revise certain sales and use tax provisions.

revise certain provisions regarding the waiver of a patient's privilege on communications with a physician or psychotherapist.

prohibit the use of genetic tests in the offer, sale, or renewal of certain types of insurance.

require notice to schools if a student commits certain crimes.

prohibit the discharge of a firearm within six hundred sixty feet of an occupied dwelling, church, schoolhouse, or certain livestock while on certain public waters, and to provide a penalty.

adjust the use of the capital outlay fund.

revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.

repeal the restrictions on certain school district transfers.

revise the procedure for updating the voter registration list.

revise certain provisions concerning appointments to office vacancies.

revise certain election provisions concerning political parties and candidates.

reduce the legal blood alcohol limits for motor vehicle drivers.

authorize commercial motor vehicle drivers to temporarily rest at interstate rest areas for a longer period of time.

authorize the Board of Regents to construct a tennis complex at the University of South Dakota.

authorize the Board of Regents to provide for the renovation of the entrance, parking, and garage facilities located at the South Dakota School for the Deaf in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, and to make an appropriation therefor.

authorize the Board of Regents to purchase the Dakota Prairie Playhouse, in Madison, South Dakota, and to make an appropriation therefor.

make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and certain physician assistants who have complied with the requirements of the South Dakota physician tuition reimbursement program or the South Dakota midlevel tuition reimbursement program.

authorize the Department of Health to establish a program for processing waiver requests for international medical graduates and to establish a fee for processing waiver requests.

revise certain requirements and fees regarding various agricultural related licenses, certificates, registrations, and inspections and to provide for the disposition of certain fees.

revise certain dairy inspection fees.

revise certain provisions regarding liability for violations regarding plant quarantines and to establish certain fees for inspections and issuances of certificates for the movement of plants and plant products.

authorize the Department of Corrections to construct prison industries buildings at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, the Jameson Prison Annex, and the Mike Durfee State Prison, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

provide for abuse and neglect screening through the Department of Social Services central registry for certain Department of Corrections employees and volunteers and for employees and volunteers of certain adolescent treatment programs.

authorize the release of certain information about adult inmates and parolees to victims, the community, and governmental entities.

repeal and revise certain mental health provisions pertaining to the state interagency coordinating network council and the local interagency teams.

provide rule-making authority for certain fees for the certification of interpreters for the deaf.

repeal the composition requirements of the Board of Vocational Rehabilitation.

revise the composition of the review panel of interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing.

allow for a change in the composition of the Board of Service to the Blind and Visually Impaired and to repeal certain functions of the board.

revise the rehabilitation services provided at public cost to disabled and visually impaired persons based on economic need to include postsecondary tuition and fees.

require workers' compensation third party administrators to become licensed and registered and to provide for standards for the continued registration of third party administrators.

revise certain provisions relating to child support.

repeal certain provisions regarding the real estate licensing examination.

repeal an exemption from a requirement for real estate licensee errors and omissions insurance.

change the filing requirements for annual and quarterly statements of the financial condition of foreign and alien insurers.

prevent commercial drivers from operating commercial motor vehicles while the driver, the commercial motor vehicle, or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order.

revise the rule-making authority for credit insurance.

update certain provisions pertaining to motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials.

subject certain health insurers to risk-based capital requirements.

revise certain provisions regarding the applicability of managed care statutes and managed care mediation requirements and to permit certain impartial mediation provisions.

require fraternal benefit societies to comply with managed care and advertising and solicitation statutes.

revise small employer health plan requirements by clarifying the definition of a small employer, exceptions to issuing a policy, rating provisions and minimum participation requirements, and by deleting obsolete references relating to basic and standard plans.

authorize county commissioners and the state fire marshal to prohibit open burning.

revise certain dates pertaining to references to the Internal Revenue Code.

prohibit the disclosure and use of personal information contained in certain motor vehicle records.

require certain boats documented by the United States Coast Guard to be registered, to revise certain provisions regarding the numbering of boats, and to allow the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to establish a fee for a temporary boat license.

revise certain provisions regarding leased or rented boats, to revise certain provisions regarding boat license tags, and to revise certain provisions regarding the exemptions from the excise tax on boats.

authorize the secretary of revenue to revoke the license of a tobacco distributor or wholesaler for failure to provide certain information.

authorize circuit courts to adjudicate paternity and establish custody in notice of support debt proceedings.

revise certain provisions regarding genetic testing and analysis in paternity cases.

increase the punishment for felony child abuse of a child under seven years of age and to designate the offense as a crime of violence.

require attorneys to notify the Department of Social Services of certain recovery actions.

revise the requirements for dispositional decrees entered by the courts for abused and neglected children.

revise provisions regarding the crime victims' compensation program.

revise the time by which an annual identification fee must be paid by certain motor carriers.

increase the penalty for violation of certain fur dealer license requirements.

revise certain provisions regarding the law enforcement authority of conservation officers.

modify the daily and possession fish limits permitted for holders of a nonresident family fishing license.

continue a surcharge on certain hunting licenses and to continuously appropriate the money for certain purposes.

revise the method for and the limitations on imposition of various civil damages for unlawfully taking wild animals.

prohibit certain persons from applying for a hunting, fishing, or trapping license, to provide for an automatic revocation of any license or privilege, and to provide for a penalty for a violation thereof.

revise the requirement that holders of a license issued by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks exhibit the license or authorization on request and to require that certain persons also exhibit certain forms of identification to law enforcement officers.

revise the time required for removal of an ice house from public waters of the state and to revise the time that failure to remove the ice house is deemed abandonment.

clarify the law enforcement authority of conservation officers.

require certain leased snowmobiles to be titled and licensed in South Dakota and to provide a penalty for violations thereof.

complete the transfer of state radio services from the Office of the Attorney General to the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications.

prohibit school boards from employing any person whose certificate has been revoked or suspended and to prohibit the suspension of a certificate under certain circumstances.

authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to implement the long-term capital project request of the Board of Regents, providing for the construction, remodeling, or renovation of various structures on the campuses of the state's universities and to make appropriations therefor.

revise certain provisions relating to school consolidation.

allow vendors to sell soft drinks or other concessions on school property.

revise the time criterion for the termination of certain liens and encumbrances.

define the theft of certain livestock as grand theft.

revise certain procedures related to livestock brands, proof of livestock ownership, and livestock ownership inspection.

prohibit discrimination against health care providers by health insurers.

modify certain procedures for grand jury returns.

permit certain persons whose driving privileges have been suspended or revoked to attend counseling programs.

permit the court to impose certain costs and fees as part of the disposition for a child adjudicated as a child in need of supervision.

permit the court to impose certain costs and fees as part of the disposition for a delinquent child.

determine the venue of the offense of underage possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages.

permit applicable sales taxes to be applied as part of the collection costs and expenses for dishonored checks.

require the installation of certain guide signs on the interstate highway system and state highway system.

revise certain provisions regarding insurance premium discounts for persons fifty-five years of age or older who complete a safe driving course.

authorize employers to pay wages by direct deposit.

place a moratorium on new video lottery establishments and machines.

define whether an operator is subject to pay the cost of certain notifications from the one-call notification system.

permit municipalities to transfer certain revenues to school districts.

provide for the consolidation and annexation of road districts.

require the provision of health insurance coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer.

restrict the sale or rental of certain movies and music to minors.

provide for maintenance of and accessibility to concealed pistol permit information by law enforcement.

revise certain provisions regarding jurisdiction for certain offenses involving intoxicating substances.

include in certain drug offenses the altered state of a controlled drug or substance or marijuana once absorbed into the body.

revise certain provisions relating to transfers of insurance between members of the same insurance group.

revise certain provisions relating to credit card coverages of group personal property.

revise the sizes of plats that may be filed with the register of deeds.

revise the methods for increasing or decreasing school board size and for creating or eliminating school board representation areas.

revise the definition of sexual contact.

allow law enforcement officials to use new technological advances in lie detection.

permit certain persons to solemnize marriages.

provide for a mandatory jail sentence for a second driving under the influence conviction.

clarify the discretion of the court to impose sentences concurrently or consecutively.

increase the tax upon the sale of certain alcoholic beverages and to distribute the revenue to the counties.

provide certain requirements for prescription labels when a generic drug is dispensed.

require that certain state vehicles be equipped as flexible fuel vehicles.

require the use of ethanol fuel in certain state vehicles.

revise the classes of investments available for state funds.

create the South Dakota senior citizen pharmaceutical assistance program and to provide an appropriation therefor.

revise the definition of local effort in the state aid to education formula.

permit the detention in an adult jail of certain juveniles convicted as adults.

criminalize the delivery of certain contraband to juvenile detention facilities and to revise the definition of contraband with regard to certain correctional facilities.

provide for alternative teacher certification.

revise school district inventory procedures.

revise payment methods for school districts.

revise certain voting and participation requirements related to bond issues involving two or more political subdivisions.

prohibit smoking in certain public places.

require that certain vehicles and equipment used for construction be registered.

provide for the issuance of a motor vehicle title under certain conditions to a person who has repaired a motor vehicle and has not been paid.

extend the time period during which previous driving while intoxicated convictions may be considered for determining subsequent offenses.

authorize certain vehicles in the possession of a dealer's car auction agency to be moved with a permit.

allow a medical necessity to be used as a defense in certain cases involving the possession or use of marijuana.

provide for implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing in certain employment contracts.

modify the time required for a temporary custody hearing to be held in certain juvenile legal proceedings.

repeal the requirement that school districts consist of adjoining territory.

revise certain provisions related to township financial reports.

provide for additional nonresident waterfowl licenses for certain areas of the state.

limit the application of implied consent in circumstances involving an arrest for vehicular homicide or vehicular battery.

modify the procedure for the remittance of the 911 surcharge.

revise certain requirements concerning county budget hearings.

provide certain exemptions for overweight vehicles hauling grain.

exempt from penalty certain vehicles that became overweight as a result of snow or ice accumulations.

appropriate money for the construction of a truck bypass in the Yankton area.

require that certain county assessment records be made available to local equalization boards.

revise the definition of average daily membership in the state aid to education formula.

establish license requirements for well pump installers and well repairers.

revise the election ballot for certain offices.

provide for the protection of certain agricultural contractors.

restrict certain developmental or technical fees associated with the sale of agricultural seed, chemical, and fertilizer products.

establish the Division of Antitrust Enforcement within the Office of the Attorney General and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.

require farm mutual insurers to comply with insurance fraud provisions.

impose a severance tax on the quarrying of certain minerals.

amend the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001.

establish a regents scholars program and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise certain provisions relating to child custody.

revise the circumstances under which certain arrests may be effected without a warrant.

create the position of state wildland fire coordinator and to transfer forest fire suppression activities from the state forester to the state wildland fire coordinator.

revise certain eligibility restrictions relating to secondary school extracurricular activities.

authorize certain activities by golf course designers.

provide that school districts or school bus contracting companies be notified when the commercial driver license of a school bus driver is suspended or revoked.

revise certain provisions relating to the criminal background investigations of school employees.

revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.

revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.

increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and to dedicate the increased revenue to a trust fund.

clarify the application of certain driving privilege penalties with regard to juvenile adjudications.

restrict smoking in public buildings and certain places of business.

permit the consolidation of certain special elections on referendum petitions with the special election on April 10, 2001, and to declare an emergency.

prohibit the keeping of a place where marijuana is used or distributed.

reallocate a certain portion of state aid to education.

require an individual’s written authorization before money is contributed to an association for a political purpose.

revise the privilege on communications to clergyman to include certain lay ministers.

