TOPICAL INDEX
Ch. Page
911 Coordination Board
911 emergency surcharge requirements changed.
Abortion
Insurance coverage for abortion, regulated.
Abortion services regulated.
Administrative Rules
Board of Pharmacy license provisions modified.
Department of Health obsolete laws and rules repealed.
Centennial logo rules repealed.
Electronic warehouse receipts for grain regulated.
Agriculture mediation program purpose expanded.
Venue of appeals for home rule municipalities.
Allow muskrat hunting season.
Teacher pay and evaluation, revised.
Rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming expanded.
Education accountability system updated.
Roth contribution program for the state retirement system.
Alternative benefit enhancement methodology allowed
within the South Dakota Retirement System.
Administrative rules relating to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority
revised.
Obsolete laws relating to the publication of the administrative rules modified.
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Create a Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology.
Agriculture
Cropland and noncropland limit on change to taxable value.
Domestic use of water definition revised.
Electronic warehouse receipts for grain regulated.
Agriculture mediation program purpose expanded.
Penalty increased for leaving brand inspection area.
Revise provisions relating to importation of livestock and other animals.
Bedding used for agricultural purposes exempt from sales and use taxes.
Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station
storage facility appropriation increased.
Alcohol
Impaired driving violation enhanced penalty requirements changed.
Suspension of a driver license for certain alcoholic beverage violations.
Alcohol or drug commitment authority modified.
Treatment of persons with mental illness, revisions.
Alcoholic beverage licensees may charge a corkage fee.
Alcoholic beverage licensees or employees charged with a crime
may be prohibited from entering the licensed premises.
Animals and Livestock
Penalty increased for leaving brand inspection area.
Revise provisions relating to importation of livestock and other animals.
Appropriation
Bureau of Administration appropriation to construct a maintenance shop.
Extraordinary litigation expenses appropriation.
Special education appropriation carryover allowed.
Board of Regents building and maintenance appropriation requests.
General Appropriations Act amended for 2012 fiscal year.
Appropriation for Feeding South Dakota
Appropriation for costs related to disasters and pine beetle suppression.
Veterans' bonus program appropriation.
Appropriation for the physician and dentist tuition reimbursement program.
Wildfire suppression appropriation.
Coordinated soil and water conservation fund appropriation.
Building control transferred from Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
to Department of Agriculture.
Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station
storage facility appropriation increased.
Board of Regents may purchase an airport structure.
Appropriation increased for the motor pool building
at South Dakota State University.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012 revised.
Revise certain provisions regarding the unclaimed property trust fund.
Appropriation for education and health care funding.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
An appropriation for various water and environmental purposes.
Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of state government.
Assessments
Cropland and noncropland limit on change to taxable value.
Requirements changed for the construction of roads outside the road district.
Revise special assessment procedures.
Shareholders of subchapter S corporations
may represent the corporation in property tax appeals.
Attorney General
Definition of victim modified relating to victim impact statements.
Pseudoephedrine purchase records may be submitted electronically or in writing.
Habeas corpus revised.
Failure to report the death or disappearance of a child made a crime.
Banks and Banking
Trust law revised.
Investment of state operating expenses in banks.
Counties may borrow money using promissory notes.
An exception to the loan or credit limitations of state chartered banks.
Terms and expiration dates revised
for appointees to certain boards and commissions.
Board of Pharmacy
Board of Pharmacy license provisions modified.
Board of Regents
Board of Regents building and maintenance appropriation requests.
Cottonwood Agricultural Experiment Station
storage facility appropriation increased.
Board of Regents may purchase an airport structure.
Appropriation increased for the motor pool building
at South Dakota State University.
Establishment of research parks on lands controlled by the Board of Regents.
Boats
Operating a boat under the influence on a controlled drug or substance.
Bureau of Administration
Centennial logo rules repealed.
Bureau of Administration appropriation to construct a maintenance shop.
Bureau of Finance and Management
Extraordinary litigation expenses appropriation.
Special education appropriation carryover allowed.
State Cement Plant Commission obsolete laws repealed.
Full-time equivalent staffing report requirements changed.
Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations repealed.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012 revised.
Property tax levies revised for school district general fund.
Bureau of Personnel
The administration of state employee personnel matters, changed.
Criminal background checks for various state employees.
Chief Justice
A probationer who is a registered sex offender
may reside within a community safety zone.
Interpreter services in the court system requirements modified.
Documentation changed to support a request
to implement the standard visitation guidelines.
Testimony of sex offense victims and other evidence requirements changed.
