TOPICAL INDEX
Ch. Page
911 Coordination Board
911 emergency surcharge criteria modified.
Abortion
Abortion services regulated.
Abuse
Domestic abuse program requirements revised.
Lookback period revised for the enhancement of penalties
for multiple assaults and violations of protection orders.
Persons convicted of crimes involving domestic abuse
to support domestic abuse shelters.
Elderly or disabled adult abuse mandatory reporting.
The crime of human trafficking.
Administrative Rules
Rules may be reverted when the rules impose more than minimal cost
on certain units of local government.
Board of Water Management administrative rule authority revised.
Appraisal management companies regulated.
Dental hygienists may provide preventive and therapeutic services.
Revise prairie dog season.
Lobbyist registration fees and penalty to fail to timely file lobbyist reports.
Foster home care for veterans exempt from state regulation.
Concussion policy for youth athletes.
Revise rule-making requirements related to in situ uranium
and other mining operations.
Agricultural Land
Agricultural land value adjustment factors, revised.
Other productivity data may be used to assess agricultural land.
Agricultural land leased by counties, revised.
Agriculture
Bulk pesticide definition changed.
Grain buyers, warehouses and weighmasters regulation revised.
Motor fuel tax use and distribution of the motor fuel tax revised.
Dairy manufacturing plant appropriation.
State Conservation Commission appropriation.
Agricultural land leased by counties, revised.
The dairy inspection fund revised.
Alcoholic Beverages
Procedure retooled for reissuing certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
County may issue alcoholic beverage license for the county fairgrounds.
State treasurer to receive cost penalties in certain alcoholic beverage cases.
Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public, regulation revised.
Special alcoholic beverage licenses issued in conjunction with special events.
Allow combination on and off-sale malt beverage
and on and off-sale wine license.
Counties may issue additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Animals and Livestock
The dairy inspection fund revised.
Appraisers
National registry fee for real estate appraisers increased.
Permanent injunction may be imposed upon any person engaged in
unlicensed appraisal practice.
Appraisal management companies regulated.
Appropriation
Building Authority may issue revenue bonds for maintenance and repair
of facilities under the control of the Board of Regents.
Higher education facilities funds may be expended for facilities
occupied under capital leases.
Temporary increase in state aid to education.
South Dakota endowment fund created.
Motor fuel tax use and distribution of the motor fuel tax revised.
The large project development fund.
The state may sell certain surplus real estate.
Board of Regents' performance improvement fund created.
An appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state.
An appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians,
midlevel practitioners, and dentists.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
General Appropriations Act for FY2012
Dairy manufacturing plant appropriation.
State Conservation Commission appropriation.
Appropriation for the construction and renovation of a combined
minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Nursing care renovation at the veterans' home, appropriation.
Appropriation for the State Veterans' Home.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Budgetary procedures relating to certain funds received
from the federal government modified.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011, revisited.
Revise the ethanol production incentive payment.
Assessments
Agricultural land value adjustment factors, revised.
Other productivity data may be used to assess agricultural land.
Property tax exemption for property
leased by the Science and Technology Authority.
Outdated provision repealed regarding the assessment
of property for school districts.
Attorney General
Sex offender registration requirements revised.
Sobriety program may include ignition interlock devices.
Possession of any substance, excluding alcohol,
intended for the purpose of intoxication made a crime.
Taking pictures without consent made a crime.
Tribal member added to the Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission.
Birth Centers
Birth centers licensed and regulated.
Board of Examiners of Social Workers
Social work licensee standards changed.
Board of Regents
Building Authority may issue revenue bonds for maintenance and repair
of facilities under the control of the Board of Regents.
Higher education facilities funds may be expended
for facilities occupied under capital leases.
Jump start scholarship program established.
The state may sell certain surplus real estate.
Sale of certain surplus real estate, the deposit of the proceeds,
and revision of provisions relating to the sale of surplus property.
Board of Regents' performance improvement fund created.
Dairy manufacturing plant appropriation.
Bonding Authority
Building Authority may issue revenue bonds for maintenance and repair
of facilities under the control of the Board of Regents.
Bonding limit increased for the four technical institutes.
