repeal references to certain defunct programs under the authority of the Board of Regents.

revise the style and form of certain provisions relating to the Board of Regents.

clarify, repeal, update, and make style and form changes to certain statutes related to military and veterans affairs.

revise the penalty for misuse of any aircraft or vehicle owned or leased by the state.

revise the reporting requirements involving sex offense victims.

revise certain procedures regarding the election process.

revise certain provisions concerning election deadlines and time frames.

authorize an increase in the livestock ownership inspection fee.

revise certain provisions related to the registration of cancelled livestock character brands.

make an appropriation to provide for the renovation of the nursing care building on the South Dakota Veterans' Home campus and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation to provide for the renovation of the National Guard armory in Brookings and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions relating to the appropriation of money for the veterans' bonus program.

revise certain provisions regarding the standards for fire-resistant state buildings.

repeal certain provisions regarding the Bureau of Administration's evaluation of costs of projects in the facility construction plan, the submission of proposed capital improvements, the responsibility to request legislative appropriations for facility construction, and the funding of emergency capital improvement projects.

revise certain provisions regarding the required identification of authorized emergency vehicles.

exempt law enforcement and emergency vehicle accidents from certain driving records.

make an appropriation from the coordinated soil and water conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission.

make an appropriation for the control and suppression of pine beetles in Custer State Park.

rename the rodent and reptile control fund and to validate the Department of Agriculture's authority to sell rodent control products.

permit the South Dakota Department of Agriculture to contract with individual firefighters and support personnel.

add additional species to those which may be hunted without a license by residents on their own land.

revise the definition of bait.

revise certain provisions concerning the definition of big game and the possession, transportation, and sale of big game meat and animal parts.

revise certain provisions regarding application for game and fish licenses and preference points.

revise certain provisions relating to the definition of predator/varmint and predator/varmint licenses.

classify certain bird species as unprotected.

authorize the issuance of temporary snowmobile permits to residents and to increase the fee for such permits.

revise certain provisions regarding the regulation of physician assistants.

place certain drugs on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.

revise the membership of the State Board of Podiatry Examiners, the State Board of Pharmacy, and the State Board of Funeral Service.

provide for the regulation of telepharmacy and to establish a fee therefor.

make an appropriation to fund a dental externship program.

impose sanctions on schools and certified school personnel for compromising the integrity of a state-required academic achievement test.

revise certain provisions regarding the data submission requirements for the state accreditation of schools.

revise the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills.

make an appropriation to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.

repeal certain health certification requirements of school employees.

revise certain provisions regarding the interstate enrollment options program.

increase certain fees relating to the Board of Barber Examiners.

repeal the manager license, revise the requirements for a salon license, and revise the requirements for an instructor license with regard to the practice of cosmetology.

revise the fees for cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics.

revise the definition of bundling for sales and use tax purposes.

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

provide reciprocity for sales, use, or gross receipts tax paid on farm equipment purchased in another state or political subdivision.

revise certain provisions regarding the times for filing returns and remitting taxes.

repeal the limitation period for filing certain tax refunds.

revise the taxation of bundled transactions involving telecommunications services and related services.

reform certain campaign finance requirements and to establish certain fines and penalties.

clarify the definition of purchase price for taxation purposes.

revise the requirement to pay motor vehicle excise taxes.

revise certain requirements regarding the licensing of insurance producers.

revise the requirements for coordination of benefits between health plans.

provide certain standards for health maintenance organizations in individual health insurance.

revise certain requirements for the independent audit of insurers.

revise the time period for sellers to obtain an exemption certificate for certain taxes.

revise certain provisions relating to the practice of counseling.

require certain information in a judgment of conviction for persons sentenced to the state penitentiary.

revise certain provisions related to the placement of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

provide for the sharing of certain child protection records.

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase real property, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

offer a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination initiative, to transfer funds, and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation to fund state university information technology and security system upgrades.

make an appropriation to fund state university information technology.

authorize the Board of Regents to accept additional donations for the improvements to O'Harra Stadium at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to declare an emergency.

authorize the Board of Regents to construct multi-use storage facilities at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

authorize the Board of Regents to initiate a program at the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to enhance services to children diagnosed with low vision, to authorize the employment of staff, and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise certain reversion provisions regarding an appropriation to the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority.

revise the criminal penalty for perjury.

increase liquidated court costs and revise how they are allocated.

create a cold case reward fund, to provide a continuous appropriation thereof, and provide certain provisions regarding the confidentiality of persons supplying information to a cold case.

revise certain provisions regarding the title of initiated measures and the filing of initiated measures.

create a statewide 24/7 sobriety program, establish the 24/7 sobriety fund, and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise certain provisions regarding identification and recording for products containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine.

make an appropriation for the support of the state fair.

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

make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.

impose a tax on the net revenues of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.

allow tribal agencies that provide child welfare services to obtain results from a check of the central registry for abuse and neglect.

establish certain provisions regarding the child abuse and neglect central registry.

revise the definition of gross receipts for sales tax purposes.

revise certain provisions to provide that motor vehicle license plates remain with the owner of the plates.

revise the funding of K-12 education in the state.

appropriate money to the Dakota Valley school district.

