CHAPTER 111

(HB 1241)

Board of Regents may sell leased computers at the end of the lease.


         ENTITLED, An Act to  allow the Board of Regents to sell certain used computers through university bookstores and to declare an emergency.

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

     Section  1.  That chapter 13-49 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 5-23 or 5-24, if the Board of Regents assesses a special student fee to students in order to lease personal computers for the use of those students at a university, the Board of Regents may, upon the expiration of the lease, acquire the computers and offer them for resale to students, staff or alumni through a university bookstore or to any political subdivision of the state or in bulk at fair market value on the resale market.

     Section  2.  Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, 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 March 2, 2007
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