Bureau of Administration
Bureau of Administration statutes revised.
Use of the state seal revised.
Bureau of Personnel
State risk pool eligibility requirements modified.
Chief Justice
Fees revised for the electronic transmission of court records.
Clerk magistrates may accept certain penalties.
Statutory duties revised for the presiding judge of each judicial circuit.
Clerk of Courts' duties revised relating to the assignment of a judgment.
Jurisdictional amount clarified in a small claims court proceeding.
Child Abuse
Evidentiary rule relating to a child's statement in an abuse case, revised.
Details of alleged sex crimes against minors may be suppressed.
Civil Fines and Penalties
Penalty imposed for willful denial of open records.
Civil Procedure
Identify the law applicable to claims for damages.
Liability limited from damages caused by certain aviation products.
Time limit concerning actions for recovery of damages
for personal injury or death.
Commercial Driver License
Commercial driver license requirements changed.
Motor carrier safety requirements updated.
Contractors Excise Tax
Tax return and remittance due dates changed.
Contracts
Revamped conditions under which contracts with local officials are permitted.
Franchise agreements for motor fuel dealers
cannot prohibit use of blender pumps.
Eviction notice requirements revised.
Allow limited contracting between sanitary district board members
and the district.
Private transfer fee obligations regulated.
Gift certificates and closed-loop prepaid cards exempt
from the unclaimed property provisions.
Transportation for open-enrolled students regulated.
Collateral real estate mortgages revised.
Controlled Substances
Controlled substances list increased.
Counties
Notice requirement to abutting counties when changing the county plan
or ordinances, repealed.
County auditor not required to assist in locating unregistered mobile homes.
Motor vehicle license fees distribution revised.
Political subdivisions not required to purchase an accounting manual.
Local historic preservation projects.
Revamped conditions under which contracts with local officials are permitted.
Procedure retooled for reissuing certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
County may issue alcoholic beverage license for the county fairgrounds.
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
Motor fuel tax use and distribution of the motor fuel tax revised.
The salary and travel reimbursements changed
for county veterans' service officers.
Counties not responsible for constructing, repairing, and maintaining roads
contained in improvement districts.
Agricultural land leased by counties, revised.
Revise the minimum size of an improvement district.
Public funds may be invested in bonds issued by political subdivisions
or agencies of the state.
Revise the authority of counties relating to veterans memorials.
Conference between the directors of equalization and county commissioners,
requirement changed.
Outdated provision repealed regarding the assessment of property
for school districts.
Special alcoholic beverage licenses issued in conjunction with special events.
Appointment of an alternate board member
for the county legal expense relief board.
County treasurers to collect delinquent property tax.
County employees may assist in the execution of United States passport
applications.
Counties may issue additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Courts and Judiciary
Fees revised for the electronic transmission of court records.
Clerk magistrates may accept certain penalties.
Statutory duties revised for the presiding judge of each judicial circuit.
Clerk of Courts' duties revised relating to the assignment of a judgment.
Jurisdictional amount clarified in a small claims court proceeding.
Trespass liability revised.
Identify the law applicable to claims for damages.
Persons convicted of crimes involving domestic abuse
to support domestic abuse shelters.
Liability limited from damages caused by certain aviation products.
Time limit concerning actions for recovery of damages
for personal injury or death.
Crimes
Persons included in the protections afforded law enforcement
and judicial officers.
Lookback period revised for the enhancement of penalties
for multiple assaults and violations of protection orders.
Electronic communication devices defined for certain crimes
involving threatening or harassing calls.
Elderly or disabled adult abuse mandatory reporting.
Driving under the influence fourth and fifth offense, punishment changed.
Sex offender registration requirements revised.
Possession of any substance, excluding alcohol,
intended for the purpose of intoxication made a crime.
Taking pictures without consent made a crime.
The crime of human trafficking.
Criminal Procedure
Offender identification information may be released.
Partial early final discharge from parole created.
Disclosure of parole eligibility at sentencing repealed.
Parole file inspection requirements changed.
Details of alleged sex crimes against minors may be suppressed.
Department of Agriculture
Bulk pesticide definition changed.
State Conservation Commission appropriation.