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

revise certain provisions related to the transfer of title.

revise certain provisions related to the release of a lien by undertaking.

exempt certain materials provided by persons letting realty improvement contracts from the contractor's excise tax.

allow volunteer school personnel to administer glucagon and to allow students to possess and self-administer diabetes medication.

define the term, consideration, as it relates to the payment of fees for certain transfers or exchanges of real property.

revise certain provisions regarding the explanation of ballot issues and to provide for the procedure to challenge such explanations.

permit magistrate courts to administer adult probationary drug court programs under certain circumstances.

permit court services officers to monitor compliance with certain prescribed regimens.

provide for the declaration and administration of certain judicial emergencies.

specify the admonishment of jurors during court adjournments.

provide for and revise the wording of certain judicial oaths.

clarify certain provisions concerning the place where certain trials shall take place.

increase the filing fee for appeals from the decisions, orders, and resolutions of boards of supervisors of townships.

revise the jurisdiction of certain magistrate courts and to declare an emergency.

authorize certain domestic limited liability companies and partnerships to be registered agents of foreign corporations.

authorize the Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building for use by the Legislature, and to make an appropriation therefor.

make an appropriation for maintenance and repair projects of the Board of Regents deemed critical to facility safety and function, and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions related to the establishment of proof of compliance with applicable standards as due care in certain utility negligence claims.

revise certain requirements of vehicle and boat dealers to post damage disclosure statement notices.

revise certain township powers related to water and sewerage systems.

revise certain provisions related to immunity from civil liability for the placement and use of automated external defibrillators.

allow a school district to give priority to certain students who apply for open enrollment.

clarify the application of certain statutes for the protection of abused or neglected children.

revise certain provisions regarding when and by whom chemical dependency evaluations occur after a conviction of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

revise the provisions concerning the disbursement of money to school districts and municipalities.

increase the fines for certain violations of local ordinances.

permit local government officials and employees to use electronic payments and to permit the state and its political subdivisions to accept electronic payments.

revise certain provisions regarding the transportation of fur-bearing animals.

prohibit school districts from granting credit for distance learning courses offered through entities other than the South Dakota Virtual High School.

allow postsecondary technical institutes to engage in business-type activities.

authorize a county auditor to raise additional revenues for education from property taxes due to the results of certain court actions.

allow a school district to deny an application for open enrollment or to return an open-enrolled student to the resident district for disciplinary reasons.

permit the extending of the duration of stalking and protection orders.

permit counties to sell tax certificates.

revise certain provisions concerning mechanics' or materialmen's liens.

require the use of an ignition interlock device in motor vehicles used by certain persons guilty of a second violation of driving under the influence and to provide for certain penalties with regard to ignition interlock devices.

provide for the purchase, sale, or transfer of certain solid waste or recyclable materials by local government entities and to revise certain provisions related to the operation of solid waste and recycling facilities.

revise and update the references to the building codes.

provide for the termination of certain parental rights of persons convicted of rape or incest, to provide for restitution in lieu of child support in those cases, to restrict contact with the child, and to provide penalties for violations thereof.

add the solicitation to commit a crime to certain criminal provisions.

revise certain provisions concerning the adoption of municipal sewer utility charges.

revise certain provisions concerning municipal sewer service.

clarify the authority of county commissioners to set their annual salary.

revise the provisions concerning the accumulation of funds by counties for capital outlay purposes.

provide for the conversion of certain cooperatives into business corporations.

increase the level of expenditures that may be incurred before requiring the advertisement for bids for the purchase of materials, supplies, or equipment.

increase the amount of funding for conservation and value-added agriculture purposes from certain unclaimed motor fuel tax refunds.

increase the maximum penalty that counties and municipalities may establish for a violation of an ordinance.

revise certain provisions regarding the expenditure of proceeds from the county wheel tax.

require certain children to be in booster seats when in motor vehicles.

adopt the Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement and to provide for its funding.

allow certain disabled bow hunters to use special equipment to operate the bow.

prohibit certain money lenders from providing a subsequent short-term consumer loan without some intervening time.

appropriate money to postsecondary technical institutes for the maintenance and repair of buildings.

create and provide for the education enhancement tobacco tax fund and the health care tobacco tax fund.

require an annual adjustment to the general fund levies of a school district by reducing local effort by nine million dollars from funds deposited in the property tax reduction fund from the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products.

create the health and safety facility equity program to assist certain school districts with critical need for capital construction.

increase the amounts of the annual awards given to recipients of the South Dakota opportunity scholarship.

repeal the limitation on liability of local government agencies and their employees for year 2000 litigation.

limit the transfer of contested Public Utilities Commission cases to the Office of Hearing Examiners.

revise certain provisions concerning utility right-of-way maintenance.

establish education service agencies to provide services to school districts on a regional basis and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise certain provisions regarding notices of claims against governmental entities.

restrict the entry of conservation officers onto certain private land without permission.

prohibit the firing of a firearm at any school building, vehicle, or premises.

revise certain provisions relating to deceptive trade practices.

exempt the sale of coins, currency, and bullion from sales and use taxes.

revise the procedures for due process regarding the central registry for abuse and neglect.

revise certain references regarding the reunification of an abused or neglected child with a parent and regarding grounds for termination of parental rights and regarding the operation of the central registry for abuse and neglect.

revise the provisions concerning the addition of noncontiguous property to certain business improvement districts that have a common zoning designation.

revise certain provisions concerning wholesale drug distributors.

revise certain requirements concerning the pay and qualifications of petition circulators.

provide for the participation of independent voters in primary elections.

provide immunity for school districts in facilitating computer usage.

create the facility equity fund to provide financial assistance to certain school districts with critical capital construction needs.

repeal the requirement for physician involvement in the execution of a sentence of death by eliminating certain specified roles.

revise the elements of the crime of first degree robbery.

revise certain provisions relating to the sales and distribution of tobacco products.

allow certain repossessed motor vehicles to be sold without title in the name of the entity selling these motor vehicles.

allow auction agencies to sell government consigned motor vehicles on the same day as the dealer motor vehicle auctions.

revise certain provisions concerning notice and hearing requirements for vacating a municipal street or alley.

establish the South Dakota Health Insurance Exchange.

require hospitals to report additional information on hospital reimbursements and to report performance outcome data and to provide that this information be available on the Department of Health's web site.