revise the distribution of certain gaming tax revenues.

make an appropriation for children of alumni scholarships.

exempt certain membership fees from sales and use tax.

revise certain entrance fees for state parks and recreation areas.

establish certain girls' high school athletic seasons.

prohibit local regulation of certain motor vehicle exhaust brake systems.

place certain requirements on sales of prescription drugs.

award grants to certain school districts.

establish a civil remedy for the destruction of certain field crop products, animals, and organisms.

prohibit the tampering with anhydrous ammonia and to provide a penalty for a violation thereof.

provide funding to school districts for operating a school term greater than one hundred seventy-five days.

establish a comprehensive health association to provide insurance coverage to eligible persons.

establish South Dakota Statehood Day as a working holiday.

revise the provisions for municipal checks and warrants to conform with state standards.

create a low income pharmaceutical assistance program and to provide an appropriation therefor.

repeal the prohibition of certain disclosures by a state agency of information concerning a private entity.

revise when certain assessments have to be paid before an assessment may be appealed.

require health insurers who restrict access to providers to provide point of service coverage.

authorize the assignment of health insurance proceeds to health care providers.

allow for the sale of surplus property to tribal subdivisions.

place certain restrictions on the excusing of students from school attendance to receive alternative instruction.

limit inmate telephone charges.

revise certain provisions related to background checks for school employees.

revise certain provisions related to the practice of dentistry.

provide certain protections for structured settlements.

exempt certain residential utilities from sales and use tax and to declare an emergency.

revise the time period for adjusting property tax levies for the purpose of maintaining the state's percentage of aid to general and special education.

revise certain dates relating to the validation of prior bonds of political subdivisions.

revise the method for determining average daily membership as it applies to the state aid to education formula.

provide that the free exercise of religion is protected.

revise and clarify who may carry a firearm on a motorcycle or off-road vehicle.

revise the property tax revenue base for counties.

provide procedures for initiating proposals for cooperation or consolidation as authorized by Constitutional Amendment B as agreed to by the voters of South Dakota during the 2000 general election.

increase certain penalties for unlawful use of computers and computer networks.

revise certain provisions related to the practice of veterinary medicine.

authorize the funding of textbooks through the school capital outlay fund.

nullify certain increases in high school graduation requirements.

provide for a possessory lien on the contents of certain towed vehicles.

adjust the salary schedule for county officials.

require certain format standards for real estate documents filed at the register of deeds.

revise certain provisions related to trespass by buffalo and to specify the characteristics of legal fences for buffalo.

provide for the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in actions for deceit.

appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute and to declare an emergency.

provide for certain combined school and municipal elections.

provide for the licensing of certain real estate corporations and limited liability companies.

provide for a refund of tuition for certain teachers.

hold school and municipal elections with the general and primary elections.

extend the date for filing claims with the subsequent injury fund.

require that public agencies solicit bids for auctioneer services.

provide for the appointment of delegates from state tribal governments to the Legislature.

require certain statistics regarding traffic law enforcement to be collected and maintained.

revise certain provisions relating to the supervision of local state agency accounts by the state treasurer and state auditor.

establish a beverage container deposit and refund program.

prohibit the hunting of mallard ducks and turkey on private shooting preserves.

repeal the prohibition of certain disclosures by a state agency of information concerning a private entity.

revise the procedure for filing for a property tax credit for renewable resource energy systems.

authorize certain higher education tuition reciprocity with the state of North Dakota.

prohibit directed suretyship.

allow certain interstate shipments of wine.

provide for the election of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission and to provide for the election of the secretary of game, fish and parks.

revise the financial disclosure requirements for lobbyists and employers of lobbyists.

revise certain provisions regarding telephone and telegraph corporations.

clarify how the motor vehicle excise tax is calculated on certain leased vehicles.

revise certain provisions relating to motor vehicle service contracts, mechanical breakdown insurance, and maintenance agreements.

clarify the courts in which garnishment proceedings may be pursued.

require South Dakota school districts to provide the names and addresses of certain secondary school students to the Board of Regents and the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs.

appropriate money to Black Hills Forest High School.

provide for the suspension of driving privileges of certain students who are truant or who have been suspended or expelled from school.

make an appropriation to provide grants to out-of-school time programs in the state and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for the acceleration of the reading enhancement program and to declare an emergency.

appropriate funds from the water and environment fund and the environment and natural resources fee fund, to authorize the state cost share for the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for the implementation and development of the electronic-government project and to declare an emergency.

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

remove certain restrictions on the use of agricultural land.

designate the state capitol complex and the Governor's mansion as a drug free zone.

authorize auction agencies to accept for sale vehicles owned by vehicle manufacturers under certain conditions.

authorize certain students in alternative instruction to participate in public school interscholastic contests and competition.

authorize the use of the municipal sales tax for school districts.

authorize certain persons to carry handguns who are authorized to carry handguns in other states.

prohibit the Department of Transportation from letting certain bids.

revise the elements of the crime of stalking to include certain forms of harassing communications.

prohibit discriminatory pricing of drugs by manufacturers.

revise the definition of adjusted average daily membership in the state aid to education formula.

provide that a portion of the interest earned on the people's trust fund be deposited in the tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund.

revise the provisions concerning the licensing, assessment, and taxation of manufactured homes.

prohibit the occupation of a motor vehicle knowing that any controlled drug or substance is illegally being stored or used therein and to provide penalties therefor.

revise the requirements for volunteer firefighters to become eligible for workers' compensation and to update a reference used to determine impairment.

prohibit the use of restraints upon release or discharge of certain mental patients from commitment.

clarify certain provisions regarding the use of a vehicle at certain intersections.

revise certain provisions regarding hunting on private shooting preserves and along highway rights-of-way.

assign a rebuttable presumption that certain electors are not qualified when signing petitions.

establish a statewide voter registration file, to make an appropriation therefor and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions regarding dealer franchises and to include outdoor power equipment.