Department of Corrections
Offender identification information may be released.
Partial early final discharge from parole created.
Persons included in the protections afforded law enforcement
and judicial officers.
Disclosure of parole eligibility at sentencing repealed.
Parole file inspection requirements changed.
Appropriation for the construction and renovation of a combined
minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Department of Education
Jump start scholarship program established.
Reserves for school district general fund, revised.
Concussion policy for youth athletes.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Board of Water Management administrative rule authority revised.
Style and form revisions for Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Revise rule-making requirements related to in situ uranium
and other mining operations.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
Private shooting preserves, requirements changed.
Air guns may be used for hunting.
Department of Health
Controlled substances list increased.
Cottage food operations exempt from certain licensure requirements.
Specialty resort and vacation home exit door requirements modified.
Birth centers licensed and regulated.
Department of Human Services
Accredited prevention and treatment facility requirements changed.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Sisseton National Guard Armory transferred to Sisseton.
Nursing care renovation at the veterans' home, appropriation.
Appropriation for the State Veterans' Home.
Veteran's rights, benefits, and services revised.
Department of Public Safety
Commercial driver license requirements changed.
Motor carrier safety requirements updated.
Driving under the influence fourth and fifth offense, punishment changed.
Emergency medical technician certification revised.
Department of Revenue and Regulation
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Fleet licensing requirements repealed.
Trailer licensing revised.
Tax return and remittance due dates changed.
Telecommunications company tax revised.
Surplus lines insurance regulation changed.
National registry fee for real estate appraisers increased.
Permanent injunction may be imposed upon any person
engaged in unlicensed appraisal practice.
Appraisal management companies regulated.
Safety rating discounts for older drivers requirement repealed.
Collection process for the annual insurance company examination
assessment fee revised.
Health insurance reform.
Religious educational institution sales tax exemption revised.
Uniform administration of state taxes clarified.
Motor fuel tax exemption clarified for certain bulk transfers.
Health insurance standards revised for patient protection.
Representations and warranties regulated in insurance and annuity applications.
Reporting requirement repealed regarding medically uninsurable individuals.
State treasurer to receive cost penalties in certain alcoholic beverage cases.
Real estate licensing revised.
Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public, regulation revised.
Sale of real estate without a license may be enjoined.
Department of Social Services
Domestic abuse program requirements revised.
Visitation Grant Commission created.
Evidentiary rule relating to a child's statement in an abuse case, revised.
Elderly or disabled adult abuse mandatory reporting.
Access to critical nursing facilities.
Department of Tourism and State Development
Delay the sunset clause for the one-half percent increase in the gross receipts tax
imposed on visitor-related businesses.
Property tax exemption for property leased
by the Science and Technology Authority.
Department of Transportation
Pedestrian control requirements updated.
Warning signs for bridges and the maximum weight allowed,
requirements revised.
Limited speed zones through highway work areas, authority to create revised.
Domestic Relations
Domestic abuse program requirements revised.
Lookback period revised for the enhancement of penalties
for multiple assaults and violations of protection orders
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Persons convicted of crimes involving domestic abuse
to support domestic abuse shelters.
Visitation Grant Commission created.
Parties to a divorce may be restrained from making changes
to insurance coverage.
The rights and duties of joint legal custodians changed.
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Accredited prevention and treatment facility requirements changed.
Possession of any substance, excluding alcohol,
intended for the purpose of intoxication made a crime.
DUI
Driving under the influence fourth and fifth offense, punishment changed.
Sobriety program may include ignition interlock devices.
Education
School districts to employ certified school counselors.
Due date for annual financial reports of school districts.
Required school district reorganization criteria revised.
Temporary increase in state aid to education.
Application to be used to excuse a child from school.
Jump start scholarship program established.
Certain education related requirements changed.
Bonding limit increased for the four technical institutes.
Board of Regents' performance improvement fund created.
Authorize the carryover of the fiscal year 2011
state aid to special education appropriation.
Nonpublic schools may be members of the
South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Transportation for open-enrolled students regulated.
State aid distribution to sparse school districts prorated.
Concussion policy for youth athletes.
General fund levies of a school district revised.