Supreme Court to establish rules
for the use of interactive audio visual equipment.
Reporting requirement repealed for schedule of fees paid
to court reporters in consolidated budget.
Civil Procedure
Supreme Court to establish rules
for the use of interactive audio visual equipment.
Discharge procedure for civil judgments discharged pursuant federal law.
Venue of appeals for home rule municipalities.
Filing fees may be awarded as court costs in certain appeals.
Definition regarding tort liability changed.
Judicial enforcement of any religious codes prohibited.
Constitution
Judicial enforcement of any religious codes prohibited.
Abortion services regulated.
Constitutional amendment relating to corporations.
A constitutional amendment
to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel.
Amendment of the Dakota Cement Trust Fund.
A constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.
Contracts
Indemnity provisions prohibited in motor carrier transportation contracts.
Water user district contracts exempt from the competitive bidding requirements.
No liability for a school board member
who authorizes a void contract, check, or registered warrant.
Industrial and construction equipment dealer agreements revised.
Debt modification contracts offered to consumers
by motor vehicle dealers and sales finance companies.
Disclosure of required of certain public employee contracts.
Contracts regulated for residential roofing goods and services.
Controlled Substances
Sale of loose leaf incense regulated.
Schedule for controlled substances, new substance included.
Pseudoephedrine purchase records may be submitted electronically or in writing.
Corporations
Issuance of shares and cumulative voting for directors of corporations,
requirements changed.
Income and principal increased for a perpetual fund
used to maintain a cemetery.
Limited liability company judgment debtor, revised.
Documents may be filed with the secretary of state
by electronic means and notary requirements changed.
Shareholders of subchapter S corporations
may represent the corporation in property tax appeals.
Procedure revised for cooperatives giving notice
to persons whose records are missing.
Counties
Cremation allowed for deceased person who is indigent.
Property tax documents to be transmitted electronically.
Publication date citations updated for the International Building Code.
Filing of orders to vacate highways with register of deeds.
Register of Deeds fees increased and modernization fund created.
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
Revise provisions relating to subdivision platting and annexation.
Sale of certain surplus property in Yankton County.
The administration revised for the county legal expense relief program.
Local governments may dispose of or donate certain property.
Campaign finance requirements to apply to counties and municipalities.
Payment by county for rape and sexual offense examinations.
County and township highways may be changed on school and public lands.
Assessment procedure for real property located in a floodplain changed.
Fees that may be charged for certain public records.
Counties may borrow money using promissory notes.
Courts and Judiciary
Automation fund appropriation and Clerks of Court search fee increased.
Interpreter services in the court system requirements modified.
Documentation changed to support a request
to implement the standard visitation guidelines.
Testimony of sex offense victims and other evidence requirements changed.
Supreme Court to establish rules
for the use of interactive audio visual equipment.
Reporting requirement repealed for schedule of fees paid
to court reporters in consolidated budget.
Discharge procedure for civil judgments discharged pursuant federal law.
Bond paid on behalf of a defendant
may be paid to the Department of Social Services to pay child support.
Exempt breastfeeding mothers or new parents from jury duty.
Judicial enforcement of any religious codes prohibited.
Crimes
False statements on economic development applications made a crime.
Victims rights revised.
Penalty increased for leaving brand inspection area.
Impaired driving violation enhanced penalty requirements changed.
A probationer who is a registered sex offender
may reside within a community safety zone.
Fees for confining certain people in the county jail.
Time limit increased to determine if a violation
is a third or subsequent offense.
Mechanical pull-tab device regulation updated.
Bond paid behalf of a defendant
may be paid to the Department of Social Services to pay child support.
Firearm definition to include muzzle-loading and black powder weapons.
Coasting when driving downhill.
Voting rights of a person convicted of a felony.
Mandatory HIV testing.
Sale of loose leaf incense regulated.
Definition of victim modified relating to victim impact statements.
Failure to report the death or disappearance of a child made a crime.
No statute of limitations for certain rape offenses.
Arrest record may be expunged when the case is dismissed.
Alcoholic beverage licensees or employees charged with a crime
may be prohibited from entering the licensed premises.
An affirmative defense of compulsion for the crime of prostitution.
Battery committed against infants and unborn children.
Strangulation as one element of the crime of aggravated assault.
Establish the offense of juvenile sexting.
Criminal Background Checks
School district may pay for mandatory criminal background checks.
Criminal background checks for various state employees.
Health professions license applicants to submit to a criminal background check.
Criminal Procedure
Victims rights revised.