revise how the motor vehicle excise tax is applied to certain vehicles.

appropriate money for the restoration of the Hamill Dam.

provide that students who graduate early be counted in a school district's average daily membership for the entire school term.

revise certain provisions regarding the reimbursement of attorney fees by certain indigent defendants.

revise the distribution of state aid to education.

allow for nursing facilities to be constructed on Indian reservations under certain circumstances.

adopt the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.

revise the term of employment for a county highway superintendent.

allow for reasonable attorney's fees in stockholder litigation.

create a board of postsecondary vocational education.

create a school consolidation commission, revise state aid to education, and to appropriate money to increase teacher's salaries.

revise certain provisions regarding the payment of restitution by a defendant.

allow a day started late due to inclement weather to constitute a full school day.

eliminate the confidentiality provisions concerning certain video lottery information and require certain reports.

create a teacher mentor program and to make an appropriation therefor.

require evidence of financial responsibility at the time of motor vehicle registration, to provide for the suspension of vehicle registrations, and to provide for the seizure of certain license plates.

allow certain persons to administer epinephrine in certain circumstances.

provide grants to certain court-appointed special advocate programs and to make an appropriation therefor.

provide that the spouse be appointed guardian in certain circumstances.

provide additional state aid to education to certain school districts.

revise certain provisions regarding the operation of child welfare agencies and registered and unregistered family day care homes.

revise the definition of custodian as it relates to child abuse or neglect.

require historical or educational municipal corporations to maintain their property.

repeal the requirement of a lien against the property of any land which is found to have an underground petroleum tank and to declare an emergency.

revise the definition of barratry.

revise certain provisions regarding the tobacco prevention and reduction program.

replace certain geographic names that use offensive names, words, or phrases.

disallow the use of certain pension, annuity, or retirement payments as a setoff against unemployment benefits.

revise the conditions under which certain contracts with a local officer are permitted.

permit certain traffic violators to take a driver improvement course in lieu of certain penalties.

revise the elements of the crime of passing a check against insufficient funds.

clarify the purposes for which funds in the South Dakota-bred racing fund and special racing revolving fund may be used and to make distributions from the South Dakota-bred racing fund and the special racing revolving fund.

revise certain provisions regarding family day care homes and unregistered family day care homes and to provide mentors for day care providers.

revise and repeal certain restrictions on the issuance of liquor licenses.

designate South Dakota "The Monument State."

prohibit the Department of Transportation from constructing areas for the placement of motor vehicle scales in certain locations.

revise certain provisions related to the loss of hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges for trespass violations.

provide for additional compensation for teachers providing teaching services using the Digital Dakota Network.

restrict the ownership of land by foreign corporations or entities.

require a noxious weed disclosure statement in the transfer of certain real property.

provide a financial incentive for school districts to consolidate.

allow certain interstate shipments of wine.

appropriate money to the West River Foundation to assist the City of Box Elder.

transfer funds from the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission gross receipts tax fund for home heating assistance funding, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

regulate the manufacture, labeling, storage, and distribution of certain ruminant livestock feeds and to declare an emergency.

Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its fifty-third anniversary.

Honoring the 2000 Tripp-Delmont Wildcats High School basketball team and the students and staff involved in the basketball program.

Honoring the 2000 Viborg Vikings High School football team, coaches, and staff involved in the football program.

Honoring the Tripp-Delmont Wildcats High School football team and the students and staff involved in the football program.

Honoring Marilyn Herz of Rapid City as South Dakota's 2001 Teacher of the Year.

Commending and honoring Rapid Valley Elementary School, Rapid City, South Dakota, as the only South Dakota school to receive national recognition for "Schools that have Significantly Changed - Schools for the 21st Century Award."

Commending and honoring the 1999-2000 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dr. Joseph Gertsema, Yankton, School Superintendents Association; Rick Hohn, Watertown, Business Officials Association; Anja Hoekman, Sioux Falls, Elementary School Principals Association; Terry Nebelsick, Huron, Secondary School Principals Association; Larry Janish, DeSmet, Secondary School Principals Association; Dr. Merry Bleeker, Mitchell, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development; and David Jewett, Spearfish, South Dakota Council of Administrators of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.

Honoring Stephanie Kokesh, Scotland, South Dakota's 2000 Youth Citizen of the Year.

Honoring Arlene Russell, Scotland, South Dakota's 2000 Citizen of the Year.

Honoring the 2000 Corsica Comets High School football team, coaches, and staff involved in the football program.

Honoring the Corsica Comets boys track team and its coaching staff on their State Class B Championship.

Honoring Aberdeen native Josh Heupel.

Recognizing and commending the South Dakota Highland Festival in Scotland, South Dakota.

Recognizing the Menno Pioneer Power Show.

Honoring Jonathan Thie of Sioux Falls for being named one of South Dakota's top student volunteers.

Recognizing and commending the 43rd Annual Schmeckfest in Freeman, South Dakota, on March 29, 30, and 31, 2001.

Recognizing and commending the Kuchen Festival in Delmont, South Dakota.

Honoring Emily Schirmer of Colome for being named one of South Dakota's top student volunteers.

Honoring Virgil Fodness of Lennox for receiving the Frederick G. Simonton Award for his service to rural life.

Honoring the students in the fourth grade class of Madison Central School for their creativity and enthusiasm in participating in State Government.

Endorsing and promoting a statewide mentoring association.

Petitioning South Dakota's United States Senators to vote in favor of the confirmation of Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft.

Expressing support for agricultural biotechnology.

Urging Congress to conduct an investigation of the natural gas commodity market and to establish a national energy policy.

Recognizing February sixth as Kids Voting Day in South Dakota.

Urging the establishment of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration Commission.

Requesting the federal government to honor certain state meat inspections in interstate commerce.

Supporting mandatory country of origin labeling for agricultural products.

