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SB 108 to revise budget transfer authority.

State of South Dakota  
SEVENTY-SECOND  SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,  1997
 

227A0121  
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ENGROSSED   NO. SB108   -   2/15/97  

        Introduced by:  Senators Frederick, Aker, Benson, Dennert, Drake, Flowers, Hainje, Halverson, Hunhoff, Hutmacher, Johnson (William), Paisley, Rounds, Symens, and Whiting and Representatives Putnam, Duxbury, Gabriel, Haley, Kredit, Lucas, McNenny, Munson (Donald), and Waltman  

         FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act  to revise budget transfer authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That § 4-8A-8 be amended to read as follows:
     4-8A-8.   Moneys appropriated on a program basis by the general appropriation act may be transferred between program accounts within or between programs within departments and bureaus or between departments and bureaus to reflect a reorganization pursuant to Article IV, section 8 of the South Dakota Constitution only at the written request of a governing body, department secretary , or bureau commissioner, or his designee, in accordance with procedures established by the Bureau of Finance and Management . Moneys appropriated by the general appropriation act may be transferred between institutions of the state only upon written request of the appropriate governing board, and upon specific written approval of the Bureau of Finance and Management and only upon written approval of the Bureau of Finance and Management. Transfer of moneys appropriated by the general appropriations act between departments, institutions, and bureaus that is not necessary for a reorganization pursuant to Article IV, section

8 of the South Dakota Constitution may only occur at the written request of a governing body, department secretary, or bureau commissioner, or designee, only in accordance with procedures established by the Bureau of Finance and Management and only upon approval by the special committee created in this chapter

. The Bureau of Finance and Management shall keep a record of all such authorizations of transfers and make them available for public inspection. The bureau of finance and management shall also submit an informational report detailing all transfers approved to the special legislative committee established in §   4-8A-2. At least ten days prior to approving any transfer of money between departments for purposes other than for which it was originally appropriated by the general appropriations act, the commissioner of the bureau of finance and management shall notify the members of the joint appropriations committee of the proposed transfer.
BILL HISTORY
1/22/97 First read in Senate and referred to Appropriations.   S.J.   85
2/3/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/3/97 Deferred to another day.   S.J.   275
2/6/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/14/97 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
2/14/97 Appropriations Do Pass Amended, AYES 8, NAYS 0.   S.J.   445