require itemized statements of charges to patients receiving medical care or services.

establish the Zaniya Project Task Force, to prescribe its mission and composition, and to declare an emergency.

establish a health reinsurance pool to spread the expenses of high-cost individuals.

enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor.

clarify certain limits placed on persons lending money.

allow the distribution of newly discovered property of a dissolved corporation.

increase the maximum amount for which used motor vehicles may be sold or transferred to be exempt from excise tax.

provide for the substances used in the execution of a sentence of death and to allow the choice of the substances used in an execution under certain circumstances.

allow for grants from the revolving economic development and initiative fund, to revise certain provisions concerning the making of grants and loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund, and to repeal the capital investment entity program, the value-added tourism subfund and the entrepreneur support program.

provide for the issuance of landowner-sponsored big game hunting licenses.

provide for the issuance of special nonresident duck hunting licenses for use in certain counties.

revise the penalty for certain big game hunting violations.

repeal certain provisions found to be unconstitutional, which required insurers to obtain a countersignature on policies.

impose a sales and use tax on certain advertising services for the purpose of funding an energy assistance program for certain nursing homes, community service organizations, juvenile corrections placement agencies, and adjustment training centers.

revise the petition requirements for the formation of an ambulance district.

revise certain provisions regarding the use of a transporter license plate.

require the Department of Revenue and Regulation to collect and distribute the gross receipts taxes imposed on small telecommunication companies.

limit the liability of certain passenger or excursion train providers.

revise the composition of the Commission on Health Care.

provide for the abatement or refund of property taxes on certain owner-occupied single-family dwellings owned by persons in the military and to declare an emergency.

prohibit the recovery of property damage loss for persons not having proof of financial responsibility at the time of a motor vehicle accident.

require certain children to be in booster seats when in motor vehicles.

allow the evidence of the failure to wear a safety belt to mitigate damages under certain circumstances.

provide for increases in the state minimum wage.

provide for a study of the potential establishment of a state veterans cemetery and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise certain provisions related to the incorporation of municipalities.

authorize the disclosure of certain confidential information when a person who is subject to commitment proceedings has communicated a serious threat of serious physical injury against a reasonably identifiable victim.

repeal the death penalty and commute certain death sentences to life imprisonment.

provide for notice and opportunity to remedy residential construction defects.

allow the Department of Public Safety to regulate installers of manufactured homes and to allow the department to establish an installation inspection program.

repeal the implementation of prospective mandates that children attend kindergarten and that kindergarten programs be a minimum length.

revise certain provisions related to the animal identification program.

increase the penalty for multiple violations of disorderly conduct.

revise certain provisions concerning public meetings.

provide for the notification of certain members of the armed forces concerning screening for exposure to depleted uranium.

restrict the use of garnishment to collect stale judgments.

revise fees for renewal stickers that are placed on special motor vehicle license plates for certain military veterans.

provide funds to the state technical institutes.

revise the membership composition of the Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature.

provide for the practice of independent midwifery.

repeal certain provisions relating to the designation of a juvenile corrections monitor.

revise certain provisions relating to the confidentiality of the juvenile corrections monitor report.

revise certain provisions concerning municipal operating agreements.

revise the deadline for owner-occupants to file the certificate requesting an owner-occupied classification.

implement the recommendations of the Indian Child Welfare Act Commission.

establish legislative finding related to the composition of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

revise the provisions concerning the types of taxes that the state may enter into compacts with Indian tribes.

require the South Dakota State Library to continue to circulate popular books to citizens.

revise the deadline for voter registration before an election.

require certain signs to identify polling places on election day.

require certain lessors of residential property to disclose that the lessor or any person employed at the residential property is a registered sex offender.

prohibit sex offenders from entering certain school buildings or premises, to provide for waivers issued by school boards under certain circumstances, and to provide penalties for violations thereof.

distribute state aid to education funds to certain school districts with growing enrollments based on current enrollment data.

appropriate money to enhance career and technical education in the state.

clarify certain provisions relating to petitions for protection orders.

reauthorize the construction of nursing facilities on American Indian reservations under certain circumstances.

eliminate the requirement that an application or request for an absentee ballot be notarized.

revise the title of the coordinated soil and water conservation fund and coordinated soil and water conservation plan.

revise provisions related to water project district voter eligibility.

prohibit the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage licenses for establishments located near Bear Butte.

require the secretary of the Department of Revenue and Regulation to mail cigarette stamps by registered mail when requested by any licensed distributor.

reduce the taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products and to revise the distribution of the revenue from cigarettes and tobacco products.

prohibit the Board of Regents from increasing the rate of tuition paid by full-time, undergraduate students under certain circumstances.

exempt certain wages from claims in bankruptcy.

provide for the establishment of special development districts and to authorize the issuance of certain restricted alcoholic beverage licenses in such districts.

revise the publishing requirement for school board vacancies in newly created school districts, to revise the deadline by which candidates for new school boards must file nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency.

adjust the period of time requiring the use of lighted front and real lamps on motor vehicles.

authorize the trapping and hunting of certain furbearing animals by nonresidents.

allow the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of Iowa.

limit lobbying by executive and judicial agency representatives.

allow the Board of Regents to independently acquire products and services relative to information technology.

revise the index factor used to determine the per student allocation of state aid to education.

revise the filing deadlines for the nomination of certain independent candidates.

allow the Board of Regents to sell certain used computers through university bookstores and to declare an emergency.

provide for the reimbursement of attorney's fees and costs for certain reinstated public employees and to make an appropriation to reimburse Mr. Marland Eldredge for such costs and fees.

provide for tourism regions in the state, to provide for the distribution of tourism promotion funds to those regions, and to provide an additional appropriation for tourism promotion.

