State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

759T0721   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1211  

Introduced by:    Representatives Perry, Hawley, Street, and Turbiville and Senator Tidemann
 

        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.