FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to define a credit card bank and to revise certain provisions
regarding the distribution of the bank franchise tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 10-43-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SUBDIVISION to read as
follows:
"Credit card bank," any financial institution subject to the tax imposed by this chapter that
derives the majority of income apportioned to this state from the use of credit cards. These
activities include fees, transactional costs, interest, and penalties.
Section 2. That § 10-43-76 be amended to read as follows:
10-43-76. Upon the receipt of the funds referred to in this chapter, the secretary of revenue
shall deposit ninety-five percent of the taxes paid by
credit card banks
organized under §§ 51A-2-38 to 51A-2-43, inclusive, and twenty-six and two-thirds percent of all other revenue to the
general fund. The secretary of revenue shall remit the remainder, on or before February first of
each year, to the county treasurer of the county wherein is situated the bank or financial
institution remitting the tax. However, the remittance of tax from all branch banks, branch
offices, or branches of other financial institutions subject to this tax shall be separated from the
remittance of the parent bank or financial institution and shall be remitted to the county treasurer
of the county wherein said in which the branch bank, branch office, or financial institution is
located.