FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise budget transfer authority for certain state
institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 4-8A-8 be amended to read as follows:
4-8A-8. Moneys appropriated on a program basis by the General Appropriation Act may be
transferred between program accounts within or between programs within departments and
bureaus or between departments and bureaus to reflect a reorganization pursuant to Article IV,
section 8 of the South Dakota Constitution only at the written request of a governing body,
department secretary, or bureau commissioner, or designee, in accordance with procedures
established by the Bureau of Finance and Management and only upon written approval of the
Bureau of Finance and Management. Transfer of moneys appropriated by the General
Appropriations Act between departments
, institutions, and bureaus that is not necessary for a
reorganization pursuant to Article IV, section 8 of the South Dakota Constitution may only
occur at the written request of a governing body, department secretary, or bureau commissioner,
or designee, only in accordance with procedures established by the Bureau of Finance and
Management and only upon approval by the special committee created in this chapter. The
Bureau of Finance and Management shall keep a record of all such authorizations of transfers
and make them available for public inspection. The bureau shall also submit an informational
report detailing all transfers approved to the special legislative committee established in § 4-8A-2.