TOPICAL INDEX
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911 emergency call services, requirements revised.
Administrative Rules
Student expelled from school under certain circumstances may be reinstated.
Funeral establishments may operate branch chapels.
High school course requirements revised
for the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program.
Prescription and dispensing of controlled substances monitored.
Rule-making authority regarding the sale of certain
alcoholic beverage container sizes to on-sale licensees, revised.
Continuation of the waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement
for certified nurse midwives.
Administrative rules with financial impact
upon political subdivisions of state government may be reverted.
Aeronautics Commission
Aeronautics Commission authority updated and revised.
Require the marking of wind testing anemometer towers.
Agency
Electronic filing of certain documents with the Secretary of State.
Disclosure requirements of public information and public meetings.
Administrative rules with financial impact
upon political subdivisions of state government may be reverted.
Agriculture
Weed and Pest Control Commission restructured.
Membership restructured for the Corn Utilization Council.
Revise certain provisions related to the Oilseeds Council.
Authorize two free antlerless deer tags for landowners.
Phytosanitary certificate and inspection fees increased.
Define terms related to agritourism activities.
Waive certain continuing education requirements
for veterinarians over age sixty-five.
Revise certain licensure provisions for veterinarians.
Tax refunds revised.
Alcoholic Beverages
Special alcoholic beverage licenses allowed.
Revise days, hours, and ages for alcoholic beverage sales.
Transportation of alcoholic beverages, requirements modified.
Driving under the influence habitual offender references updated.
Intoxicated or incapacitated persons may be taken into protective custody.
On-sale license and malt beverage license for the county fairgrounds.
Alcoholic beverage control and licensing laws revised.
Rule-making authority regarding the sale of certain
alcoholic beverage container sizes to on-sale licensees, revised.
Deposit of fees under the 24/7 sobriety program.
Municipalities may maintain a certain number of
on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Withdrawal of blood to determine alcohol content.
Method revised for calculating subsequent DUI offenses.
Sale and display of alcoholic beverages revised.
Animals and Livestock
Criminal penalties for killing or harming law enforcement animals.
Define terms related to agritourism activities.
Waive certain continuing education requirements
for veterinarians over age sixty-five.
Revise certain licensure provisions for veterinarians.
Appropriation
Board of Regents may construct a motor pool building.
Board of Regents may construct second phase
of the electrical engineering and computer science building.
Board of Regents may construct visitor center at McCrory Gardens.
Tuition reimbursement for certain health care providers.
National Guard Armory construction.
Soil and water conservation fund appropriation.
Revise certain provisions related to the Oilseeds Council.
Ethanol blender pump incentive program.
Increase the age for the first cochlear implant.
Trust fund appropriated from the proceeds of the state cement enterprise sales.
Appropriation for addition to Barnett Center.
Dietary services building addition at the Human Services Center.
Wildfire suppression appropriation.
State aid to special education appropriation from 2010 fiscal year
to carryover to fiscal year 2011.
Extraordinary litigation expenses appropriation.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010 increased.
Bonding authority revised.
Rapid City correctional facility appropriation.
Appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution
control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund
subfund for various water and environmental purposes.
Time frame revised for the design of a new motor license plate series.
Appropriation to fund property tax and sales tax refunds
for certain elderly persons and persons with a disability.
Appropriation for construction of classroom facilities
at the University Center in Sioux Falls.
When actual state revenues fall below legislatively adopted estimates,
certain procedures are repealed.
Fiscal year 2011 General Appropriations Act.
Assessments
Locations where the local boards of equalization may meet, clarified.
Real property taxes revised for small renewable energy facilities.
Environmental upgrade definition for tax exemption revised.
Attorney General
County coroner training.
Sheriff liability insurance limits.
Emergency aid personnel blood-borne pathogen testing.
Tobacco manufacturers to make quarterly escrow payments.
Deposit of fees under the 24/7 sobriety program.
Aviation
Revise airport revenue bond provisions.
Big Game
Civil penalty established for unlawful taking of trophy big game.
Board of Dentistry
Dentist's license may be suspended for failure to renew.
Board of Elections
Independent voters voting an absentee ballot in a primary election.
Petition and election procedures revised.
Board of Regents
Board of Regents may construct a motor pool building.
Board of Regents may construct second phase
of the electrical engineering and computer science building.
Board of Regents may construct visitor center at McCrory Gardens.