Allocations revised for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula.
School district fund balances.
Elections
Revise voting requirements in water project districts.
Deadlines set for the transmission of voter registration files.
Political advertising prohibited in highway rights-of-way.
Campaign finance disclosure statements.
Deadline revised for withdrawing from a primary election.
Adult children of overseas citizens may vote in the state.
Dates set for absentee voting and printing ballots.
Secretary of State to allow a person in charge of election to use the state system.
Local election official to notify the Secretary of State
when an election date is set.
An organization may contribute to a political action committee.
Printing of voting rights notices.
Election requirement concerning the employment of a city manager.
Secretary of State to conduct certain local elections.
Emergency Medical Technician
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
Emergency medical technician certification revised.
Environmental Protection
Allow limited contracting between sanitary district board members
and the district.
Compensation and expenses for sanitary district board members.
Revise rule-making requirements related to in situ uranium
and other mining operations.
Ethanol
Franchise agreements for motor fuel dealers
cannot prohibit use of blender pumps.
Revise the ethanol production incentive payment.
Evidence
Evidentiary rule relating to a child's statement in an abuse case, revised.
Fees
National registry fee for real estate appraisers increased.
Collection process for the annual insurance company examination
assessment fee revised.
Fees revised for the electronic transmission of court records.
Dental hygienists may provide preventive and therapeutic services.
Registration fees increased for motor vehicles.
Cottage food operations exempt from certain licensure requirements.
Rate case filing fees increased.
Telephone solicitation account funds, use revised.
Private transfer fee obligations regulated.
Employer investment fee revised.
Clarify municipal fees for street maintenance.
Lobbyist registration fees and penalty to fail to timely file lobbyist reports.
Allow combination on and off-sale malt beverage
and on and off-sale wine license.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
Trust provisions revised.
Firearms
Purchase of firearms by residents and out-of-state residents,
certain provisions repealed.
Legal residents may obtain a concealed pistol permit.
Fireworks
Additional time period for fireworks.
Franchise
Franchise agreements for motor fuel dealers
cannot prohibit use of blender pumps.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Private shooting preserves, requirements changed.
Air guns may be used for hunting.
Revise prairie dog season.
Allow hunting of coyotes from snowmobiles.
Reciprocal trapping licenses authorized.
Guardianship
The Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
Health Insurance
Copayment or coinsurance limits for chiropractic services.
State risk pool eligibility requirements modified.
Health insurance reform.
Health insurance standards revised for patient protection.
Reporting requirement repealed regarding medically uninsurable individuals.
Parties to a divorce may be restrained from making changes
to insurance coverage.
Highways and Bridges
Political advertising prohibited in highway rights-of-way.
Time frame revised for hearings to vacate municipal streets or alleys.
Registration fees increased for motor vehicles.
Motor fuel tax use and distribution of the motor fuel tax revised.
Warning signs for bridges and the maximum weight allowed,
requirements revised.
Limited speed zones through highway work areas, authority to create revised.
Counties not responsible for constructing, repairing, and maintaining roads
contained in improvement districts.
Hunting
Private shooting preserves, requirements changed.
Air guns may be used for hunting.
Revise notice provisions for hunting in Black Hills Fire Protection District.
Revise prairie dog season.
Allow hunting of coyotes from snowmobiles.
Reciprocal trapping licenses authorized.
Indian Tribes
Authorize tribal identification cards for certain legal and financial purposes.
Tribal member added to the Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission.
Insurance
Surplus lines insurance regulation changed.
Safety rating discounts for older drivers requirement repealed.
Collection process for the annual insurance company examination
assessment fee revised.
Guaranty association date revised to submit reports to the director of insurance.
Motor vehicle defined for the purpose of supplemental
automobile liability insurance.
Court appearance bond premiums included in insurance company premium
and annuity taxes.
State risk pool eligibility requirements modified.
Health insurance reform.
Health insurance standards revised for patient protection.
Representations and warranties regulated in insurance and annuity applications.
Reporting requirement repealed regarding medically uninsurable individuals.
Judicial Remedies
Identify the law applicable to claims for damages.
Liability limited from damages caused by certain aviation products.
