An Act to require reporting on aircraft usage for state purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added:

5-25-2.2. Aircraft operation logs--State-owned or leased--Quarterly report.

Each office, department, institution, board, and agency of this state operating or leasing an aircraft The Department of Transportation shall keep and maintain in its respective office a comprehensive flight record for each aircraft in its fleet detailing, for each flight:

(1) The purpose for using the aircraft;

(2) The persons onboard the aircraft;

(3) The cost of operating the aircraft;

(4) The person, office, department, institution, board, or agency of this state expending funds to utilize the aircraft; and

(5) The departure point, waypoints, destination, and departure and landing times at each location.

The Department of Transportation shall compile these logs and present the logs records and a written report, quarterly, to the interim Joint Committee on Appropriations or the Joint Committee on Appropriations. The department has thirty days from the end of the month quarter to submit the report to the committee.