CHAPTER 20

(SB 18)

Public Utilities Commission included in definition of state agency.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the definition of a state agency regarding certain disclosures by a state agency of information concerning a private entity.

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

     Section  1.  That § 1-27-28 be amended to read as follows:

     1-27-28.   Terms used in § §   1-27-29 to 1-27-32, inclusive, mean:

             (1)      "Private entity," any person or entity that is not a public entity as defined by subdivision 3-21-1(2);

             (2)      "State agency," each association, authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, division, state office, task force, and their officers, legal representatives, consultants, or other agents. The term does not include the Legislature, the Unified Judicial System, the Public Utilities Commission, any law enforcement agency, or any unit of local government.

     Signed February 20, 2003.

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