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007 regarding the South Dakota opportunity scholarships.

make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the environment and natural resources fee fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the state cost share for the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for the costs related to the intensive methamphetamine treatment program in the women's state correctional system.

revise the calculation of state aid to general education and to establish direction for the uses thereof.

provide information to owners of certain property that had a significant increase in the assessed valuation of the property.

establish the teen court grant program, to require the submission of a report, to provide for its purpose and funding, and to declare an emergency.

revise the process regarding cochlear implants.

continuously appropriate certain federal funds to the Commissioner of School and Public Lands and to require such funds to be set forth as informational items in the commissioner's budget.

provide certain provisions concerning the indemnification of the directors of cooperatives.

provide for the establishment of a task force to study the enforcement and collection of financial obligations resulting from criminal proceedings and to declare an emergency.

establish the elements of the crime of masturbating or ejaculating in the presence of a child and to provide a penalty therefor.

expand the duties of the juvenile corrections monitor.

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007 regarding appropriations to the Office of School and Public Lands, and to declare an emergency.

reduce the minimum number of board members of trust companies.

create an intensive methamphetamine treatment program and revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007, and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions related to complaints of encroachment by prairie dogs on private land.

repeal certain provisions regarding the treatment of Indian tribes for purposes of unemployment insurance.

increase the index factor in the state aid to education formula and to establish criteria that a school district with a small high school must meet in order to receive state aid to education.

revise certain provisions regarding property tax exemptions for certain power generation facilities.

revise certain provisions contained in Senate Bill 209, the General Appropriations Act, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, as previously enacted by the Eighty-first Session of the South Dakota Legislature.

provide counties the authority to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate sewer utility systems.

revise certain provisions defining renewable energy and recycled energy.

allow a home school student to partially enroll in the student's resident school district or in another school district under certain circumstances and to clarify certain testing requirements for students who are partially enrolled.

allow nurse midwives to practice as independent practitioners.

appropriate money for Teach for America.

revise certain provisions relating to health care decisions by attorneys-in-fact or agents.

facilitate the transfer of certain patients to health care providers who are able and willing to provide treatment, artificial nutrition, and hydration under certain circumstances.

create a drug court program in the Unified Judicial System and make an appropriation therefor.

provide for an early presidential primary.

require that sixty-five percent of a school district's operating budget be expended for instructional purposes.

revise certain provisions concerning the use of certain real property sales to value other real property.

establish a statute of limitations for real estate appraisers and their agents and employees for alleged malpractice, error, mistake, or omission.

create the Prairie High School District.

allow temporary contractual agreements between certain school districts to exist for an additional year.

require emergency medical technicians to be trained in the administration of epinephrine.

create a task force to study permanent funding options for the state technical institutes, to provide for its composition, and to declare an emergency.

revise certain provisions permitting decisions of a planning commission to be overruled by other public bodies.

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.

provide medicaid coverage to certain families with children who have disabilities under the Family Opportunity Act.

appropriate money to fund the state option to purchase medicaid coverage for families with children who have disabilities under the Family Opportunity Act.

revise certain provisions regarding the collection of 911 telephone surcharges from users and purchasers of prepaid wireless telephone services.

restrict unsolicited commercial electronic mail advertisements.

require that records of archaeological sites be maintained and to provide that certain records remain confidential.

revise certain provisions relating to the compilation and release of patient information to determine medical indigency.

permit trustees to decant a trust under certain circumstances.

prohibit the negligent kindling of certain fires, to impose financial liability for causing certain fires, and to provide penalties therefor.

provide for an Office of Indian Education and an Indian Education Advisory Council and to establish certain provisions to enhance Indian education in the state.

create a teacher compensation assistance program.

revise certain provisions regarding tax collection agreements with Indian tribes.

refer to a vote of the people a bill to regulate the performance of certain abortions, to reinstate the prohibition against certain acts causing the termination of the life of an unborn human being, and to prescribe a penalty therefor.

establish criteria regarding the construction and sale of certain homes by a state agency or the South Dakota Housing Development Authority.

enact the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.

require abortion facilities to offer sonograms to pregnant women under certain circumstances.

establish a pilot program to gather certain statistics regarding traffic law enforcement to be collected and maintained.

create the South Dakota Reservation Youth Resource Commission.

authorize the issuance of lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.

provide for a public utility data source containing information from school districts and to make an appropriation therefor.

establish the rural victims' advocacy services grant program and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise the requirements for certain on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses.

provide for issuance of certain restricted on-sale malt beverage and wine licenses.

create additional classifications of real property and to revise certain provisions concerning the taxation of such property.

revise certain age requirements related to hunting and hunting licenses.

revise certain provisions of administrative rules to authorize medical assistance under medicaid for certain youth on Indian reservations.

provide for the development of end of course exams.

revise certain provisions concerning the valuation of real property by allowing the director of equalization to use more sales during the assessment process and to revise certain provisions regarding taxes payable for special education and the capital outlay fund of school districts.

increase the penalty for selling or giving an alcoholic beverage to certain persons under the age of twenty-one.

provide access to voters for determining voter registration status and the location of polling places.

revise certain provisions regarding paternity and termination of parental rights.

direct the Legislative Research Council and the state agencies to use certain approved terminologies when referring to persons with disabilities in the preparation of legislation and rules.

Recognizing and commending Augustana College for its efforts to promote the study of peace and to promote the proliferation of peace in our world.

Honoring Janessa Nickell of Sioux Falls, 2006 South Dakota American Legion Auxiliary Girls' State Governor, and Sam Merkel of Aberdeen, 2006 South Dakota American Legion 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.

Honoring the 2006 National American University volleyball team for winning the 2006 NAIA Volleyball National Title.

Honoring Tyler Crissman of Sioux Falls as the 2006 South Dakota Young Male Referee of the Year.

