State of South Dakota
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NINETY-FIRST SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016 |
672X0575 | HOUSE BILL NO. 1156 |
Introduced by: Representatives Haggar (Don), Brunner, Klumb, and Schaefer and Senators
Haggar (Jenna) and Ewing
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to require municipalities to reimburse the counties for
certain judicial and law enforcement expenditures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Beginning on June 1, 2018, and on June first of each year thereafter, each county shall
submit to each incorporated municipality within the county the expenditures for certain judicial
and law enforcement costs as defined in section 2 of this Act. Each municipality shall reimburse
the county based on its pro rata share of the total county population times the total judicial and
law enforcement costs paid by the county in the preceding calendar year. Each municipality shall
reimburse the county by August first each year.
The most recent decennial census of the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census shall be used to determine the county and municipal population.
Section 2. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Section 2. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
For the purposes of this Act, the term, judicial and law enforcement costs, means the
expenditures made by the county during the preceding calendar year for the judicial system,
public defender, court appointed attorney, abused and neglected child defense, other legal services, county jail, and juvenile detention. The term does not include the expenditures made for the state's attorney, sheriff, or county-wide law enforcement.