receipt of certain federal funds revised.
The state to continue an internet website for public records.
State contracts to be available in written form or on an internet website.
Public access to public records.
Update earlier legislation to replace certain offensive geographic place names.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009
revised to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
Bureau of Administration to report regarding energy-saving measures.
State Aid to Education
Education enhancement tobacco tax fund transfers repealed.
Federal stimulus funds not included in school district's general funds.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
Sparsity funding for school districts repeal is rescinded.
Capital outlay fund expenditures for school districts, allowable use expanded.
School residence of a child assigned to an approved
out of district special education residential or tuition day program.
State aid to education formula regarding funds to sparse schools, revised.
Resident student determination revised for purpose of state aid.
General fund property tax levies of a school district, revised.
State aid for special education formula, allocations for disabilities revised.
State Auditor
Earnings subject to garnishment, revised.
Supreme Court responsibilities revised
regarding the Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
State Brand Board
Reward increased for information on livestock thefts.
Out-of-state brands on cattle sold in the livestock inspection area,
requirements changed.
Provide for oversight of Brand Board.
State Trunk Highway
State trunk highway system modified.
State trunk highway map maintained by the Department of Transportation.
State trunk highway system regarding an extension of Highway 53.
Tax Levy
Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Task Force,
responsibilities changed.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
General fund property tax levies of a school district, revised.
Taxes
Construction project tax refund procedure, revised.
Sales and use tax on telecommunications services, amended.
Certain tax refund permits and claim requirements revised.
Contested case hearing for the recovery of taxes that may have been overpaid.
Members of limited liability companies and partnerships liable for tax debts.
Certain business license fees increased.
Environment and natural resources fee fund transfers modified.
Gross receipts tax on visitor related business increased.
Internet and mail order sales of cigarettes and tobacco products regulated.
Revise provisions related to waiver of certain special assessments.
Single-family dwellings that are under construction may be classified as
owner-occupied single-family dwellings for the purpose of taxation.
Tax relief fund proceeds transferred to the general fund
and the collection allowance effective date revised.
Appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds
and revise the sales tax on food refund program.
Additional tax on proceeds from Deadwood gaming imposed.
Revise telecommunications gross receipts tax.
Agricultural land assessment revised.
Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Task Force,
responsibilities changed.
Construction project tax refund limited in certain areas.
Title obtained by a tax deed, requirements clarified.
Internal Revenue Tax Code references updated.
Taxation revised for biodiesel and biodiesel blends.
Fuel excise tax revised.
Sales tax refund on the gross receipts derived from renting mini-storage units.
Property tax levies for the general fund of a school district, revised.
The application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage.
Capital outlay fund expenditures for school districts, allowable use expanded.
General fund property tax levies of a school district, revised.
Federal income tax credits may not be used when assessing property.
Telecommunications
Sales and use tax on telecommunications services, amended.
Revise certain procedural requirements related to the relocation of electrical
and communication lines and pipelines.
Revise telecommunications gross receipts tax.
Tobacco
Internet and mail order sales of cigarettes and tobacco products regulated.
Smoking tobacco prohibited.
Education enhancement tobacco tax fund transfers repealed.
Ignition propensity standards for cigarettes set.
Revise method of sale for certain tobacco products.
Trade Regulation
Internet and mail order sales of cigarettes and tobacco products regulated.
Labeling requirements for gasoline or gasoline blends revised.
Off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee may offer limited samples of beverages.
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment compensation benefits base period modified.
Uniform Commercial Code
Annual report filing fee fund identified and certain funds deposited.
Secretary of State to redact certain identifying numbers
before providing copies of information.
Uniform Commercial Code redaction of certain numbers
before copies are provided.
Revised uniform commercial code, Article 7- Documents of Title, adopted.
Central filing of documents to perfect a security interest
in property of a rural electric cooperative.
Vital records and Burial Permits
Written consent required for the issuance of certain disinterment permits.
Vocational and Technical Education
Career and technical education academies created.
Water Management
James River Water Development District boundaries revised.
Authorize water user districts to provide certain health insurance coverage.
Repeal provisions related to purchase of private water lines by a municipality.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Workers' Compensation
Worker's compensation burial expenses increased.