Any student may participate in the opportunity scholarship program.
High school course requirements revised
for the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program.
Create the South Dakota need-based grant fund.
Appropriation for addition to Barnett Center.
Appropriation for construction of classroom facilities
at the University Center in Sioux Falls.
Qualifications revised for the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program.
Boats
Boat license decals and numbering, procedure revised.
Bureau of Administration
Contracting for goods and services for governmental agencies.
Public Entity Pool for Liability.
Bureau of Finance and Management
Definition of full-time equivalent to exclude graduate students.
Wildfire suppression appropriation.
State aid to special education appropriation from 2010 fiscal year
to carryover to fiscal year 2011.
Extraordinary litigation expenses appropriation.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2010 increased.
Bonding authority revised.
When actual state revenues fall below legislatively adopted estimates,
certain procedures are repealed.
Bureau of Personnel
Bureau of Personnel authority revised.
Risk pool benefit plan requirements revised.
Cement Plant
Liquidation of the remaining property of
the South Dakota Cement Plant Commission.
Chief Justice
A court has continuing jurisdiction to revoke probation or
a suspended execution of a sentence.
Juvenile records may be disclosed.
Credit for time served may be applied against costs and fines.
Sex offense victim testimony and evidence, certain restrictions repealed
upon the condition that a rule is adopted by the Supreme Court.
Delayed appeal allowed for certain petitioners.
Court records inspection and copying regulated.
A new birth certificate may be issued in certain adoptions.
Driving under the influence habitual offender references updated.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Civil Procedure
Parental liability increased for willful acts of a child.
Recovery limited in certain civil actions for childhood sexual abuse injuries.
Asbestos-related liabilities limited for certain successor corporations.
Civil actions by inmates regulated.
Electric service area disputes, procedure to resolve revised.
Cochlear Implants
Increase the age for the first cochlear implant.
Contracts
Contracting for goods and services for governmental agencies.
Contracts for the payment of gambling losses are void.
New vehicle dealer franchise rights modified.
Require persons who buy property at auction to take possession
within ninety days.
Assignment of insurance benefits to funeral homes.
South Dakota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
coverage increased for long-term care insurance.
Opt-out rights of credit card customers.
Controlled Substances
Controlled substances added to list.
Intoxicated or incapacitated persons may be taken into protective custody.
Prescription and dispensing of controlled substances monitored.
Coroner
County coroner training.
Corporations
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act revised.
Asbestos-related liabilities limited for certain successor corporations.
Counties
Special alcoholic beverage licenses allowed.
County coroner training.
Sheriff liability insurance limits.
County commission may elect a vice chair.
Counties may require criminal background checks.
County legal expense relief fund revised.
Revise airport revenue bond provisions.
Property owners of a homestead who are delinquent in paying their property taxes
must notify the county treasurer when they meet certain age requirements.
Locations where the local boards of equalization may meet, clarified.
On-sale license and malt beverage license for the county fairgrounds.
Revise certain provisions relating to indigent counsel.
Monthly fee charged for care at the Human Services Center continued.
The state trunk highway system revised in Codington County.
Update building code references.
Revenue payable to municipalities from taxes on real property, amount revised.
Deposit of fees under the 24/7 sobriety program.
Register of Deeds may electronically preserve certain documents.
Procedures revised for handling complaints regarding
open meeting requirements.
Documents filed with the register of deeds that may contain
personally identifiable information.
Courts and Judiciary
A court has continuing jurisdiction to revoke probation or
a suspended execution of a sentence.
Juvenile records may be disclosed.
Credit for time served may be applied against costs and fines.
Sex offense victim testimony and evidence, certain restrictions repealed
upon the condition that a rule is adopted by the Supreme Court.
Delayed appeal allowed for certain petitioners.
Court records inspection and copying regulated.
A new birth certificate may be issued in certain adoptions.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Use limited of suspended impositions of sentence to the same defendant.
Revise certain provisions relating to indigent counsel.
Crimes
Driving under the influence habitual offender references updated.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Development corporations may conduct bingo games
and lotteries under certain conditions.
Arrest record may be expunged.
Statutory rape and statutory sexual contact revised.
No contact provisions revised in cases of stalking and domestic abuse.
Use limited of suspended impositions of sentence to the same defendant.
Penalty increased for solicitation of a minor.
Sex offenders who are homeless or on parole may live within safety zone.