Labor and Employment
Minimum wage for seasonal employees revised.
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
Interest payments on negative balance in employer's experience rating account
credited to rating account of employer.
Employer investment fee revised.
Landlord Tenant
Eviction notice requirements revised.
Law Enforcement
Persons included in the protections afforded law enforcement
and judicial officers.
Purchase of firearms by residents and out-of-state residents,
certain provisions repealed.
Legal residents may obtain a concealed pistol permit.
Sex offender registration requirements revised.
Sobriety program may include ignition interlock devices.
Tribal member added to the Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission.
Legislature and Statutes
Codify 2010 legislation.
Appointive officers may lobby.
Lobbyist registration fees and penalty to fail to timely file lobbyist reports.
The advice and consent authority of the Senate reduced.
Create a Wind Energy Competitive Advisory Task Force.
Licenses
Grain buyers, warehouses and weighmasters regulation revised.
Fleet licensing requirements repealed.
Trailer licensing revised.
Surplus lines insurance regulation changed.
National registry fee for real estate appraisers increased.
Permanent injunction may be imposed upon any person
engaged in unlicensed appraisal practice.
Appraisal management companies regulated.
Dental hygienists may provide preventive and therapeutic services.
Additional time period for fireworks.
Motor vehicle license fees distribution revised.
Procedure retooled for reissuing certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
County may issue alcoholic beverage license for the county fairgrounds.
Registration fees increased for motor vehicles.
Teen driving task force.
Cottage food operations exempt from certain licensure requirements.
Authorize tribal identification cards for certain legal and financial purposes.
Social work licensee standards changed.
Commercial driver license requirements changed.
Birth centers licensed and regulated.
Sobriety program may include ignition interlock devices.
Real estate licensing revised.
Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public, regulation revised.
Sale of real estate without a license may be enjoined.
Emergency medical technician certification revised.
Special alcoholic beverage licenses issued in conjunction with special events.
Reciprocal trapping licenses authorized.
Allow combination on and off-sale malt beverage
and on and off-sale wine license.
Massage therapist regulation revisited.
Counties may issue additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.
Liens
Collateral real estate mortgages revised.
Lobbyists
Lobbyist registration fees and penalty to fail to timely file lobbyist reports.
Local Government
Revise voting requirements in water project districts.
Notice requirement to abutting counties when changing the county plan
or ordinances, repealed.
Political subdivisions not required to purchase an accounting manual.
Revamped conditions under which contracts with local officials are permitted.
Special zoning areas revamped.
Local election official to notify the Secretary of State
when an election date is set.
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
Revise the minimum size of an improvement district.
Public funds may be invested in bonds issued by political subdivisions
or agencies of the state.
Conference between the directors of equalization and county commissioners,
requirement changed.
Election requirement concerning the employment of a city manager.
Medicaid
Access to critical nursing facilities.
Military Affairs
The salary and travel reimbursements changed
for county veterans' service officers.
Sisseton National Guard Armory transferred to Sisseton.
Nursing care renovation at the veterans' home, appropriation.
Appropriation for the State Veterans' Home.
Veteran's rights, benefits, and services revised.
Revise the authority of counties relating to veterans memorials.
Foster home care for veterans exempt from state regulation.
Minors
Survivor and disability benefits for children, certain requirements changed.
Application to be used to excuse a child from school.
Teen driving task force.
Evidentiary rule relating to a child's statement in an abuse case, revised.
Concussion policy for youth athletes.
Details of alleged sex crimes against minors may be suppressed.
The rights and duties of joint legal custodians changed.
Motor Vehicles
Fleet licensing requirements repealed.
Trailer licensing revised.
Safety rating discounts for older drivers requirement repealed.
Clerk magistrates may accept certain penalties.
Motor vehicle defined for the purpose of supplemental
automobile liability insurance.
Motor vehicle license fees distribution revised.
Registration fees increased for motor vehicles.
Consignment or auction of out-of-state titled vehicles and motorcycles.
Motor fuel tax use and distribution of the motor fuel tax revised.
Teen driving task force.
The requirements for the sale of new or used vehicles, revised.
Pedestrian control requirements updated.