Requesting the enforcement of laws to protect livestock producers from unfair competition.

Urging Congress to assign liability associated with genetically modified organisms.

Requesting Congress to prohibit certain genetically engineered seed.

Urging action to stop mergers and acquisitions by large-scale agribusiness corporations.

Expressing support for aviation grade ethanol.

Urging awareness and support for reading and reading programs in our homes and communities.

Supporting certain minimum price legislation.

Requesting national referenda to consider the termination of mandatory agricultural checkoff programs.

Promoting National Heart Failure Awareness Week.

Urging certain changes related to the implementation of the federal Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act.

Requesting the federal government to honor certain state meat inspections in interstate commerce.

Urging the Administration and Congress to prohibit packers from feeding and owning livestock.

Recognizing social anxiety disease as a treatable psychiatric disorder which affects many South Dakotans and applauding all psychological and pharmacologic interventions designed to treat social anxiety disease.

Urging revision of the Federal Freedom to Farm Act.

Endorsing and encouraging the Central North American Trade Corridor Association.

In support of the use of biodiesel fuel.

Requesting that the Governor of the State of South Dakota, along with the Legislature, continue to take appropriate fire prevention measures to address the catastrophic fire risk that exists on the federally-held national forests and state lands of South Dakota.

Urging South Dakota's United States Senators and Representative to authorize and appropriate funds to support the expansion of utility and roadway infrastructure in conjunction with the construction of Interstate Highway 90, Exit 67 and the arterial road servicing Ellsworth Air Force Base and the City of Box Elder, South Dakota.

Observing the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Legislative Research Council.

Urging a moratorium on the importation of certain cattle and beef products.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the special election designated by the Seventy-fifth Legislature, meeting in special session, a question relating to the decision by the South Dakota State Cement Plant Commission to sell the state cement plant.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election two new sections to Article IX and amendments to Article IX, section 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, consolidating counties and providing for charter governments.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the special election designated by the Seventy-fifth Legislature, meeting in special session, an amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the creation and administration of a trust fund using certain tobacco settlement monies.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 25, and an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota relating to the repeal of video lottery and the imposition of a corporate income tax to replace video lottery revenues.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election a new section to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the imposition of a corporate income tax.

require written informed consent before genetic testing.

prohibit employers from obtaining, seeking, or using genetic information.

provide the director of insurance with rule-making authority regarding personal nonpublic financial information.

regulate the disclosure of and access to a patient's health care information.

revise certain voting qualifications in municipal and school district elections.

require the notification to the secretary of state of the nomination of certain convention nominees and of the election of certain party officials.

revise the dates for filing certain certificates of nomination.

establish a public policy of protecting cropland and pasture in county drainage plans.

revise certain provisions pertaining to landowner liability for injuries sustained on flooded land.

clarify certain provisions concerning the ownership of public water and public access thereto.

permit the fencing of certain lakes, ponds, and sloughs for the containment of livestock.

prohibit the launching of boats from public highways under certain circumstances and to provide penalties therefor.

allow a school district to deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus property into its capital outlay fund.

amend the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001.

revise certain provisions relating to the appraisal of grazing and agricultural lands by the commissioner of school and public lands.

revise certain provisions relating to the lease of common school, indemnity, and endowment lands.

revise certain provisions relating to the right to renew certain leases on school and public lands.

revise the state trunk highway system.

authorize the sale of a tract of land in Brookings County, South Dakota, to provide for the disposition and appropriation of the sale proceeds, to authorize and appropriate other funds to the Board of Regents to purchase property for agricultural experiment station research, and to declare an emergency.

authorize the Board of Regents to dispose of certain structures located at the Agricultural Experiment Station Beef Nutrition and Dairy Units in Brookings County, to construct cattle feed preparation and silage storage facilities at the Beef Nutrition Unit, and to make an appropriation therefor.

make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to defray increased utility costs at Black Hills State University and at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to declare an emergency.

allow for the placement of sex offenders under the age of fifteen on a registry of sex offenders.

revise certain provisions related to the filing of marriage records and rule-making authority regarding vital records.

require coroners and funeral directors to notify eye and tissue banks of certain deaths for the purpose of anatomical gifts.

require the use of safety seat belts by passenger vehicle occupants under eighteen years of age.

eliminate the South Dakota Farm Loan Mediation Board and transfer program authority to the secretary of agriculture, to provide civil liability immunity for certain agricultural finance counselors, and to authorize the department to contract with businesses for mediation services.

transfer funds to the state fair fund and to revise the budgetary procedure for the state fair.

authorize South Dakota to participate in the revised Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision.

provide that certain offenses are violent offenses for purposes of parole eligibility.

allow parole violation and noncompliance hearings to be conducted through telephone conferencing or interactive video conferencing.

revise certain requirements of the Division of Rehabilitation Services in contested cases.

revise the notice of hearing requirements pertaining to costs on petitions for authority to administer psychotropic medication.

proscribe the crime of assisting in the escape of an involuntarily committed person from the South Dakota Human Services Center or the South Dakota Developmental Center and to provide penalties therefor.

allow weights and measures inspections to be performed biennially.

require insurance producers to sell only investments authorized pursuant to certain provisions.

revise nonrenewal and preexisting condition provisions and to correct outdated references for health insurance plans.

revise certain requirements for continuation and conversion of employer health plans.

revise health plan coverage requirements for newborns and newly adopted children.

establish standards for disability income insurance.

exempt from registration certain Canadian broker-dealers and the securities offered by them.

authorize the recovery of costs in contested cases for the real estate appraiser program and to repeal certain provisions regarding an appraiser's license.

provide for the increase of certain fees for the cosmetology commission.

establish within the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners a disciplinary committee and an ethics committee and to authorize a fee for peer review.

provide reciprocity for the licensing of insurance producers.

allow alcohol beverage license suspension or revocation hearings to be held in a location other than the county where the license has been applied for or has been issued.