Inmate parole hearing revisions.
Impaired driving violation enhanced penalty requirements changed.
Testimony of sex offense victims and other evidence requirements changed.
Fees for confining certain people in the county jail.
Time limit increased to determine if a violation is a third or subsequent offense.
Bond paid on behalf of a defendant
may be paid to the Department of Social Services to pay child support.
Voting rights of a person convicted of a felony.
Definition of victim modified relating to victim impact statements.
Habeas corpus revised.
No statute of limitations for certain rape offenses.
Arrest record may be expunged when the case is dismissed.
An affirmative defense of compulsion for the crime of prostitution.
Conditional release requirements changed
for persons charged with domestic abuse.
Debtor and Creditor
Agriculture mediation program purpose expanded.
Uniform Commercial Code secured transactions article updated.
Discharge procedure for civil judgments discharged pursuant federal law.
Limited liability company judgment debtor, revised.
Persons exempt from the requirement to be licensed a mortgage loan originator.
Debt modification contracts offered to consumers
by motor vehicle dealers and sales finance companies.
An exception to the loan or credit limitations of state chartered banks.
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture mediation program purpose expanded.
Penalty increased for leaving brand inspection area.
Wildfire suppression appropriation.
Coordinated soil and water conservation fund appropriation.
Building control transferred from Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
to Department of Agriculture.
Department of Corrections
Victims rights revised.
Inmate parole hearing revisions.
Department of Corrections statutory clean-up.
Department of Corrections authorization to sell surplus land repealed.
Aggravated incest is a violent crime
for the purpose of setting an initial parole date.
Department of Education
Excuse from attendance for children receiving alternative instruction.
Education, certain requirements changed.
Education, outdated and obsolete statutes repealed.
Distribution of state publications.
State aid to education increased for special education.
Education accountability system updated.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Domestic use of water definition revised.
Oil and gas exploration hearing requirements changed.
Environment and natural resource obsolete statutes repealed.
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
Department of Game, Fish and Parks obsolete laws repealed.
Snowmobile license and fee revised.
The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell land to the city of Sturgis.
Operating a boat under the influence on a controlled drug or substance.
Building control transferred from Department of Game, Fish, and Parks
to Department of Agriculture.
Department of Health
Department of Health obsolete laws and rules repealed.
Appropriation for the physician and dentist tuition reimbursement program.
Schedule for controlled substances, new substance included.
Department of Human Services
Department of Human Services statutes revised.
Department of Human Services outdated laws changed.
Department of Labor and Regulation
Insurance examination requirements clarified.
Insurance application changes permitted.
Insurance investigations and examinations disclosure permitted.
Trust law revised.
Third party insurance administrator license renewal process changed.
Annuity suitability requirements modified.
Insurance agent continuing education exemption changed.
Department of Labor and Regulation obsolete laws repealed and revised.
Department of the Military
Child custody during a soldier's deployment.
Military law for the National Guard revised.
Board of Military Affairs membership increased.
Military related definitions revised.
Military Code established for the National Guard.
Department of Public Safety
Impaired driving violation enhanced penalty requirements changed.
Use of the cigarette fire safety standard act fund, changed.
Eliminate an obsolete reference
to the Division of Commercial Inspection and Regulation.
Accident reports to be filed by electronic means.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
requirements updated.
Department of Revenue and Regulation
Delinquent taxpayers listed and published.
Interstate fuel carriers license fees changed.
Organization or first responder temporary permit decal requirement repealed.
Final stage manufacturers regulated.
Fuel tax return electronic filing and remittance.
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming expanded.
Tax returns and information may be disclosed.
Department of Social Services
Department of Social Services obsolete laws repealed.
Department of Social Services unnecessary laws repealed.
Termination of parental rights, certain criteria added.
Alcohol or drug commitment authority modified.
Treatment of persons with mental illness, revisions.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans' bonus program appropriation.
Domestic Relations
Child custody during a soldier's deployment.
Personal appearance flexibility in adoption proceedings.
Joint physical custody allowed.
Documentation changed to support a request
to implement the standard visitation guidelines.
Bond paid on behalf of a defendant
may be paid to the Department of Social Services to pay child support.
Time reduced to cure and validate certain adoption proceedings.
Conditional release requirements changed
for persons charged with domestic abuse.
Drugs
Sale of loose leaf incense regulated.
Operating a boat under the influence on a controlled drug or substance.
Alcohol or drug commitment authority modified.
Treatment of persons with mental illness, revisions.
Schedule for controlled substances, new substance included.