Sex offender registry applicable to certain out-of-state offenders.
Registration grace period reduced for sex offender registration.
Solicitation or conspiracy to commit a sex crime added to list
of crimes requiring registration.
Three tiered sex offender registry procedure established.
Certain persons may not work in family day care homes.
Criminal Procedure
Emergency aid personnel blood-borne pathogen testing.
A court has continuing jurisdiction to revoke probation
or a suspended execution of a sentence.
Credit for time served may be applied against costs and fines.
Sex offense victim testimony and evidence, certain restrictions repealed
upon the condition that a rule is adopted by the Supreme Court.
Delayed appeal allowed for certain petitioners.
Driving under the influence habitual offender references updated.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Arrest record may be expunged.
Use limited of suspended impositions of sentence to the same defendant.
Include certain U. S. Forest Service personnel
in the definition of law enforcement officers.
The high school activities association and school administrator to be notified
if a student is convicted of certain crimes.
Debtor and Creditor
Opt-out rights of credit card customers.
Department of Agriculture
Soil and water conservation fund appropriation.
Dairy production and inspection requirements updated.
Weed and Pest Control Commission restructured.
Open burning violation penalty revised
in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District.
Phytosanitary certificate and inspection fees increased.
Department of Corrections
Rapid City correctional facility appropriation.
Civil actions by inmates regulated.
Parole eligibility revised.
Department of Education
Special education funds may be transferred to other funds.
Federal special education funds may be used to purchase equipment.
Department of Education organizational references updated.
School year make-up time, requirement modified.
Teaching certificates no longer need to be filed with the school district.
Department of Education to develop a framework
for entrepreneurship education.
Student allocations in the state aid formula revised.
Teacher evaluation standards.
Students who transfer, tuition and state aid requirements revised.
Charter schools authorized.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Department of Environment and Natural Resources may accept documents
submitted with electronic signatures.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
Civil penalty established for unlawful taking of trophy big game.
Mentored youth big game hunting license surcharge repealed.
Revise boundary of Wall Lake game bird refuge.
Allow quadriplegics to hunt with a designated shooter.
Black Hills Playhouse lease continued and modified.
Department of Health
Tuition reimbursement for certain health care providers.
Controlled substances added to list.
Persons selling certain foods at farmers' markets regulated.
Department of Human Services
Interpreters for the deaf certification requirements changed.
Board of Social Work Examiners may take action
against a social worker's license.
Dietary services building addition at the Human Services Center.
Monthly fee charged for care at the Human Services Center continued.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
National Guard Armory construction.
Qualifications for the director of the Division of Veterans Affairs, revised.
Department of Public Safety
National Guard Armory construction.
Qualifications for the director of the Division of Veterans Affairs, revised.
Department of Revenue and Regulation
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Conference bridging services defined for sales and use tax purposes.
Use tax reporting period revised.
Natural gasoline and ethyl alcohol blend regulated.
Collection of a mailing fee authorized when plates or decals are mailed
to dealers, a motor carrier applicant, or a boat owner.
Boat license decals and numbering, procedure revised.
Gaming property owner license created.
Insurance producer licensing revised.
Orders issued for the examination of insurers, procedure clarified.
Sales tax exemption certificate, use clarified.
Life insurance refunds, exception created.
Revised discount on the sale of cigarette stamps to distributors.
Tax refund for certain wind energy facilities.
Sales and use tax collection, liability to collect when rate changes.
Direct mail postage cost exemption.
Tax refund procedure revised for the construction of
agricultural processing or new business facilities.
Reimbursable expense exemption from the sales and service tax, updated.
Reporting revised for surplus lines insurance.
Delinquent tax account license may be revoked or cancelled.
Commercial motor vehicle registration to be staggered.
Endorsements that reduce or eliminate health insurance coverage,
policyholder's signed acceptance required.
Motor carrier registrations may be denied under certain circumstances.
Tax refunds revised.
Department of Social Services
Conservator powers revised.
Certain persons may not work in family day care homes.
Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation authority revised.
Billboard permit fees increased.
The state trunk highway system revised in Codington County.
Domestic Relations
Parental liability increased for willful acts of a child.
No contact provisions revised in cases of stalking and domestic abuse.
Discrimination based on domestic violence prohibited
in life and health insurance policies.
Standard modified in determining the best interests of a child.
DNA samples used to determine parentage under certain conditions.