authorize the department to issue direct payment permits in certain instances.

provide benefit improvements for certain members of the South Dakota Retirement System, to revise the provisions for the purchase of uncredited service by members of the system.

require an interim study of certain eligibility requirements within the South Dakota Retirement System and the impact of members who retire and are rehired.

provide a dividend account for members of the South Dakota Retirement System.

revise certain provisions regarding the state's accounting systems and the financial statements prepared by the Bureau of Finance and Management.

provide for the distribution of certain funds from the special revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund to promote South Dakota horse racing, to transfer funds from the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund to the Department of Social Services for domestic and sexual abuse shelter programs, and to make an appropriation therefor.

repeal an annual appropriation from the children’s trust fund and to repeal a statute that terminates an additional charge for birth records that is deposited in the fund.

revise certain provisions regarding the reunification of an abused or neglected child with a parent and the subsequent termination of parental rights.

update certain citations to federal law regarding pipeline safety inspection.

change the name of Union County State Park.

revise the definitions of big game and small game.

revise certain provisions related to anatomical gifts.

establish certain fees for filing and indexing records pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, to establish a fund, and to appropriate the fund.

revise procedures for the preservation of historic property.

expand the uses of the special education extraordinary cost fund.

authorize the state historical society board of trustees to set fees for copies of the surveyor general's records and to provide for the disposition of such fees.

repeal certain penalties against persons teaching in nonpublic schools.

revise the definition of illegal substances for purposes of revoking or refusing to issue a certificate to a teacher or administrator.

authorize the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to designate certain species as needing both control and protection.

clarify that the estates of certain nonresidents are subject to the estate tax.

make an appropriation to reimburse the counties in Districts 28A and 28B associated with a special primary election conducted on September 12, 2000, and to declare an emergency.

allow a school district to deposit the proceeds from the sale of surplus property into its capital outlay fund.

provide for the appointment of delegates from state tribal governments to the Legislature.

appropriate money to the state fair.

require certain statistics regarding traffic law enforcement to be collected and maintained.

revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.

revise the crime of vehicular homicide.

allow the use of marijuana for certain medical purposes.

add the Student Loan Marketing Association to certain existing permitted investments of insurers.

revise how candidates’ names are positioned on ballots in municipal elections.

revise the provisions concerning vetoes and overrides in the aldermanic form of government.

provide for the issuance of certain temporary veterinary medicine permits.

provide for increased penalties for exceeding the speed limit in school zones.

reapportion the Supreme Court selection districts.

clarify the definition of the term, member, with regard to certain definition of corporation provisions.

provide for and regulate business trusts.

permit local government officials and employees to use credit cards and to permit the state and its political subdivisions to accept credit and debit card payments.

codify the legislation passed in 2000.

make the terms of office within the aldermanic form of government consistent with other provisions.

prohibit certain persons from receiving a permit to carry a concealed pistol.

authorize the production of industrial hemp.

provide for uniform prescription drug information cards.

prohibit certain deceptive trade practices regarding prescription discount cards.

provide for the regulation of registered pharmacy technicians.

protect unmarked graves.

exempt certain school district employees from the requirement for certain background checks.

provide for the care of certain abandoned children and for the termination of parental rights.

revise certain provisions related to the investment of permanent school funds and to declare an emergency.

establish a statute of limitations for veterinary services.

revise the requirements for delivery of certificate of title involving a used vehicle.

reduce the capitalization rate for a nonagricultural acreage.

provide for implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing in certain employment contracts.

establish certain penalties for failure to control weeds and pests.

revise certain penalties concerning inspections, repairs, and maintenance to certain vehicles.

update the references to the building codes.

require sales and use tax paid to be deducted from the gross receipts to determine the contractors' excise tax.

revise certain provisions regarding the eligibility of Board of Regents' employees.

revise certain provisions regarding the confidentiality of lottery records.

provide that the spouse be appointed guardian in certain circumstances.

provide for a comprehensive study by the Corrections Commission of inmate telephone services at Department of Corrections institutions.

restrict the total amount of change orders to existing public construction contracts.

revise and update certain provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.

prohibit willful trespass on private property or on water or ice covering private property.

make the refund the payment of certain inheritance tax collections.

exempt certain funeral services and expenses from sales and use tax.

allow for binding arbitration for school districts and employees under certain circumstances.

repeal the prohibition of certain disclosures by a state agency of information concerning a private entity.

require the use of ethanol blend fuel in certain state vehicles.

modify the funding level for the local government transportation technology transfer special revenue fund.

revise certain provisions concerning driver licenses and commercial driver licenses.

repeal the statutes concerning the imposition of the inheritance tax.

revise certain provisions related to background checks for school district employees.

make an appropriation to the ethanol fuel fund and to declare an emergency.

require certain vehicle loads to be covered.

establish certain wage requirements for the recipients of REDI fund loans.

establish certain benefit requirements for the recipients of REDI fund loans.

provide for certain increases in the state minimum wage.

adopt the Uniform Partnership Act and to repeal conflicting provisions.

allow for the deposit of certain funds and for the repayment of certain contracts relating to energy savings.

clarify workers' compensation coverage for uncompensated volunteers and prisoners.

clarify the survey requirements for sanitary districts.

limit the Department of Labor’s authority to recommend settlements in labor disputes.

require an agency to serve minutes of the rules hearing before the agency appears before the Interim Rules Committee.

require school boards to notify the parent or guardian of each student being taught by an uncertified teacher or by a certified teacher who is not certified to teach that particular course or grade.

provide for a bill of rights for children in the care of the state.

make an appropriation to provide for an electronic voting machine in the Senate chamber.

make an appropriation to provide for an electronic message display board in the senate chamber.

establish certain civil penalties for overweight vehicle violations and to provide for the disposition of the civil penalties.

revise the index factor in the state aid to education formula.