Pseudoephedrine purchase records may be submitted electronically or in writing.
DUI
Impaired driving violation enhanced penalty requirements changed.
Operating a boat under the influence on a controlled drug or substance.
Economic Development
False statements on economic development applications made a crime.
Technology park certification.
Working capital loan and grant program created.
Certified technology park revisions.
Establishment of research parks on lands controlled by the Board of Regents.
Education
Excuse from attendance for children receiving alternative instruction.
Education, certain requirements changed.
Education, outdated and obsolete statutes repealed.
Special education appropriation carryover allowed.
School district may pay for mandatory criminal background checks.
Board of Education to conduct public hearings
before adopting education standards.
No liability for a school board member
who authorizes a void contract, check, or registered warrant.
Establish a deadline for the enrollment options program.
Fees may be collected for educational programming and services.
Distribution of funds changed for sparse school districts.
Teacher pay and evaluation, revised.
State aid to education increased for special education.
Education accountability system updated.
Veterans exempt from the twelve-month residency requirement
for tuition and fees.
Each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying.
Teach for America grant program within the Department of Education.
Update the definition of nonsectarian textbooks.
Authorization to offer postsecondary education services in South Dakota.
Appropriation for education and health care funding.
Elections
Incumbent city council members hold office until end of term,
regardless of redistricting.
Campaign finance requirements to apply to counties and municipalities.
Filing deadlines changed for the nomination of certain independent candidates.
Registered sex offenders may not circulate petitions.
Voting rights of a person convicted of a felony.
Constitutional amendment relating to corporations.
Election procedures revised for voting centers.
Referred measures may be withdrawn in certain circumstances.
Election procedures revised.
Application procedure revised for absentee voting.
Energy
Biobutanol producers eligible for ethanol production incentive payment.
Environmental Protection
Environment and natural resource obsolete statutes repealed.
Appropriation for costs related to disasters and pine beetle suppression.
An appropriation for various water and environmental purposes.
Ethanol
Biobutanol producers eligible for ethanol production incentive payment.
Evidence
Interpreter services in the court system requirements modified.
Testimony of sex offense victims and other evidence requirements changed.
Judicial enforcement of any religious codes prohibited.
Excise Tax
Delinquent taxpayers listed and published.
Fees
Snowmobile license and fee revised.
Interstate fuel carriers license fees changed.
Clerk of Courts search fee increased.
Fees for confining certain people in the county jail.
Register of Deeds fees increased and modernization fund created.
Filing fees may be awarded as court costs in certain appeals.
Fees may be collected for educational programming and services.
Final stage manufacturers regulated.
Alcoholic beverage licensees may charge a corkage fee.
Create a Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology.
Fees that may be charged for certain public records.
Veterans exempt from the twelve-month residency requirement
for tuition and fees.
Fee established for payments returned to the Office of the Secretary of State
due to insufficient funds.
Mining permit fees revised.
911 emergency surcharge requirements changed.
Fiduciaries and Trusts
Trust law revised.
Fuel Tax
Interstate fuel carriers license fees changed.
Fuel tax return electronic filing and remittance.
Biobutanol producers eligible for ethanol production incentive payment.
Apportionment of funds among townships.
Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry
Department of Game, Fish and Parks obsolete laws repealed.
The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell land to the city of Sturgis.
Allow muskrat hunting season.
Revocation of fur dealer licenses.
Firearm definition to include muzzle-loading and black powder weapons.
Appropriation for costs related to disasters and pine beetle suppression.
Gaming
Mechanical pull-tab device regulation updated.
Rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming expanded.
Maximum bet limit increased for Deadwood gaming.
No limit on the number of retail gaming licenses in Deadwood
in which a person may have a financial interest.
Governor's Office of Economic Development
False statements on economic development applications made a crime.
Technology park certification.
Working capital loan and grant program created.
Highways and Bridges
Filing of orders to vacate highways with register of deeds.
Requirements changed for the construction of roads outside the road district.
State trunk highway system changed.
County and township highways may be changed on school and public lands.
Apportionment of funds among townships.
Revise township road provisions.
House Joint Resolutions
A constitutional amendment relating to corporations.
A constitutional amendment
to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel.
A constitutional amendment of the Dakota Cement Trust Fund.
A constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.
Hunting
Allow muskrat hunting season.
Revocation of fur dealer licenses.
Firearm definition to include muzzle-loading and black powder weapons.
Indian Tribes
Remove sunset clause from nursing home statute.
Insurance
Insurance examination requirements clarified.