Driver License
Nonresident commercial driver license renewal.
Commercial driver licensing requirements updated.
Minor's restricted driver permit may be upgraded by mail.
Education
Special education funds may be transferred to other funds.
Federal special education funds may be used to purchase equipment.
Department of Education organizational references updated.
School year make-up time, requirement modified.
Teaching certificates no longer need to be filed with the school district.
General fund base percentage revised in calculating state aid to education.
Student expelled from school under certain circumstances may be reinstated.
Department of Education to develop a framework
for entrepreneurship education.
Any student may participate in the Opportunity Scholarship program.
Consolidation incentives for school districts, repealed.
High school course requirements revised
for the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program.
Create the South Dakota need-based grant fund.
Definition of fall enrollment revised in the state aid to education formula
and to eliminate a one-time payment.
Student allocations in the state aid formula revised.
Teacher evaluation standards.
Students who transfer, tuition and state aid requirements revised.
Charter schools authorized.
Property tax levies revised for the general fund of a school district.
Self-administration permitted of prescription asthma and
anaphylaxis medication by students.
Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
Authorize a pilot school district election in 2011
using certain electronic methods.
Statutory reference for teacher and administrator code of ethics.
Appropriation for construction of classroom facilities
at the University Center in Sioux Falls.
Qualifications revised for the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship program.
The high school activities association and school administrator to be notified
if a student is convicted of certain crimes.
Students served in residential treatment facilities
excluded from the determination of the small school adjustment.
Elections
Campaign finance requirements changed.
Independent voters voting an absentee ballot in a primary election.
County commission may elect a vice chair.
Municipal election requirements revised
in the case of death or withdrawal of a candidate.
Petition and election procedures revised.
Authorize a pilot school district election in 2011
using certain electronic methods.
The right of individuals to vote by secret ballot.
Energy
High-performance green building standards revised.
Natural gasoline and ethyl alcohol blend regulated.
Tax refund for certain wind energy facilities.
Require the marking of wind testing anemometer towers.
Ethanol blender pump incentive program.
Wind easement development requirements.
Real property taxes revised for small renewable energy facilities.
Energy facility siting requirements modified.
Electric utility to file rates for purchases of electricity
produced by small renewable power facilities.
Environmental upgrade definition for tax exemption revised.
Ethanol
Natural gasoline and ethyl alcohol blend regulated.
Ethanol blender pump incentive program.
Fees
Collection of a mailing fee authorized when plates or decals are mailed
to dealers, a motor carrier applicant, or a boat owner.
Gaming property owner license created.
Insurance producer licensing revised.
Billboard permit fees increased.
Court automation surcharges increased.
Fees revised for health services provided to South Dakota injured workers
treated by out-of-state medical providers.
Revise certain provisions related to the Oilseeds Council.
Funeral establishments may operate branch chapels.
Fees revised for special motor vehicle license plates.
Prescription and dispensing of controlled substances monitored.
Phytosanitary certificate and inspection fees increased.
Continuation of the waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement
for certified nurse midwives.
Motorcycle safety education fee continued.
Dental insurers may not set fees for noncovered services.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
Tax laws applicable on December 31, 2009, apply to certain wills and trusts
that refer to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
Trust revisions.
Firearms
Allow quadriplegics to hunt with a designated shooter.
Firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition manufactured
and retained in South Dakota exempt from federal regulation.
Fire Code
Open burning violation penalty revised
in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District.
Fire prevention codes and standards updated.
Food and Drugs
Dairy production and inspection requirements updated.
Self-administration permitted of prescription asthma and
anaphylaxis medication by students.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Revise boundary of Wall Lake game bird refuge.
Authorize two free antlerless deer tags for landowners.
Gaming
Gaming property owner license created.
Contracts for the payment of gambling losses are void.
Development corporations may conduct bingo games
and lotteries under certain conditions.
Garnishment
Continuing liens on wages by garnishment.
Governor
Appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution
control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund
subfund for various water and environmental purposes.
Time frame revised for the design of a new motor license plate series.
Appropriation to fund property tax and sales tax refunds
for certain elderly persons and persons with a disability.
Nursing facility moratorium exceptions.
When actual state revenues fall below legislatively adopted estimates,
certain procedures are repealed.
Liquidation of the remaining property of
the South Dakota Cement Plant Commission.
Health Insurance
Risk pool benefit plan requirements revised.
