Article Body
Office of Gov. Dennis Daugaard
500 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, S.D. 57501
605-773-3212
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
CONTACT: Tony Venhuizen or Kelsey Pritchard at 605-773-3212
Governor Signs Several More Bills Into Law
PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed the following bills into law today:
SB 4 – An Act to ensure notice to the respondent and opportunity for the respondent to be heard prior to enforcement of certain foreign domestic protection orders.
SB 19 – An Act to increase expenditure authority to accommodate donations to projects at Black Hills State University and Northern State University, to authorize the acquisition and renovation of improved real property for a project at Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.
SB 40 – An Act to allow a surviving spouse of a member of the South Dakota Retirement System to elect a reduced benefit prior to age sixty-five under certain circumstances.
SB 41 – An Act to revise the definition of penitentiary correctional staff for purposes of administering the South Dakota Retirement System.
SB 42 – An Act to authorize certain former state cement plant employees and surviving spouses to elect a lump sum trustee-to-trustee payment in lieu of monthly benefit payments.
SB 43 – An Act to revise the calculation of disability benefits and certain benefits payable upon death of members of the South Dakota Retirement System.
SB 45 – An Act to revise the Real Estate Commission's grounds for disciplinary actions on home inspectors.
SB 47 – An Act to establish new criteria for the certification, licensure, and registration of real estate appraisers.
SB 48 – An Act to require appraisal management companies to maintain a surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit.
SB 49 – An Act to revise certain provisions regarding private placement policies.
SB 51 – An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the regulation of tobacco.
SB 74 – An Act to provide for the consideration of joint physical custody of a minor.
SB 103 – An Act to establish certain civil penalties for tampering or removing any highway marker, sign, or control device and to distribute the revenue from such civil penalties.
SB 147 – An Act to revise the composition of the governing body of a health maintenance organization.
SB 171 – An Act to recognize certain federal forms as sufficient to direct the disposition of the body of a servicemember.
HB 1030 – An Act to provide for the confidentiality of certain evaluation data.
HB 1036 – An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the billboard permitting process.
HB 1050 – An Act to revise certain enforcement actions by the insurance director.
HB 1058 – An Act to revise certain provisions concerning the application of railroad tax credits.
HB 1077 – An Act to enact the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act.
HB 1081 – An Act to revise the computation of the promotional fee on wheat.
HB 1104 – An Act to allow local governing bodies to require the payment for certain goods and services by electronic transaction.
HB 1110 – An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the definition of a resident for the purposes of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses.
HB 1154 – An Act to authorize the commissioner of school and public lands to grant certain surface and subsurface easements to provide access to oil, gas, minerals, and geothermal resources.
HB 1163 – An Act to authorize farm mutual insurers to invest funds in certain stocks and market funds.
HB 1167 – An Act to allow schools to maintain a stock and to administer epinephrine auto-injectors in certain cases.
HB 1168 – An Act to provide for additional safety measures on amusement rides and to provide a penalty for failure to properly insure an amusement ride or device.
For more information about these bills, visit legis.state.sd.us
-30-