Congratulating and honoring Dr. Rick Melmer on his election as President-Elect of the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Commending and honoring Representative Eldon Nygaard for receiving recognition from the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program.

Honoring the memory of the life, personality, and achievements of J.D. Weischedel.

Commending and honoring Linda Margheim of the Mitchell School District Board of Education on her selection as the 2006-2007 Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member.

Honoring Emily Bartscher for receiving the Prudential Spirit of Community Award.

Recognizing and honoring Jennifer Mellette of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as Miss Standing Rock 2006-2007 and for her achievements and service.

Honoring Charlotte Mohling of Wessington Springs as South Dakota's 2007 Teacher of the Year.

Honoring the friends and citizens of Lake Norden during their town's one hundredth anniversary.

Commending the 2006 Todd County High School Cross Country Team for winning the combined state title in the Class A State Cross Country Meet.

Honoring James Joseph Feinstein for his selection as Junior of the Year at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Honoring three top seniors from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for being finalists for the Merit Scholarship Awards.

Commending the 2005-2006 Sioux Falls Roosevelt Girls' Basketball Team for winning the State AA Championship.

Recognizing and congratulating the 2006 Sioux Falls Roosevelt Rough Riders Football Team for winning the State Class 11AA Football Championship.

Commending the Sioux Falls Roosevelt Rough Riders Volleyball Team for their 2006 State AA Championship.

Recognizing the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution that began on October 23, 1956; the sacrifices of the brave Hungarian Freedom Fighters; the great contributions of Hungarian-Americans in South Dakota; and reaffirming the friendship between the people and governments of the United States and Hungary.

Honoring the members of the 2006 Pierre Governors Varsity Boys' Soccer Team and the coaches, administration, and parents involved in the program.

Congratulating and commending Sydney Palmer, daughter of Jenifer and Todd Palmer, of Pierre, for winning the national championship of the NFL's Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition in the girls' 8-9 year division.

Honoring Larry E. Gabriel for his lifelong dedication and contributions to the citizens of South Dakota.

Honoring Union County for being named as one of the top ten counties for the "Best Places to Live in Rural America."

Honoring Desirae Wieseler of Orient as the 2007 South Dakota Junior Snow Queen.

Honoring the friends and citizens of Castlewood during their town's 125th anniversary.

Congratulating the Sioux Falls Washington High School Girl's Softball Team on their success in 2006.

Congratulating Coach Dick Hahn and Kylie Huether of the Sioux Falls Washington High School Girls' Tennis Team for their successes in the 2006 season.

Congratulating the Sioux Falls Washington High School Highsteppers on the success of their dance team in 2006.

Congratulating the Sioux Falls Washington High School Highsteppers on the success of their dance team in the 2006-2007 season.

Congratulating and commending Cadet Colonel Susanna Brazil Marking for receiving the General Carl A. Spaatz Award.

Recognizing Jeanette R. Nygaard for her service as page, intern, and aide with the South Dakota Legislature, the United States Congress, and the United States Department of State.

Supporting a Taiwan-United States free trade agreement.

Expressing support for the South Dakota coordinated natural resources conservation plan.

To request the Department of Transportation to help promote and help direct travelers to the Oyate Trail.

Requesting the Congress of the United States to direct the Corps of Engineers to address and rectify problems caused by the accumulation of sediment in the Missouri River main stem reservoirs.

Expressing the Legislature's regret for the loss of Eleanor McGovern.

Encouraging the Board of Regents to approve the creation of a Mandarin Chinese major curriculum at Northern State University.

Encouraging the Legislature of the State of South Dakota to continue in its practice and to further examine using people first language, which will acknowledge individuals as people before they acknowledge any disability.

Requesting the Department of Transportation to pursue the necessary steps to connect portions of State Highway 63 in Mellette County.

Requesting the Congress and the President of the United States to reauthorize the federal Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Requesting the National Farm Service Agency to reconsider the closure of certain county Farm Service Agency offices.

Honoring the life, achievements, and indomitable spirit of Doctor William O. Farber, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Dakota.

revise certain provisions regarding the review of initiated measures.

establish certain procedures regarding the verification of initiative and referendum signatures.

revise certain provisions relating to the circulation and signing of initiative and referendum petitions and to provide a penalty for violation thereof.

make biennial salary increases for legislators consistent with annual increases for other state officials and employees.

revise the rule-making authority related to the mowing of ditches on the state trunk highway system.

revise certain provisions concerning the election procedures for political parties.

establish certain fees to provide for air quality permitting, inspecting, and compliance services to ethanol production plants.

regulate natural gas produced with water unless the gas is used for personal purposes.

require water pollution control permits for certain concentrated animal feeding operations.

revise certain requirements and procedures regarding the one-call notification system for excavation activities.

revise certain provisions related to the licensing of commercial drivers.

revise certain provisions required to obtain an instruction permit to drive.

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

increase the maximum fees for conducting certain weights and measures inspections and testing.

require certain immunizations for students attending postsecondary educational institutions.

prohibit advertising chiropractic services without first obtaining a license.

require each applicant for licensure as a chiropractor in South Dakota or a licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation to submit to a state and federal criminal background check.

revise the chiropractic scope of practice.

revise the fee for certain licenses issued by the Board of Funeral Services.

require a bachelor's degree for persons applying for a chiropractic license.

revise certain requirements for the siting of energy facilities.

prohibit the filing of tariffs for certain telecommunications services and to impose certain requirements regarding the availability of telecommunications services information.

revise certain exceptions from the definition of unsolicited telephone calls.

update certain citations to federal regulations regarding the pipeline safety inspection and to revise certain provisions regarding the assessment of pipeline inspection fees.

revise certain requirements regarding the ability of the Public Utilities Commission to regulate the sale or other disposition of the property, plant, business, or stock of electric or gas public utilities.