Warning signs for bridges and the maximum weight allowed,
requirements revised.
Commercial driver license requirements changed.
Motor carrier safety requirements updated.
Driving under the influence fourth and fifth offense, punishment changed.
Limited speed zones through highway work areas, authority to create revised.
Sobriety program may include ignition interlock devices.
Allow hunting of coyotes from snowmobiles.
Municipal Government
Political subdivisions not required to purchase an accounting manual.
Time frame revised for hearings to vacate municipal streets or alleys.
Repeal certain provisions relating to the appointment of municipal officers.
Local historic preservation projects.
Revamped conditions under which contracts with local officials are permitted.
Extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipalities.
Procedure retooled for reissuing certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
Revise the minimum size of an improvement district.
Public funds may be invested in bonds issued by political subdivisions
or agencies of the state.
Time limit concerning actions for recovery of damages
for personal injury or death.
Clarify municipal fees for street maintenance.
Tax increment financing districts.
Election requirement concerning the employment of a city manager.
Special alcoholic beverage licenses issued in conjunction with special events.
Office of the Governor
Bonding limit increased for the four technical institutes.
The large project development fund.
The state may sell certain surplus real estate.
Sale of certain surplus real estate, the deposit of the proceeds,
and revision of provisions relating to the sale of surplus property.
Liability limited from damages caused by certain aviation products.
Reporting requirement to the Board of Economic Development, changed.
An appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state.
An appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians,
midlevel practitioners, and dentists.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
Delay the sunset clause for the one-half percent increase in the gross receipts tax
imposed on visitor-related businesses.
Authorize the carryover of the fiscal year 2011
state aid to special education appropriation.
General Appropriations Act for FY2012
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
The dairy inspection fund revised.
Budgetary procedures relating to certain funds received
from the federal government modified.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011, revisited.
The sales tax on food refund program revised.
Allocations revised for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula.
Revise the ethanol production incentive payment.
School district fund balances.
Passports
Authorize tribal identification cards for certain legal and financial purposes.
County employees may assist in the execution of United States passport
applications.
Pedestrian
Pedestrian control requirements updated.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Offender identification information may be released.
Partial early final discharge from parole created.
Disclosure of parole eligibility at sentencing repealed.
Parole file inspection requirements changed.
Appropriation for the construction and renovation of a combined
minimum security and parole facility in Rapid City.
Personal Rights and Obligations
Trespass liability revised.
Pipeline Safety
Pipeline safety regulation, federal citations updated.
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Notice requirement to abutting counties when changing the county plan
or ordinances, repealed.
County auditor not required to assist in locating unregistered mobile homes.
Extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipalities.
Special zoning areas revamped.
Outdated provisions regarding land surveying repealed.
Tax increment financing districts.
Building energy codes updated.
Zoning change notice requirements revised.
Professions and Occupations
Board of Examiners of Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists
membership revised.
National registry fee for real estate appraisers increased.
Permanent injunction may be imposed upon any person
engaged in unlicensed appraisal practice.
Dental hygienists may provide preventive and therapeutic services.
School districts to employ certified school counselors.
Outdated provisions regarding land surveying repealed.
An appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians,
midlevel practitioners, and dentists.
Social work licensee standards changed.
Electrical Commission certain procedures revised.
Real estate licensing revised.
Sale of real estate without a license may be enjoined.
Emergency medical technician certification revised.
Massage therapist regulation revisited.
Property
Trespass liability revised.
Local historic preservation projects.
Outdated provisions regarding land surveying repealed.
Eviction notice requirements revised.
Private transfer fee obligations regulated.
Gift certificates and closed-loop prepaid cards exempt
from the unclaimed property provisions.
Clarify municipal fees for street maintenance.
Collateral real estate mortgages revised.
Zoning change notice requirements revised.
Property Tax
Agricultural land value adjustment factors, revised.
Other productivity data may be used to assess agricultural land.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
Property tax exemption for property leased
by the Science and Technology Authority.
Clarify municipal fees for street maintenance.
Tax increment financing districts.
County treasurers to collect delinquent property tax.
Public Fiscal Administration
Political subdivisions not required to purchase an accounting manual.