Insurance application changes permitted.
Insurance investigations and examinations disclosure permitted.
Insurance Guarantee Association
obligated to cover increased amount for annuities.
Indemnity provisions prohibited in motor carrier transportation contracts.
Political subdivisions may operate as organizations to purchase health insurance.
Copayment or coinsurance amounts limited
for physical and occupational therapy services.
Insurance coverage for abortion, regulated.
Health care sharing ministries exempt from the health insurance code.
State law repealed if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
is found to be unconstitutional.
Third party insurance administrator license renewal process changed.
Annuity suitability requirements modified.
Insurance agent continuing education exemption changed.
Regulation of insurance for electronic devices.
Judicial Remedies
Limited liability company judgment debtor, revised.
Judicial enforcement of any religious codes prohibited.
Habeas corpus revised.
Labor and Employment
Contracts regulated for residential roofing goods and services.
Law Enforcement
Fees for confining certain people in the county jail.
911 emergency surcharge requirements changed.
Legislature and Statutes
Department of Social Services obsolete laws repealed.
Department of Social Services unnecessary laws repealed.
Establish a legislative planning committee.
Lobbyist registration revised.
A constitutional amendment
to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel.
Codify 2011 legislation.
Referred law and initiated measure procedure changed.
Obsolete laws relating to the publication of the administrative rules modified.
Referred measures may be withdrawn in certain circumstances.
Libraries
Distribution of state publications.
Licenses
Board of Pharmacy license provisions modified.
Snowmobile license and fee revised.
Interstate fuel carriers license fees changed.
Organization or first responder temporary permit decal requirement repealed.
Allow muskrat hunting season.
Revocation of fur dealer licenses.
Publication requirements changed for water rights applications.
Suspension of a driver license for certain alcoholic beverage violations.
Final stage manufacturers regulated.
Health professions license applicants to submit to a criminal background check.
Third party insurance administrator license renewal process changed.
Insurance agent continuing education exemption changed.
Alcoholic beverage licensees may charge a corkage fee.
Create a Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology.
Special license plate for persons on active duty in the armed forces.
Alcoholic beverage licensees or employees charged with a crime
may be prohibited from entering the licensed premises.
Personalized motor vehicle license plates criteria changed.
No limit on the number of retail gaming licenses in Deadwood
in which a person may have a financial interest.
Silver and bronze star recipient motor vehicle license plates.
Designate honorably discharged veterans on ID cards.
Liens
Perfection of motor vehicle security interest liens filed on-line.
Livestock
Domestic use of water definition revised.
Penalty increased for leaving brand inspection area.
Revise provisions relating to importation of livestock and other animals.
Local Government
Publication date citations updated for the International Building Code.
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
Revise special assessment procedures.
Revise provisions relating to subdivision platting and annexation.
Political subdivisions may operate as organizations to purchase health insurance.
Local governments may dispose of or donate certain property.
Technology park certification.
County and township highways may be changed on school and public lands.
Fees that may be charged for certain public records.
Public meetings held by teleconference or videoconference.
Certified technology park revisions.
911 emergency surcharge requirements changed.
Marijuana
Operating a boat under the influence on a controlled drug or substance.
Military Affairs
Child custody during a soldier's deployment.
Military law for the National Guard revised.
Board of Military Affairs membership increased.
Military related definitions revised.
Military Code established for the National Guard.
Veterans exempt from the twelve-month residency requirement
for tuition and fees.
Special license plate for persons on active duty in the armed forces.
Military spouses may receive unemployment compensation.
Silver and bronze star recipient motor vehicle license plates.
Designate honorably discharged veterans on ID cards.
Mining, Oil and Gas
Mining permit fees revised.
Minors
Department of Social Services obsolete laws repealed.
Child custody during a soldier's deployment.
Personal appearance flexibility in adoption proceedings.
Joint physical custody allowed.
Sale of loose leaf incense regulated.
Termination of parental rights, certain criteria added.
Failure to report the death or disappearance of a child made a crime.
Persons required to report child abuse and neglect.
Establish the offense of juvenile sexting.
Motor Vehicles
Snowmobile license and fee revised.
Organization or first responder temporary permit decal requirement repealed.
Impaired driving violation enhanced penalty requirements changed.
Indemnity provisions prohibited in motor carrier transportation contracts.
Coasting when driving downhill.
Final stage manufacturers regulated.
Accident reports to be filed by electronic means.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
requirements updated.
Perfection of motor vehicle security interest liens filed on-line.
Special license plate for persons on active duty in the armed forces.