repeal certain provisions regarding the Advanced Reading Enhancement Program.

repeal certain provisions regarding the Office of Educational Technology.

revise certain provisions regarding the mileage allowance for transportation of children in need of special education or services.

repeal the requirement to report the names of students who are deaf, blind, or visually impaired.

to make an appropriation for costs related to payments to sparse school districts and to declare an emergency.

appropriate money to the Dakota Valley school district.

revise certain provisions relating to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to declare an emergency.

revise certain kindergarten enrollment requirements and repeal the nursery school age requirement.

revise the definition of an enrolled student.

revise certain provisions relating to the licensing and regulation of technical professionals.

revise certain provisions regarding exemptions from the regulation of technical professions.

provide certain immunity for architects and engineers in cases of declared emergencies.

define expansion of an existing building or structure for purposes of the tax refund program for the construction of agricultural processing and new business facilities.

provide claims information to commercial property casualty insureds.

revise the distribution process for the bank franchise tax.

revise the procedures used to assess and collect unpaid cigarette taxes, to establish certain penalties, to revise certain provisions regarding the seizure of contraband cigarettes, and to declare an emergency.

revise the discount provided to tobacco distributors purchasing tobacco stamps and to revise and repeal certain provisions regarding the cigarette tax.

provide for the registration of tobacco retailers.

require the conduct of criminal background checks for certain persons employed by the Division of Banking.

repeal the authority for state chartered savings and loan associations.

clarify the tax exempt and licensure status of fraternal benefit societies.

prevent illegal multiple employer welfare arrangements and other illegal health insurers.

adopt consumer protection standards for property casualty insurance claims.

revise certain provisions relating to the Board of Counselor Examiners' authority to promulgate rules regarding marriage and family therapy.

revise certain provisions of parole eligibility.

allow the executive director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to delegate administrative decisions.

make an appropriation for the purchase of certain property in Brookings County from the Department of Transportation and to declare an emergency.

authorize the Board of Regents to construct a new engineering class/lab building for South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

assist fraternities and sororities at South Dakota State University to obtain commercial financing for improvements on land subject to certain reversionary clauses.

authorize the Board of Regents to purchase improved real property adjacent to the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

authorize the Board of Regents to acquire a seed technology facility for South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

authorize the Board of Regents to construct a straw bale house at the McCrory Gardens on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

revise certain provisions regarding the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority.

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007 regarding appropriations to the Department of Health, the Board of Regents, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, and the Office of the Attorney General, and to declare an emergency.

authorize the purchase of certain improved real property in Pierre and to make an appropriation therefor.

include adopted children within certain child support deviations.

allow for the electronic service of orders to withhold income in the collection of child support.

impose a child support collection fee.

revise certain provisions regarding the consideration of assets for the purpose of long term care eligibility.

revise certain provisions regarding the reimbursement for medical assistance made by certain insurers to the state.

include additional professions and occupations within the child support collection process.

repeal certain provisions related to distribution of funds to school districts based on adequate yearly progress.

revise certain provisions regarding the use of the state institute fund by the Department of Education.

revise the distribution of certain revenues to school districts.

revise certain fees, continuing education requirements, and examination requirements for massage therapists.

repeal certain statutes and references regarding obsolete accounting funds.

revise certain provisions regarding the liens on vehicles for the costs of removal and storage of the vehicles.

revise certain provisions concerning precinct boundaries and polling places.

revise certain provisions regarding health care decisions for persons incapable of giving consent.

revise certain provisions regarding living wills.

revise certain provisions regarding health care decisions by agents.

provide for an exclusive remedy for judgment creditors of limited partnerships.

revise the rights of creditors of limited liability companies.

revise the boundaries of the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District, to authorize the continuation of activities by certain business affected by the boundary change, and to prohibit the discharge of fireworks within a zone adjacent to the district.

increase the fees permitted to recover reasonable costs and expenses on dishonored checks.

remove the reference to party affiliations for independent candidates on the certificate of nomination and the ballot.

revise certain fees charged by sheriffs.

revise the eligibility qualifications for an assessment freeze of single-family dwellings.

increase the maximum fees for conducting weights and measures inspections and testing.

revise the uniform commercial code.

require the Bureau of Finance and Management to designate pay periods for state payroll systems.

permit school district boards to consist of a combination of members who are elected at large and by member representation areas.

adopt the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.

adopt the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.

revise the composition of the Commission on Uniform Legislation.

provide for an order of joint physical care over certain children whose parents exercise joint legal custody.

increase the real estate transfer fee.

provide for promotional displays by vehicle dealers under certain conditions.

require a motor vehicle manufacturer to reimburse a consumer for excise tax and license and registration fees if a vehicle is replaced under lemon law provisions.

establish a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer of authority over public postsecondary technical education from the Department of Education to the State Board of Technical Institutes.

provide property tax benefits to certain disabled veterans.

revise certain miscellaneous provisions of the trust statutes.

revise or clarify certain provisions relating to the classification and creation of trusts.

adopt the Uniform Principal and Income Act.

appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.

establish a governance policy for school boards.

establish certain notification requirements related to the use of Roundup Ready alfalfa.

provide for the appointment of members of the Brand Board by district.

create and provide for the education enhancement tobacco tax fund and the health care tobacco tax fund.

authorize a county auditor to raise additional revenues for education from property taxes due to the results of certain court actions.

require certain family members to report sexual abuse to law enforcement authorities, to grant civil immunity for any good faith report, and to provide a penalty for failure to report.

set the apprentice to experienced electrician ratio on job sites.

provide for the continuation of certain health insurance coverage for dependents.

exempt from motor vehicle license fees certain motor vehicles used to transport children to and from certain head start programs.

provide for certain increases in the state minimum wage.