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
South Dakota endowment fund created.
General Appropriations Act for FY2012
Public funds may be invested in bonds issued by political subdivisions
or agencies of the state.
Revise amount of compensation for water user district directors.
Revise procedures for expenditure of water user district funds.
The dairy inspection fund revised.
Budgetary procedures relating to certain funds received
from the federal government modified.
Public Health and Safety
911 emergency surcharge criteria modified.
Controlled substances list increased.
Additional time period for fireworks.
Abortion services regulated.
Cottage food operations exempt from certain licensure requirements.
An appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians,
midlevel practitioners, and dentists.
Accredited prevention and treatment facility requirements changed.
Specialty resort and vacation home exit door requirements modified.
Birth centers licensed and regulated.
Access to critical nursing facilities.
Concussion policy for youth athletes.
Public Officers and Employees
Veterans credited service under retirement and deferred compensation revised.
Appointive officers may lobby.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
The state may sell certain surplus real estate.
Sale of certain surplus real estate, the deposit of the proceeds,
and revision of provisions relating to the sale of surplus property.
State purchases of supplies and services, procedure altered.
Public Records
Penalty imposed for willful denial of open records.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Grain buyers, warehouses and weighmasters regulation revised.
Electronic communication devices defined for certain crimes
involving threatening or harassing calls.
Motor carrier safety requirements updated.
Pipeline safety regulation, federal citations updated.
Rate case filing fees increased.
Gas or electric public utility implementation of a proposed rate
or practice procedure revised.
Incumbent electric utilities have the right of first refusal
to construct and own electric transmission lines.
Public Utilities Commission
Grain buyers, warehouses and weighmasters regulation revised.
Pipeline safety regulation, federal citations updated.
Rate case filing fees increased.
Telephone solicitation account funds, use revised.
Gas or electric public utility implementation of a proposed rate
or practice procedure revised.
Public Welfare and Assistance
The sales tax on food refund program revised.
Real Estate
Trespass liability revised.
Outdated provisions regarding land surveying repealed.
Eviction notice requirements revised.
The state may sell certain surplus real estate.
Sale of certain surplus real estate, the deposit of the proceeds,
and revision of provisions relating to the sale of surplus property.
Real estate licensing revised.
Sale of real estate without a license may be enjoined.
Revise the minimum size of an improvement district.
Private transfer fee obligations regulated.
Clarify municipal fees for street maintenance.
Collateral real estate mortgages revised.
Zoning change notice requirements revised.
Recreation and Sports
Nonpublic schools may be members of the
South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Concussion policy for youth athletes.
REDI Fund
The large project development fund.
The state may sell certain surplus real estate.
Revise the ethanol production incentive payment.
Sales Tax
Tax return and remittance due dates changed.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
Religious educational institution sales tax exemption revised.
Sales and use tax collection based on electronic out-of-state sales.
Nexus for the purpose of collecting of sales and use tax.
The sales tax on food refund program revised.
Sanitary District
Allow limited contracting between sanitary district board members
and the district.
Compensation and expenses for sanitary district board members.
School Districts
School districts to employ certified school counselors.
Due date for annual financial reports of school districts.
Political subdivisions not required to purchase an accounting manual.
Required school district reorganization criteria revised.
Temporary increase in state aid to education.
Application to be used to excuse a child from school.
Jump start scholarship program established.
Certain education related requirements changed.
Reserves for school district general fund, revised.
Nonpublic schools may be members of the
South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Transportation for open-enrolled students regulated.
Outdated provision repealed regarding the assessment of property
for school districts.
School districts may expend capital outlay funds
for an additional time for certain costs.
State aid distribution to sparse school districts prorated.
School district fund balances.
Secretary of State
Deadlines set for the transmission of voter registration files.
Campaign finance disclosure statements.
Deadline revised for withdrawing from a primary election.
Dates set for absentee voting and printing ballots.
Secretary of State to allow a person in charge of election to use the state system.
Local election official to notify the Secretary of State
when an election date is set.
Use of the state seal revised.
Printing of voting rights notices.
Lobbyist registration fees and penalty to fail to timely file lobbyist reports.
Secretary of State to conduct certain local elections.