Apportionment of funds among townships.
Personalized motor vehicle license plates criteria changed.
Silver and bronze star recipient motor vehicle license plates.
Motorcycle windshields and wind deflectors glazing requirements changed.
Designate honorably discharged veterans on ID cards.
Municipal Government
The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell land to the city of Sturgis.
Incumbent city council members hold office until end of term,
regardless of redistricting.
Municipalities may establish incidental accounts.
Publication date citations updated for the International Building Code.
Venue of appeals for home rule municipalities.
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
Revise special assessment procedures.
Revise provisions relating to subdivision platting and annexation.
Sewer system bid requirements exemption.
Local governments may dispose of or donate certain property.
Campaign finance requirements to apply to counties and municipalities.
Assessment procedure for real property located in a floodplain repealed.
Fees that may be charged for certain public records.
Muskrats
Allow muskrat hunting season.
Office of the Governor
South Dakota Commission on Health Care repealed.
Public access to the records of former Governors and Lieutenant Governors.
Teacher pay and evaluation, revised.
Appropriation for costs related to disasters and pine beetle suppression.
Unclaimed property procedure changed.
A constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget.
Terms and expiration dates revised
for appointees to certain boards and commissions.
Rural health care facilities assistance in recruiting.
Rural communities assistance to recruit health care professionals.
Authorization to offer postsecondary education services in South Dakota.
Appropriation for education and health care funding.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
An appropriation for various water and environmental purposes.
The redistribution of existing nursing facility beds.
Oil and Gas
Oil and gas exploration hearing requirements changed.
Parental Rights
Personal appearance flexibility in adoption proceedings.
Documentation changed to support a request
to implement the standard visitation guidelines.
Exempt breastfeeding mothers or new parents from jury duty.
Time reduced to cure and validate certain adoption proceedings.
Termination of parental rights, certain criteria added.
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Inmate parole hearing revisions.
Aggravated incest is a violent crime
for the purpose of setting an initial parole date.
A probationer who is a registered sex offender
may reside within a community safety zone.
Fees for confining certain people in the county jail.
Personal Rights and Obligations
Definition regarding tort liability changed.
Persons With Mental Illness
Department of Social Services unnecessary laws repealed.
Treatment of persons with mental illness, revisions.
Pipelines
Pipeline safety inspection, federal citations updated.
Planning, Zoning and Housing Programs
Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations repealed.
Publication date citations updated for the International Building Code.
Revise provisions relating to subdivision platting and annexation.
South Dakota Housing and Development Authority laws updated.
Professions and Occupations
Board of Pharmacy license provisions modified.
Revocation of fur dealer licenses.
Copayment or coinsurance amounts limited
for physical and occupational therapy services.
Publication requirements changed for water rights applications.
Health professions license applicants to submit to a criminal background check.
Earnest money held in broker's trust account, requirements changed.
Create a Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology.
Contracts regulated for residential roofing goods and services.
Terms and expiration dates revised
for appointees to certain boards and commissions.
Property
Requirements changed for the construction of roads outside the road district.
Revise special assessment procedures.
Sale of certain surplus property in Yankton County.
Local governments may dispose of or donate certain property.
Unclaimed property procedure changed.
Revise certain provisions regarding the unclaimed property trust fund.
Shareholders of subchapter S corporations
may represent the corporation in property tax appeals.
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Procedure revised for cooperatives giving notice
to persons whose records are missing.
Public Fiscal Administration
State Cement Plant Commission obsolete laws repealed.
Full-time equivalent staffing report requirements repealed.
Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations repealed.
Reporting requirement repealed for schedule of fees paid
to court reporters in consolidated budget.
Municipalities may establish incidental accounts.
Investment of state operating expenses in banks.
Water user district contracts exempt from the competitive bidding requirements.
Register of Deeds fees increased and modernization fund created.
General Appropriations Act amended for 2012 fiscal year.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012 revised.
Reimbursement of travel expenses
during the recruitment of certain professional staff.
The investment of public funds.
Appropriation for education and health care funding.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses state government.
Public Health and Safety
Department of Health obsolete laws and rules repealed.
Department of Social Services unnecessary laws repealed.
South Dakota Commission on Health Care repealed.
Abortion services regulated.
Mandatory HIV testing.
Alcohol or drug commitment authority modified.
Schedule for controlled substances, new substance included.
Health professions license applicants to submit to a criminal background check.
Pseudoephedrine purchase records may be submitted electronically or in writing.
Use of the cigarette fire safety standard act fund, changed.
