CHAPTER 126

(SB 203)

Statewide sex offender registry appropriation.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation for costs related to the statewide sex offender registry and to declare an emergency.

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

     Section  1.  There is hereby appropriated ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000 ), or so much thereof as may be necessary, from other funds to the Office of the Attorney General for costs related to the statewide sex offender registry. The Office of the Attorney General may accept and expend funds obtained from gifts and contributions. Such funds may be expended for computer programming, for the collection of information and in the entry of information required for a statewide sex offender registry.

     Section  2.  The attorney general shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by section 1 of this Act.

     Section  3.  Whereas, this Act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

     Signed February 17, 2006

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