revise the grounds for the refusal, suspension, or revocation of certain veterinary medicine licenses and certificates.

allow certain annual leave and sick leave accrued by state employees to be counted as credited service for the purpose or determining retirement benefits under certain circumstances.

revise certain provisions regarding the delivery of the certificate of title upon the sale of a secondhand vehicle.

provide for a capital outlay fund for rural fire protection districts.

clarify provisions relating to the eligibility of certain cooperative members to qualify as a director.

clarify certain provisions relating to the payment of taxes to municipalities from the revenues of electric cooperatives providing service within a municipality.

revise certain provisions concerning physician licensure.

establish an ombudsman to represent youth offenders.

revise certain provisions related to the residency of the directors of certain domestic insurers.

revise certain provisions regarding signs in any public right-of-way.

revise residency for the purposes of special education and to revise the distribution of state aid to special education.

require that certain findings and recommendations of the state fire marshal be included in a school board's minutes and to require certain inspections.

authorize the assignment of health insurance proceeds to a dentist.

revise compensation for water user district and sanitary district board members.

revise certain provisions related to the housing of prisoners from other jurisdictions.

revise certain conditions regarding the authorization of bingo or lotteries for restricted purposes and to increase the size of prize certain lotteries may award.

allow for the publishing of certain minutes on the internet.

revise certain vaccination and brucellosis testing provisions related to the importation of livestock.

subject uncertified school administrators to a code of professional ethics.

increase the penalty for practicing law without a license.

revise certain provisions concerning the termination of life estates and joint tenancies.

require the provision of insurance coverage for the entire human musculoskeletal system of the jaw, face, and head under certain circumstances.

require the Department of Corrections to seek accreditation by the American Correctional Association, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

revise the distribution of funds from the alcoholic beverage fund.

impose an additional tax on certain alcoholic beverages and to distribute the revenue to counties.

prohibit the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by nonaccredited institutions.

regulate petroleum products containing methyl tertiary butyl ether.

permit farm wineries to hold an off-sale package wine license.

require certain state vehicles to use ethanol or biodiesel blend.

revise the calculation of state aid to education.

provide for incentives for development of certain commercial small power production facilities.

provide for a Streamlined Sales Tax Project Task Force, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

provide for enhanced penalties if child abuse results in serious bodily injury to a child.

revise the provisions for issuing on-sale liquor licenses to resort facilities.

increase the expenditure limit for certain public improvements requiring competitive bids.

remove the fee for special vehicle license plates for firefighters.

reduce the sales and use tax on food.

authorize additional off-sale retail liquor licenses in certain municipalities.

authorize a rental car company to offer car rental insurance under certain circumstances.

provide for a refund of certain taxes attributed to the construction of a new or expanded wind energy generation facilities.

exempt from sales and use tax certain contract services provided to agricultural producers by an agent of a parent company through a local contracting entity.

clarify the purposes for which funds in the special racing revolving fund and South Dakota-bred racing fund may be used.

impose an excise tax on the gross receipts of wireless, cellular, and personal communications system telephone companies.

appropriate funds for distribution to the counties to replace the state inheritance tax revenue.

revise the appeal procedure concerning the factor used for valuing agricultural and nonagricultural property.

require insurance coverage for certain enteral formulas under certain conditions.

revise certain provisions relating to underinsured motorist coverage limits.

amend the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001 and to provide for bonuses for certain state employees.

allow the resignation of the registered agent of a limited liability partnership.

revise certain career service system rules pertaining to causes for disciplinary action against employees.

revise certain provisions regarding the assets allowed in the determination of the financial condition of an insurer.

provide for the preservation of certain public broadcasting records of the legislative session.

revise certain provisions relating to comparative negligence.

revise the time period when a garnishee summons and affidavit is served on the defendant.

provide for certain penalties for leaving a gasoline station before making payment on motor fuel.

provide for an early pheasant season for resident hunters.

revise the number and duration of certain nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses.

require certain prescription drug manufacturers and labelers to enter into rebate agreements, to establish a discount prescription drug program for certain individuals, to require retail pharmacies to offer certain discounts, and to prescribe penalties and remedies.

revise the distribution of revenue from the video lottery.

prohibit hunting on certain railroad rights-of-way.

revise the distribution of revenue from the video lottery.

provide for a negotiated price for prescription drugs sold in the state.

create a classification for owner-operated farm property and class 2 agricultural property, to establish a maximum property tax levy for class 2 agricultural property for the general fund of a school district, and to repeal the classification for nonagricultural acreage.

establish a girls' basketball season.

revise municipal authority to license, tax, and regulate certain transient merchants.

provide for the taxation of severed mineral interests.

revise certain provisions regarding the exemption of charitable gift annuities from insurance regulation.

revise certain provisions regarding visitation rights for grandparents.

clarify the responsibilities of foster parents in regard to foster children.

permit tribal identification cards in lieu of other identification when applying for a driver's license.

provide for the elimination of the term, squaw, from South Dakota place names.

revise certain provisions relating to the supervision of local state agency accounts by the state treasurer and state auditor.

prohibit the use of certain hand-held devices by motor vehicle drivers, to provide for certain exemptions, and to provide a penalty therefor.

allow persons with advanced degrees to teach in the long distance learning system.

permit certain businesses to remit sales and use tax after the machinery is under production.

establish a refundable checkoff program for swine.

restrict the erection or placement of unauthorized signs in any public highway right-of-way.

revise certain provisions regarding reduced tuition for certain state employees.

revise certain provisions regarding longevity compensation for state employees.

establish a telecommunications gross receipts tax, to provide for its distribution, and to repeal certain property taxes and certain gross receipts taxes paid by certain telecommunications companies.

provide for a Black Hills buck deer season.

prohibit certain signage and advertisement of the video lottery.

revise the provisions for residential bid preference.

to provide for reporting the occurrence of fetal alcohol syndrome.