Eliminate an obsolete reference
to the Division of Commercial Inspection and Regulation.
Accident reports to be filed by electronic means.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
requirements updated.
Remove sunset clause from nursing home statute.
911 emergency surcharge requirements changed.
Rural health care facilities assistance in recruiting.
Rural communities assistance to recruit health care professionals.
Appropriation for education and health care funding.
The redistribution of existing nursing facility beds.
Public Officers and Employees
The administration of state employee personnel matters, changed.
Full-time equivalent staffing report requirements repealed.
Bureau of Intergovernmental Relations repealed.
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
Public access to the records of former Governors and Lieutenant Governors.
Roth contribution program for the state retirement system.
Alternative benefit enhancement methodology allowed
within the South Dakota Retirement System.
South Dakota Retirement System laws revised.
Reimbursement of travel expenses
during the recruitment of certain professional staff.
Disclosure of required of certain public employee contracts.
Public meetings held by teleconference or videoconference.
Public Property, Purchases and Contracts
Water user district contracts exempt from the competitive bidding requirements.
Sewer system bid requirements exemption.
Establishment of research parks on lands controlled by the Board of Regents.
Public Records
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
Public access to the records of former Governors and Lieutenant Governors.
Fees that may be charged for certain public records.
Disclosure of required of certain public employee contracts.
Public Utilities and Carriers
Electronic warehouse receipts for grain regulated.
Indemnity provisions prohibited in motor carrier transportation contracts.
Rate stability provisions to include plant additions.
Pipeline safety inspection, federal citations updated.
Motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials
requirements updated.
Increase the term of service of regional railroad authority commissioners.
Public Utilities Commission
Electronic warehouse receipts for grain regulated.
Pipeline safety inspection, federal citations updated.
Public Welfare and Assistance
Department of Social Services obsolete laws repealed.
Cremation allowed for deceased person who is indigent.
Appropriation for emergency food assistance.
Department of Human Services outdated laws changed.
Rape
Payment by county for rape and sexual offense examinations.
No statute of limitations for certain rape offenses.
Real Estate
The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may sell land to the city of Sturgis.
Department of Corrections authorization to sell surplus land repealed.
Property tax documents to be transmitted electronically.
Register of Deeds fees increased and modernization fund created.
Requirements changed for the construction of roads outside the road district.
Revise special assessment procedures.
Sale of certain surplus property in Yankton County.
Earnest money held in broker's trust account, requirements changed.
Building control transferred
from Department of Game, Fish, and Parks to Department of Agriculture.
Assessment procedure for real property located in a floodplain repealed.
Recreation and Sports
Rule-making authority of the Commission on Gaming expanded.
Maximum bet limit increased for Deadwood gaming.
No limit on the number of retail gaming licenses in Deadwood
in which a person may have a financial interest.
Sales Tax
Sales and use tax exemption revisions.
Delinquent taxpayers listed and published.
Bedding used for agricultural purposes exempt from sales and use taxes.
Clarify the definition for "engaging in business".
Appropriation for emergency food assistance.
Sales tax on food exemption.
School and Public Lands
County and township highways may be changed on school and public lands.
School Districts
School district may pay for mandatory criminal background checks.
Board of Education to conduct public hearings
before adopting education standards.
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
No liability for a school board member
who authorizes a void contract, check, or registered warrant.
Local governments may dispose of or donate certain property.
Establish a deadline for the enrollment options program.
Fees may be collected for educational programming and services.
Distribution of funds changed for sparse school districts.
Property tax levies revised for school district general fund.
Each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying.
Update the definition of nonsectarian textbooks.
Secretary of State
Lobbyist registration revised.
Election procedures revised for voting centers.
Documents may be filed with the Secretary of State
by electronic means and notary requirements changed.
Documents filed with the Office of the Secretary of State
may be filed electronically.
Referred law and initiated measure procedure changed.
Fee established for payments returned to the Office of the Secretary of State
due to insufficient funds.
Election procedures revised.
Application procedure revised for absentee voting.
Sex Offender
A probationer who is a registered sex offender
may reside within a community safety zone.
Testimony of sex offense victims and other evidence requirements changed.
Registered sex offenders may not circulate petitions.
Payment by county for rape and sexual offense examinations.
Mandatory HIV testing.
Termination of parental rights, certain criteria added.
No statute of limitations for certain rape offenses.
Smoking
Roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments
are cigarette manufacturers.
Use of the cigarette fire safety standard act fund, changed.