Endorsements that reduce or eliminate health insurance coverage,
policyholder's signed acceptance required.
Municipality with flexible spending accounts allow use of debit cards.
Highways
Billboard permit fees increased.
Local government may acquire the fee ownership
of highway right-of way land.
The state trunk highway system revised in Codington County.
Notice requirements revised for closure of a highway.
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing a highway, exception created.
House Joint Resolution
Trust fund appropriated from the proceeds of the state cement enterprise sales.
Hunting
Civil penalty established for unlawful taking of trophy big game.
Mentored youth big game hunting license surcharge repealed.
Revise boundary of Wall Lake game bird refuge.
Allow quadriplegics to hunt with a designated shooter.
Authorize two free antlerless deer tags for landowners.
Indian Tribes
State may enter into tax collection agreements with Indian tribes,
requirements revised.
Construction of nursing facilities authorized on American Indian reservations.
Inmates
Civil actions by inmates regulated.
Parole eligibility revised.
Insurance
Insurance producer licensing revised.
Orders issued for the examination of insurers, procedure clarified.
Life insurance refunds, exception created.
Risk pool benefit plan requirements revised.
Policy exclusions allowed in insurance policies.
Discrimination based on domestic violence prohibited
in life and health insurance policies.
Incontestability provisions in certain life insurance policies
do not apply in cases of fraud.
Townships may enroll in certain group benefits.
Assignment of insurance benefits to funeral homes.
Countersignature requirement for insurance producers, revised.
Reporting revised for surplus lines insurance.
Endorsements that reduce or eliminate health insurance coverage,
policyholder's signed acceptance required.
Dental insurers may not set fees for noncovered services.
South Dakota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association
coverage increased for long-term care insurance.
Interpreters for the Deaf
Interpreters for the deaf certification requirements changed.
Investment Council
Investment Council may discuss information in executive session.
Judicial Remedies
Continuing liens on wages by garnishment.
Firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition manufactured
and retained in South Dakota exempt from federal regulation.
Labor and Employment
The right of individuals to vote by secret ballot.
Law Enforcement
County coroner training.
Sheriff liability insurance limits.
Referral and placement of certain individuals in need of intervention.
Criminal penalties for killing or harming law enforcement animals.
Include certain U.S. Forest Service personnel
in the definition of law enforcement officers.
DNA samples used to determine parentage under certain conditions.
Withdrawal of blood to determine alcohol content.
Method revised for calculating subsequent DUI offenses.
Legislature and Statutes
An act to codify legislation enacted in 2009.
Legislative manual compilation and printing revised.
Campaign finance requirements changed.
Local Government
Counties may require criminal background checks.
Development corporations may conduct bingo games
and lotteries under certain conditions.
Revise airport revenue bond provisions.
Certified technology parks created.
Local government may acquire the fee ownership
of highway right-of way land.
Petition and election procedures revised.
Update building code references.
Administrative rules with financial impact
upon political subdivisions of state government may be reverted.
Mentally Ill Persons
Referral and placement of certain individuals in need of intervention.
Monthly fee charged for care at the Human Services Center continued.
Military and Veterans Affairs
Qualifications for the director of the Division of Veterans Affairs, revised.
Family members of armed forces members who died in military service
are eligible for special license plates.
Tax benefits for the surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans.
Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
Minors
Mentored youth big game hunting license surcharge repealed.
Parental liability increased for willful acts of a child.
Juvenile records may be disclosed.
Recovery limited in certain civil actions for childhood sexual abuse injuries.
Statutory rape and statutory sexual contact revised.
Student expelled from school under certain circumstances may be reinstated.
Standard modified in determining the best interests of a child.
Penalty increased for solicitation of a minor.
Revise certain provisions relating to indigent counsel.
Minor's restricted driver permit may be upgraded by mail.
Certain persons may not work in family day care homes.
Self-administration permitted of prescription asthma and
anaphylaxis medication by students.
DNA samples used to determine parentage under certain conditions.
The high school activities association and school administrator to be notified
if a student is convicted of certain crimes.
Motor Vehicles
Collection of a mailing fee authorized when plates or decals are mailed
to dealers, a motor carrier applicant, or a boat owner.
Boat license decals and numbering, procedure revised.
Driving under the influence habitual offender references updated.
New vehicle dealer franchise rights modified.
Golf carts may be used in certain municipalities.