codify legislation enacted in 2006.

authorize funding for certain tribal colleges to defray certain costs associated with educating nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and to make an appropriation therefor.

require that certain local government decisions are subject to referendum.

authorize the use of certain addresses by persons signing petitions.

revise certain provisions regarding the rule-making authority of the Board of Education.

provide a legislative deadline for the adoption of the budget for the Department of Education.

increase general funding for school districts, to impose a temporary limit on the growth of state general fund spending, and to suspend the transfer of moneys from the general fund to the budget reserve fund, and to the property tax reduction fund.

permit the Public Utilities Commission to approve tariff mechanisms for the automatic annual adjustment of charges for jurisdictional costs of new environmental measures.

establish a pilot project for an alternative care program for adults with substance abuse issues, to provide for a report to the Legislature, and to make an appropriation therefor.

extend coverage of South Dakota's vehicle lemon law to large trucks and semi truck tractors.

require financial assurances for certain concentrated animal feeding operations for the remediation of potential environmental damage.

revise the provisions for maintaining recognition as a political party.

provide that sheriffs receive payment for marshaling assets for an execution of judgment or execution sale even if no sale occurs.

repeal certain provisions relating to the right to work upon the contingency of repealing the right to work provisions of the Constitution.

allow an abandoned mobile home or manufactured home to be moved under certain conditions and to require property taxes to be abated on certain abandoned mobile homes and manufactured homes.

provide a defense of mutual mistake to certain adverse possession claims.

require the disclosure of known contamination of waterways on property condition disclosure statements.

revise certain provisions related to the Soybean Research and Promotion Council.

establish a health reinsurance pool to spread the expenses of high-cost individuals.

permit the Department of Health to provide an electronic report of marriages upon request.

require that all state residents obtain health insurance, to provide assistance to those who cannot afford health insurance, and to provide penalties for those who can afford health insurance but do not have health insurance.

establish the Zaniya Project Task Force, to prescribe its mission and composition, and to declare an emergency.

require itemized statements of charges to patients receiving medical care or services.

revise the time when a petition for rehearing of a cause heard on appeal to the Supreme Court may be served and filed.

increase the minimum salary payable to county officials, state's attorneys, and sheriffs.

provide for the release of the juvenile monitor's report after clearance by the attorney general and to provide for a confidential addendum to the report.

prohibit certain forms of compensation for persons circulating petitions.

place restrictions on the use of certain animal traps.

provide for the imposition of penalties as a result of specific prohibited conduct with respect to workers' compensation.

preclude mitigated, corrected, uncorrected effects, or reduction in benefits when determining an award for benefits which may be subjected to the provisions governing temporary, partial, permanent partial or permanent total disability benefits.

provide for the award of attorney's fees for the refusal or delay of insurers and self insured employers in the payment of workers' compensation or medical payments.

provide for collection of certain workers' compensation defaults by court order.

appropriate funds to provide for the South Dakota Virtual Library.

define certain offenses and to establish certain requirements related to immigrants and aliens.

provide for the labeling of the origin of certain meat and meat products and to establish related penalties.

allow a person over seventy years of age to establish a permanent exemption from jury service.

revise the definition of wages for unemployment insurance.

require proof of citizenship with regard to certain applications for aid or assistance.

establish certain penalties and fines for the employment of illegal aliens.

provide for the timely submission and processing of certain information regarding workers' compensation claims and to provide for the imposition of civil penalties.

provide for additional compensation awards to workers' compensation claimants due to unconscionable acts of the insurer or employer, to provide an award in addition to and, which is not intended to replace existing penalties, and to provide for administrative action against workers' compensation insurers under certain circumstances.

provide for the imposition of civil penalties for failure to timely file certain workers' compensation reports.

provide for the suspension of certain county officials pending completion of criminal prosecutions.

establish the energy transmission infrastructure fund and to provide for its funding through a temporary increase in the sales and use tax.

establish a production incentive payment program for the development of certain wind energy facilities.

appropriate money to the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority.

revise the funding for K-12 education.

provide for an additional one-time one percent pay supplement to state employees.

allow a taxpayer who is the subject of an audit to provide certain pertinent papers and documents after the prescribed deadline under limited circumstances.

require timely honoring of rebates and to provide a private cause of action.

repeal the death penalty and commute certain death sentences to life imprisonment.

establish an alcohol and drug addiction counselor loan forgiveness program and to make an appropriation therefor.

provide for the recall of certain school district officials.

permit certain taxing districts to revise the amount of revenue payable from property taxes.

repeal and reestablish provisions to regulate mortgage lenders and brokers.

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

revise the daily bag limit for pheasants on private shooting preserves.

revise certain provisions regarding the reporting requirements of the juvenile corrections monitor.

provide for the formation of a legislative ethics committee and to provide for the recommendation of legislative codes of ethics.

provide for a study of medicaid.

require the posting of certain legal notices in abortion facilities and to provide for enforcement through civil suit and the imposition of liquidated damages.

require that a certain statement of law be read by the attending physician to any pregnant woman prior to performing an abortion.

revise certain provisions concerning the assessment of real property, to revise certain tax levy limitations for schools, to revise certain provisions regarding property tax levies for school districts, and to repeal the nonagricultural acreage classification.

enhance education in the state and to make an appropriation therefor.

provide for the monitoring by the Department of Labor of all written and electronically filed reports of injury, all payments for reported injuries, and compliance with all reporting and payment timeliness, and to clarify the legal status of such monitored information.

establish the South Dakota small business equity infusion subfund and to provide for its funding and disbursement.

establish a commission to study tax reform and to provide for its composition, scope, and administration.

assign control of postsecondary technical education to the Board of Regents.

increase the veterans bonus payment amount.