Sex Offender
Sex offender registration requirements revised.
Details of alleged sex crimes against minors may be suppressed.
South Dakota Retirement System
Veterans credited service under retirement and deferred compensation revised.
Survivor and disability benefits for children, certain requirements changed.
South Dakota Retirement Board of Trustees, process to fill a vacancy revised.
State Affairs and Government
Rules may be reverted when the rules impose more than minimal cost
on certain units of local government.
Codify 2010 legislation.
Local historic preservation projects.
Appointive officers may lobby.
South Dakota endowment fund created.
The large project development fund.
Reporting requirement to the Board of Economic Development, changed.
An appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state.
General Appropriations Act for FY2012
Style and form revisions for Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Bureau of Administration statutes revised.
Use of the state seal revised.
Sisseton National Guard Armory transferred to Sisseton.
Property tax exemption for property leased
by the Science and Technology Authority.
The advice and consent authority of the Senate reduced.
The General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2011, revisited.
State Aid to Education
Due date for annual financial reports of school districts.
Required school district reorganization criteria revised.
Temporary increase in state aid to education.
Jump start scholarship program established.
Certain education related requirements changed.
Authorize the carryover of the fiscal year 2011
state aid to special education appropriation.
Reserves for school district general fund, revised.
School districts may expend capital outlay funds
for an additional time for certain costs.
State aid distribution to sparse school districts prorated.
General fund levies of a school district revised.
Allocations revised for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula.
School district fund balances.
State Electrical Commission
Electrical Commission certain procedures revised.
State Seal
Use of the state seal revised.
Taxation
Agricultural land value adjustment factors, revised.
Other productivity data may be used to assess agricultural land.
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Tax return and remittance due dates changed.
Telecommunications company tax revised.
Surplus lines insurance regulation changed.
Court appearance bond premiums included in insurance company premium
and annuity taxes.
Delay the sunset clause for the one-half percent increase in the gross receipts tax
imposed on visitor-related businesses.
Property tax exemption for property leased
by the Science and Technology Authority.
Religious educational institution sales tax exemption revised.
Uniform administration of state taxes clarified.
Motor fuel tax exemption clarified for certain bulk transfers.
Counties not responsible for constructing, repairing, and maintaining roads
contained in improvement districts.
Revise the minimum size of an improvement district.
Conference between the directors of equalization and county commissioners,
requirement changed.
Clarify municipal fees for street maintenance.
Tax increment financing districts.
Outdated provision repealed regarding the assessment of property
for school districts.
County treasurers to collect delinquent property tax.
Sales and use tax collection based on electronic out-of-state sales.
Nexus for the purpose of collecting of sales and use tax.
General fund levies of a school district revised.
The sales tax on food refund program revised.
Revise the ethanol production incentive payment.
Telecommunications
Electronic communication devices defined for certain crimes
involving threatening or harassing calls.
Uniform administration of state taxes clarified.
Townships
Political subdivisions may establish deferred compensation plans.
Motor fuel tax use and distribution of the motor fuel tax revised.
Unemployment Compensation
Interest payments on negative balance in employer's experience rating account
credited to rating account of employer.
Employer investment fee revised.
Time period revised for computing unemployment insurance
employer contribution rates.
Uniform Laws
The Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act.
Use Tax
Tax return and remittance due dates changed.
Sales and use tax collection based on electronic out-of-state sales.
Nexus for the purpose of collecting of sales and use tax.
Veterans
Veterans credited service under retirement and deferred compensation revised.
The salary and travel reimbursements changed
for county veterans' service officers.
Nursing care renovation at the veterans' home, appropriation.
Appropriation for the State Veterans' Home.
Veteran's rights, benefits, and services revised.
Revise the authority of counties relating to veterans memorials.
Foster home care for veterans exempt from state regulation.
Visitation
Visitation Grant Commission created.
Water Management
Revise voting requirements in water project districts.
Revise provisions for water user district surety bonds.
Revise amount of compensation for water user district directors.
Revise procedures for expenditure of water user district funds.
Appropriations for various water and environmental purposes.
Wind Energy
Create a Wind Energy Competitive Advisory Task Force.