Nonresident commercial driver license renewal.
Family members of armed forces members who died in military service
are eligible for special license plates.
Fees revised for special motor vehicle license plates.
Motor carrier safety requirements updated.
Commercial driver licensing requirements updated.
Minor's restricted driver permit may be upgraded by mail.
Commercial motor vehicle registration to be staggered.
Motor carrier registrations may be denied under certain circumstances.
Time frame revised for the design of a new motor license plate series.
Salvage titles may be issued for stolen vehicles
and thefts may be noted on the title of recovered motor vehicles.
Yield the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing a highway, exception created.
Motorcycle safety education fee continued.
Withdrawal of blood to determine alcohol content.
Method revised for calculating subsequent DUI offenses.
Motorcycles
Motorcycle safety education fee continued.
Municipalities
Special alcoholic beverage licenses allowed.
Municipal election requirements revised
in the case of death or withdrawal of a candidate.
Contractors engaged in realty improvement contracts
for certain municipal utilities subject to the contractor's excise tax.
Revise airport revenue bond provisions.
Golf carts may be used in certain municipalities.
Allow municipal interfund loans.
Locations where the local boards of equalization may meet, clarified.
On-sale license and malt beverage license for the county fairgrounds.
Update building code references.
Revenue payable to municipalities from taxes on real property, amount revised.
Clarify requirements related to certain municipal service by elected officials.
Municipality with flexible spending accounts allow use of debit cards.
Municipalities may maintain a certain number of
on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
One-Call
Exception created from the one-call notification requirements
for natural gas operators in emergency situations.
Revise provisions on complaints of violations of the One-Call system.
Open Meetings
Procedures revised for handling complaints regarding
open meeting requirements.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Rapid City correctional facility appropriation.
Civil actions by inmates regulated.
Parole eligibility revised.
Parolees may post bond under certain circumstances.
Personal Rights and Obligations
Asbestos-related liabilities limited for certain successor corporations.
Define terms related to agritourism activities.
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Planning commission approval is repealed
for the construction of utilities and public facilities.
Payment in lieu of taxes for certain housing projects.
Update building code references.
Plumbing Commission
Uniform plumbing code revisions.
Professions and Occupations
Uniform plumbing code revisions.
Board of Social Work Examiners may take action
against a social worker's license.
Counties may require criminal background checks.
Funeral establishments may operate branch chapels.
Teacher evaluation standards.
Reimbursable expense exemption from the sales and service tax, updated.
Dentist's license may be suspended for failure to renew.
Waive certain continuing education requirements
for veterinarians over age sixty-five.
Revise certain licensure provisions for veterinarians.
Continuation of the waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement
for certified nurse midwives.
Sale or delivery of contact lenses prohibited without a prescription.
Property
Revise boundary of Wall Lake game bird refuge.
Property owners of a homestead who are delinquent in paying their property taxes
must notify the county treasurer when they meet certain age requirements.
Certified technology parks created.
Require the marking of wind testing anemometer towers.
Time limited for a tax deed to be procured.
Tax benefits for the surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans.
Tax laws applicable on December 31, 2009, apply to certain wills and trusts
that refer to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
Local government may acquire the fee ownership
of highway right-of way land.
Require persons who buy property at auction to take possession
within ninety days.
Payment in lieu of taxes for certain housing projects.
Wind easement development requirements.
Open-loop prepaid cards exempt from unclaimed property provisions.
Black Hills Playhouse lease continued and modified.
Trust revisions.
Environmental upgrade definition for tax exemption revised.
Water development districts taxation and formation, revised.
Public Entity Pool for Liability
Public Entity Pool for Liability.
Public Fiscal Administration
When actual state revenues fall below legislatively adopted estimates,
certain procedures are repealed.
Divestiture of state investment funds in certain companies liable to sanctions.
Administrative rules with financial impact
upon political subdivisions of state government may be reverted.
Fiscal year 2011 General Appropriations Act.
Public Health and Safety
Controlled substances added to list.
A new birth certificate may be issued in certain adoptions.
Open burning violation penalty revised
in the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District.
Fire protection services provided through township funding revised.
Intoxicated or incapacitated persons may be taken into protective custody.
Funeral establishments may operate branch chapels.
Persons selling certain foods at farmers' markets regulated.
Prescription and dispensing of controlled substances monitored.
Increase the age for the first cochlear implant.