South Dakota Housing Development Authority
South Dakota Housing and Development Authority laws updated.
Administrative rules relating to the South Dakota Housing Development Authority
revised.
South Dakota Retirement System
Roth contribution program for the state retirement system.
Alternative benefit enhancement methodology allowed
within the South Dakota Retirement System.
South Dakota Retirement System laws revised.
Special Education
Special education appropriation carryover allowed.
State aid to education increased for special education.
State Affairs and Government
Department of Corrections statutory clean-up.
The administration of state employee personnel matters, changed.
Revise provisions relating to posting of public notices.
Establish a legislative planning committee.
General Appropriations Act amended for 2012 fiscal year.
Sale of certain surplus property in Yankton County.
Lobbyist registration revised.
South Dakota Commission on Health Care repealed.
Department of Human Services statutes revised.
Criminal background checks for various state employees.
Working capital loan and grant program created.
General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2012 revised.
Eliminate an obsolete reference
to the Division of Commercial Inspection and Regulation.
Documents filed with the Office of the Secretary of State
may be filed electronically.
Referred law and initiated measure procedure changed.
Reimbursement of travel expenses
during the recruitment of certain professional staff.
Public meetings held by teleconference or videoconference.
Terms and expiration dates revised
for appointees to certain boards and commissions.
Rural health care facilities assistance in recruiting.
Rural communities assistance to recruit health care professionals.
Legislative review of state agencies repealed.
Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses state government.
State Aid to Education
Distribution of funds changed for sparse school districts.
Teacher pay and evaluation, revised.
State aid to education increased for special education.
Property tax levies revised for school district general fund.
State Trunk Highway System
State trunk highway system changed.
Students
Excuse from attendance for children receiving alternative instruction.
Establish a deadline for the enrollment options program.
Fees may be collected for educational programming and services.
Education accountability system updated.
Each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying.
Update the definition of nonsectarian textbooks.
Taxes
Sales and use tax exemption revisions.
Cropland and noncropland limit on change to taxable value.
Delinquent taxpayers listed and published.
Property tax documents to be transmitted electronically.
Bedding used for agricultural purposes exempt from sales and use taxes.
Clarify the definition for "engaging in business".
Roll-your-own cigarette machines at retail establishments
are cigarette manufacturers.
Appropriation for emergency food assistance.
Fuel tax return electronic filing and remittance.
Internal Revenue Code references updated.
Tax returns and information may be disclosed.
Property tax levies revised for school district general fund.
Assessment procedure for real property located in a floodplain repealed.
Shareholders of subchapter S corporations
may represent the corporation in property tax appeals.
Biobutanol producers eligible for ethanol production incentive payment.
Taxes applied to rural electric companies.
An appropriation to fund tax refunds.
Telecommunications
911 emergency surcharge requirements changed.
Establish the offense of juvenile sexting.
Townships
Revise provisions relating to subdivision platting and annexation.
Local governments may dispose of or donate certain property.
County and township highways may be changed on school and public lands.
Apportionment of funds among townships.
Revise township road provisions.
Trade Regulation
Industrial and construction equipment dealer agreements revised.
Contracts regulated for residential roofing goods and services.
Trusts
Trust law revised.
Unemployment Compensation
Military spouses may receive unemployment compensation.
Unified Judicial System
A probationer who is a registered sex offender
may reside within a community safety zone.
Interpreter services in the court system requirements modified.
Testimony of sex offense victims and other evidence requirements changed.
Supreme Court to establish rules
for the use of interactive audio visual equipment.
Reporting requirement repealed for schedule of fees paid
to court reporters in consolidated budget.
Uniform Commercial Code
Uniform Commercial Code secured transactions article updated.
Use Tax
Sales and use tax exemption revisions.
Delinquent taxpayers listed and published.
Bedding used for agricultural purposes exempt from sales and use taxes.
Appropriation for emergency food assistance.
Veterans
Veterans' bonus program appropriation.
Veterans exempt from the twelve-month residency requirement
for tuition and fees.
Designate honorably discharged veterans on ID cards.
Victims
Definition of victim modified relating to victim impact statements.
No statute of limitations for certain rape offenses.
Water Management
Bonding authority revised for the South Dakota Conservancy District.
Water user district contracts exempt from the competitive bidding requirements.
Audit requirements changed for water development districts.
Publication requirements changed for water rights applications.
Revise provisions relating to water development districts.
Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force created.
An appropriation for various water and environmental purposes.
Water Rights
Domestic use of water definition revised.
Environment and natural resource obsolete statutes repealed.