permit municipalities to issue a temporary on-sale license during certain large events.

revise certain provisions relating to the suspension of students from extracurricular activities for certain drug and marijuana offenses.

make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation to replenish the special emergency and disaster special revenue fund and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation to help fund the memorials for persons awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and for a fiftieth anniversary ceremony of the Korean War and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions relating to insurance taxes, cash surrender values of insurance policies, and the payment of insurance benefits.

revise and supplement certain powers of the South Dakota Building Authority, to provide for the establishment of a corporation by the South Dakota Building Authority for the purpose of raising funds for specified purposes, to provide for transfer and sale at any one time or from time to time of a portion of or all future right, title, and interest of the State of South Dakota to certain amounts payable to the state by various tobacco companies under a master settlement agreement in exchange for the deposit of the net proceeds of such sale into the state permanent tobacco settlement development trust fund, and to establish certain funds.

provide for collection of data and information concerning electronic commerce.

provide for DNA testing for certain inmates for the purposes of determining whether they may have been wrongfully convicted.

provide direction to the South Dakota Investment Council in the investment of the net proceeds derived from the sale of state cement enterprises and to declare an emergency.

revise the distribution of certain sales tax revenues.

provide for the prompt payment of certain uncontested health care claims.

provide for a universal service fund for certain telecommunications services.

require certain minimum penalties for second or subsequent offenses for driving under the influence.

provide for the development and administration of certain standardized academic achievement tests.

allow certain interstate shipments of wine.

provide for legislative redistricting by a bipartisan, nonlegislative commission and to declare an emergency.

permit municipalities and counties to prohibit the use or placement of video lottery machines.

provide that a portion of the interest earned on the people's trust fund be deposited in the tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund.

establish the regents scholarship program and provide for its funding.

make an appropriation for the regents scholarship program.

establish a tuition reimbursement program for dentists who fulfill certain requirements.

affect the sale and pricing of prescription drugs in the State of South Dakota.

establish a regents scholars program and to make an appropriation therefor.

require assisted living centers to disclose certain health care charges.

implement certain amendments to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota regarding trust funds.

authorize a person licensed to carry a concealed pistol in another state to carry a concealed pistol in this state under certain conditions.

require criminal background checks of employees of community service providers and to prohibit employment of certain persons by community service providers.

create a higher education savings plan.

provide for the governance of certain hospitals, to establish requirements for hospital medical staffs and criteria for medical staff membership, and to regulate medical staff privileges.

provide that taking money or property from patients or inmates by certain institution employees constitutes theft.

provide benefit improvements for the members of the South Dakota Retirement System.

provide for the establishment of the School and Public Lands Paleontology Advisory Council and to prescribe its duties.

authorize the South Dakota Railroad Authority to acquire certain facilities owned by the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions relating to constitutional amendments and submitted questions and to declare an emergency.

allow for the transfer of properties and equipment from the Homestake Mining Company to the State of South Dakota.

Commending and honoring LeRoy Hellwig, a member of the Sisseton School District Board, on his selection as the 2000-2001 outstanding school board member.

Honoring Elizabeth Hart, South Dakota Girls' State Governor and Spencer Crawford, South Dakota Boys' State Governor; and commending the South Dakota American Legion and Auxiliary for their sponsorship and coordination of the Girls' State and Boys' State programs.

Commending and honoring South Dakotans who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Congratulating Kathryn Calmus of Volga for achieving national recognition for exemplary service by receiving a 2001 Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Honoring Elizabeth Becker as a recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Commending and Honoring Dr. Tony Berg of Winner, South Dakota, for being selected the 2000 Family Doctor of the Year.

Honoring the 2001 Madison Bulldogs High School gymnastics team: Kristen Osterberg, Katie Reuter, Jenessa Goeman, Kari Schaefer, Shannon Ahern, Abbie Brown, Kim Helling, Michelle Olinger, Amanda Harmon, Lindsey Prostrollo, Brooke Postma, Brittany Postma, and Michelle Cundy; student managers Lana Elpert, Stefanie Richardson, Jodie Wilkens, Lia Eastman, and Heather Namken; and coaches Diane Braskamp and Linda Collignon.

Honoring the memory of Captain Donald Smith, United States Army Air Corps.

Honoring the memory of Thomas Anthony Francis Iversen and his forty-six years of life.

Honoring the memory of Arthur Roy McDonald and his fifty-eight years of life.

Honoring and supporting the non-Muslim minorities of India's Kashmir: Pandits, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Christians.

Appointing Mr. Marty Guindon of Pierre, South Dakota, to the office of Auditor-General.

Urging the federal government to authorize and fund long-term health care on Indian reservations.

Supporting the conversion of the underground mine and portions of the surface mining facilities at Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota, to a National Underground Science Laboratory operated by the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for the National Science Foundation.

Approving and supporting the joint powers agreement entered into by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the South Dakota Secretary of State.

Requesting the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to appoint an interim committee to study the feasibility of using the internet to conduct elections in the state.

Recognizing the South Dakota Corps of Rediscovery as the official planning group for South Dakota's commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.

Supporting the designation of U.S. Highway 81 as the Pan-American Highway.

Supporting programs that bring communities together to examine their demographic pasts and futures and that encourage them to look beyond traditional barriers to find practical solutions to the problems they face.

Expressing support for the electoral college.

Proposing a moratorium on the importation of live cattle and certain beef products.

Expressing the Legislature's condolences upon the death of Laska Schoenfelder.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the special election designated by the Seventy-fifth Legislature, meeting in special session, an amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the creation and administration of a trust fund using certain tobacco settlement monies.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota to prohibit the taxation of income except on banks or financial corporations.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, authorizing a tax on the severance of certain minerals and resources used in the manufacture of cement, and directing that the revenues be used for education purposes.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at a special election designated by the Seventy-sixth Legislature, an amendment to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the creation and administration of trust funds.