Fire prevention codes and standards updated.
Federal regulations updated regarding pipeline safety inspection.
Nursing facility moratorium exceptions.
Self-administration permitted of prescription asthma and
anaphylaxis medication by students.
Continuation of the waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement
for certified nurse midwives.
Construction of nursing facilities authorized on American Indian reservations.
Public Officers and Employees
Definition of full-time equivalent to exclude graduate students.
Public Entity Pool for Liability.
Retired members who return to covered employment, benefits revised.
Spouse optional protection contribution increased.
South Dakota Retirement System, certain provisions revised.
South Dakota Retirement System investment requirements modified.
Clarify requirements related to certain municipal service by elected officials.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
High-performance green building standards revised.
Contracting for goods and services for governmental agencies.
Development corporations may conduct bingo games
and lotteries under certain conditions.
Appropriation for construction of classroom facilities
at the University Center in Sioux Falls.
Liquidation of the remaining property of
the South Dakota Cement Plant Commission.
Public Records
State contracts to be displayed on a searchable internet website.
Disclosure requirements of public information and public meetings.
Register of Deeds may electronically preserve certain documents.
Documents filed with the register of deeds that may contain
personally identifiable information.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Increase the age for the first cochlear implant.
Motor carrier safety requirements updated.
Federal regulations updated regarding pipeline safety inspection.
Electric service area disputes, procedure to resolve revised.
Energy facility siting requirements modified.
Electric utility to file rates for purchases of electricity
produced by small renewable power facilities.
Exception created from the one-call notification requirements
for natural gas operators in emergency situations.
Revise provisions on complaints of violations of the One-Call system.
Public Utilities Commission
Federal regulations updated regarding pipeline safety inspection.
Electric service area disputes, procedure to resolve revised.
Real property taxes revised for small renewable energy facilities.
Energy facility siting requirements modified.
Electric utility to file rates for purchases of electricity
produced by small renewable power facilities.
Notice requirements revised for closure of a highway.
Recreation and Sports
Gaming property owner license created.
Sales and Use Tax
Conference bridging services defined for sales and use tax purposes.
Sales tax exemption certificate, use clarified.
Sales and use tax collection, liability to collect when rate changes.
Direct mail postage cost exemption.
Reimbursable expense exemption from the sales and service tax, updated.
School Districts
School year make-up time, requirement modified.
Teaching certificates no longer need to be filed with the school district.
General fund base percentage revised in calculating state aid to education.
Student expelled from school under certain circumstances may be reinstated.
Department of Education to develop a framework
for entrepreneurship education.
Locations where the local boards of equalization may meet, clarified.
Consolidation incentives for school districts, repealed.
Definition of fall enrollment revised in the state aid to education formula
and to eliminate a one-time payment.
Charter schools authorized.
Property tax levies revised for the general fund of a school district.
Self-administration permitted of prescription asthma and
anaphylaxis medication by students.
Interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.
Authorize a pilot school district election in 2011
using certain electronic methods.
Statutory reference for teacher and administrator code of ethics.
The high school activities association and school administrator to be notified
if a student is convicted of certain crimes.
Students served in residential treatment facilities
excluded from the determination of the small school adjustment.
Secretary of State
Legislative manual compilation and printing revised.
Campaign finance requirements changed.
Petition and election procedures revised.
Electronic filing of certain documents with the Secretary of State.
Secretary of State may cancel a trademark.
Senate Joint Resolutions
The right of individuals to vote by secret ballot.
Sex Offender
Sex offense victim testimony and evidence, certain restrictions repealed
upon the condition that a rule is adopted by the Supreme Court.
Recovery limited in certain civil actions for childhood sexual abuse injuries.
Statutory rape and statutory sexual contact revised.
Penalty increased for solicitation of a minor.
Sex offenders who are homeless or on parole may live within safety zone.
Sex offender registry applicable to certain out-of-state offenders.
Registration grace period reduced for sex offender registration.
Solicitation or conspiracy to commit a sex crime added to list
of crimes requiring registration.
Three tiered sex offender registry procedure established.
Sheriffs
Sheriff liability insurance limits.
Social Workers
Board of Social Work Examiners may take action
against a social worker's license.
South Dakota Retirement System
Retired members who return to covered employment, benefits revised.
Spouse optional protection contribution increased.
South Dakota retirement system certain provisions revised.
South Dakota retirement system investment requirements modified.
