CHAPTER 18

(HB 1119)

Codify legislation from 2007.

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  codify legislation enacted in 2007.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section 1.  That § 2-16-13 be amended to read as follows:

     2-16-13.   The official code of laws of the State of South Dakota, which may be referred to as the code, consists of all the statutes of a general and permanent nature contained in:

             (1)      The 2004 revision of volume 1;

             (2)      The 2004 revision of volume 2;

             (3)      The 2004 revision of volume 3;

             (4)      The 2004 revision of volume 4;

             (5)      The 2004 revision of volume 5;

             (6)      The 2004 revision of volume 6;

             (7)      The 2004 revision of volume 7;

             (8)      The 2004 revision of volume 8;

             (9)      The 2004 revision of volume 9;

             (10)      The 2004 revision of volume 10;

             (11)      The 2004 revision of volume 11;

             (12)      The 2004 revision of volume 12;

             (13)      The 2004 revision of volume 13;

             (14)      The 2006 revision of volume 14;

             (15)      The 2004 revision of volume 15;

             (16)      The 2004 revision of volume 16;

             (17)      The 2004 revision of volume 17;

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             (18)      The 2004 revision of volume 18;

             (19)      The 2004 revision of volume 19;

             (20)      The 2004 revision of volume 20;

             (21)      The 2004 revision of volume 21;

             (22)      The 2004 revision of volume 22;

             (23)      The 2004 revision of volume 23;

             (24)      The 2004 revision of volume 24;

             (25)      The 2004 revision of volume 25;

             (26)      The 2004 revision of volume 26;

             (27)      The 2004 2007 revision of volume 27;

             (28)      The 2004 revision of volume 28;

             (29)      The 2004 revision of volume 29;

             (30)      The 2004 revision of volume 30;

             (31)      The 2004 revision of volume 31;

             (32)      The 2004 revision of volume 32;

             (33)      The 2004 revision of volume 33;

             (34)      The 2004 revision of volume 34;

             (35)      The 2004 revision of the Parallel Tables volume;

             (36)      The December 2006 Interim Annotation Service of the South Dakota Codified Laws beginning with Title 1, chapter 1-1 and ending with Title 62, chapter 62-9; and

             (37)      The 2006 2007 cumulative annual pocket parts and supplementary pamphlet.

     Section 2.  That § 2-16-15 be amended to read as follows:

     2-16-15.   No provision of the code enacted by § 2-16-13, as to which any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, has been commenced prior to July 1, 2007 2008 , to determine whether or not such provision was constitutionally enacted, is validated by the enactment of this code.

     The enactment of the code:

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             (1)      Does not affect the validity of any transaction;

             (2)      Does not impair the curative or legalizing effect of any statute; and

             (3)      Does not release or extinguish any penalty, confiscation, forfeiture, or liability; which accrued, occurred, or took effect prior to the time the code took effect.

     Section 3.  That § 2-16-16 be amended to read as follows:

     2-16-16.   All statutes, other than this code, enacted at the 2007 2008 session of the Legislature shall be deemed to have been enacted subsequently to the enactment of this code. If any such statute repeals, amends, contravenes, or is inconsistent with the provisions of this code, the provisions of the statute shall prevail. Any enactment in the 2007 session of the Legislature which cites South Dakota Codified Laws for the purpose of amendment or repeal, shall be construed as having reference to the code enacted by § 2-16-13.

     Signed February 11, 2008

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