Divestiture of state investment funds in certain companies liable to sanctions.
Liquidation of the remaining property of
the South Dakota Cement Plant Commission.
Special Education
Special education funds may be transferred to other funds.
Federal special education funds may be used to purchase equipment.
State aid to special education appropriation from 2010 fiscal year
to carryover to fiscal year 2011.
State Affairs and Government
Department of Environment and Natural Resources may accept documents
submitted with electronic signatures.
Department of Education organizational references updated.
Interpreters for the deaf certification requirements changed.
Investment Council may discuss information in executive session.
Rescind all previous applications of the State of South Dakota
for the calling of a federal constitutional convention.
Certified technology parks created.
Bonding authority revised.
State contracts to be displayed on a searchable internet website.
Disclosure requirements of public information and public meetings.
Procedures revised for handling complaints regarding
open meeting requirements.
Divestiture of state investment funds in certain companies liable to sanctions.
Documents filed with the register of deeds that may contain
personally identifiable information.
Administrative rules with financial impact
upon political subdivisions of state government may be reverted.
Fiscal year 2011 General Appropriations Act.
State Aid to Education
General fund base percentage revised in calculating state aid to education.
Consolidation incentives for school districts, repealed.
Definition of fall enrollment revised in the state aid to education formula
and to eliminate a one-time payment.
Student allocations in the state aid formula revised.
Students who transfer, tuition and state aid requirements revised.
State aid to special education appropriation from 2010 fiscal year
to carryover to fiscal year 2011.
Property tax levies revised for the general fund of a school district.
Statutory reference for teacher and administrator code of ethics.
Students served in residential treatment facilities
excluded from the determination of the small school adjustment.
Taxes
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Natural gasoline and ethyl alcohol blend regulated.
Revised discount on the sale of cigarette stamps to distributors.
Tax refund for certain wind energy facilities.
Tobacco manufacturers to make quarterly escrow payments.
Contractors engaged in realty improvement contracts
for certain municipal utilities subject to the contractor's excise tax.
Property owners of a homestead who are delinquent in paying their property taxes
must notify the county treasurer when they meet certain age requirements.
Certified technology parks created.
Locations where the local boards of equalization may meet, clarified.
Time limited for a tax deed to be procured.
Tax benefits for the surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans.
Tax laws applicable on December 31, 2009, apply to certain wills and trusts
that refer to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws.
Payment in lieu of taxes for certain housing projects.
State may enter into tax collection agreements with Indian tribes,
requirements revised.
Sales and use tax collection, liability to collect when rate changes.
Direct mail postage cost exemption.
Tax refund procedure revised for the construction of
agricultural processing or new business facilities.
Reimbursable expense exemption from the sales and service tax, updated.
Delinquent tax account license may be revoked or cancelled.
Real property taxes revised for small renewable energy facilities.
Appropriation to fund property tax and sales tax refunds
for certain elderly persons and persons with a disability.
Property tax levies revised for the general fund of a school district.
Revenue payable to municipalities from taxes on real property, amount revised.
Environmental upgrade definition for tax exemption revised.
Water development districts taxation and formation, revised.
Tax refunds revised.
Teachers
Teacher evaluation standards.
Telecommunications
Conference bridging services defined for sales and use tax purposes.
Tobacco
Revised discount on the sale of cigarette stamps to distributors.
Tobacco manufacturers to make quarterly escrow payments.
Townships
Fire protection services provided through township funding revised.
Locations where the local boards of equalization may meet, clarified.
Local government may acquire the fee ownership
of highway right-of way land.
Townships may enroll in certain group benefits.
Trade Regulation
Require persons who buy property at auction to take possession
within ninety days.
Firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition manufactured
and retained in South Dakota exempt from federal regulation.
Secretary of State may cancel a trademark.
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment insurance benefit eligibility revised.
Employer unemployment surcharge reduced.
Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council
Unemployment insurance benefit eligibility revised.
Uniform Probate Code
Conservator powers revised.
Use Tax
Conference bridging services defined for sales and use tax purposes.
Use tax reporting period revised.
Sales and use tax collection, liability to collect when rate changes.
Water Management
Appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution
control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund
subfund for various water and environmental purposes.
Water development districts taxation and formation, revised.
Workers' Compensation
Fees revised for health services provided to South Dakota injured workers
treated by out-of-state medical providers.