provide for the recognition of certain adoption orders from foreign jurisdictions and to provide for the issuance of birth certificates for certain inter-country adoptions.

allow a county to issue off-sale wine dealer's licenses to certain destination facilities.

revise and establish certain provisions regarding the setting of rates for public utilities.

exempt the production of certain plants and sod from sales and use taxes.

make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians, midlevel practitioners, and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program, the midlevel tuition reimbursement program, or the dental tuition reimbursement program.

make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons for property tax and sales tax refunds.

revise the definition of long-term care insurance.

provide for appropriate emergency health care for rape survivors and to require health care facilities and the Department of Health to provide information to rape survivors.

prohibit the sale, planting, or harvesting of Roundup Ready alfalfa.

revise certain provisions related to the transfer of certain alcoholic beverage licenses.

provide for the establishment of special development districts and to authorize the issuance of certain restricted alcoholic beverage licenses in such districts.

provide for the licensing of persons in the business of recycling motor vehicles.

require defendants to perform community service restitution when found guilty of vandalism to property in public or private cemeteries.

prohibit the abuse of certain elderly persons and to revise certain provisions regarding the abuse of disabled adults.

provide for the election of the secretary of agriculture.

allow member schools of the South Dakota High School Activities Association to provide a portion of certain admissions fees to local organizations that support interscholastic activities.

revise the places where smoking is prohibited.

adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

provide for an Open Government Commission and the study of open government issues.

increase the compulsory attendance age for school attendance.

prohibit the state and its political subdivisions from releasing or posting social security numbers on the internet or any other media or domain available to the public.

provide for the reduction of the sales and use tax on certain food items.

increase the exemption from process of certain retirement benefits.

require an annual adjustment from funds deposited in the property tax reduction fund from the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to the general fund levies of a school district by reducing local effort by nine million dollars.

provide for the reimbursement of attorney's fees and costs for certain reinstated public employees and to make an appropriation to reimburse a Department of Human Services employee.

provide for incentives for the development of certain power production facilities utilizing renewable resources.

permit and provide for the issuance of certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth.

increase the minimum wage.

place certain restrictions on the use of tanning devices by minors.

create the South Dakota Boxing Commission and to provide for the supervision of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling, and sparring exhibitions in the state.

require the South Dakota State Library to continue to circulate popular books to citizens and to ensure that records are reviewed for historical significance before being discarded.

prohibit the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs without prior notification and consent.

provide for the creation of rural economic development zones and to provide contractors' excise, sales, and use tax refunds and property tax abatements for certain economic development projects.

require a driver or owner of a moped used on a public highway to maintain a form of financial responsibility on the moped.

increase the compensation of the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the state auditor, and the commissioner of school and public lands.

eliminate certain filings with the Department of Social Services in adoption cases in which the children are not in the custody of the department.

authorize a county gross receipts tax on certain lodging, alcoholic beverages, prepared food, and admissions.

revise certain provisions regarding records that are open for inspection.

authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the construction, reconstruction, renovation, and modernization of state park facilities and infrastructure at Custer State Park near Custer for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for a drought tolerance biotechnology research center and to declare an emergency.

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

Commending and honoring the 2005-2006 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: James Heinert, Sturgis, School Superintendent; John Wellhouse, Pierre, School Business Official; Kevin Nelson, Beresford, Elementary School Principal; Leroy Fugitt, Pierre, Secondary School Principal; Mark Naugle, Hill City, Middle School Principal; Grace Christianson, Lennox, Curriculum Director; and Larry Furney, Hayti, Director of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.

Recognizing and honoring Callee Bauman of Huron for recently being selected Miss South Dakota 2006.

Honoring Chad Ferley, Jesse Bail, J.J. Elshere, Billy Etbauer, Bryce Miller, and Jeff Willert on their achievements in the Saddle Bronc competition at the 2006 PRCA National Finals Rodeo.

Commending the 2006 Yankton High School Bucks Boys' Cross Country Team for winning the state title in the Class AA State Cross Country Meet for the second consecutive year.

Commending the 2006 Yankton High School Boys' Golf Team for winning the state title in the Class AA State Golf Championship.

Commending the 2006 Yankton High School Gazelles Girls' Cross Country Team for winning the state title in the Class AA State Cross Country Meet.

Honoring the Brookings County Youth Mentoring Program.

Honoring an outstanding South Dakota businessman, meat processor, and outdoorsman, Leeallen "Lee" Hofer, who passed on recently as he was clearing snow from the pond he created for fishing with his grandchildren.

Commending and honoring Tom Mahan for his outstanding community service and industry accomplishments.

Recognizing and congratulating the Scotland Highlander Football Team for winning the 2006 State Class 9A Football Championship.

Honoring Mike Kurle as the 2006 Rural Water Manager of the Year.

Honoring Dave Geisler as the 2007 South Dakota Retailer of the Year.

Honoring Ray Erikson as the recipient of the Donald B. Pospishil Memorial Award.

Recognizing Elisa Chan of Sioux Falls for being named a distinguished finalist in the twelfth annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program.

Honoring Jill Young of Mitchell, South Dakota, for setting the all-time scoring record for South Dakota girls' high school basketball.

Commending and honoring Michelle Sanger for receiving the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for being one of the top volunteers in South Dakota.

Commending and honoring Adam Ochsner for receiving the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for being one of the top volunteers in South Dakota.

Honoring the town of Hayti, South Dakota, on its centennial celebration.

Commending and honoring the 2006-2007 Mitchell Kernels Gymnastics Team and their coach, Audra Rew, for the school's first Class AA High School Gymnastics State Championship.

Commending the 2006 Freeman Flyers High School Girls' Cross Country Team for winning the state title in the Class B Cross Country Meet held at Huron on October 21, 2006.

Commending and honoring the 2006-2007 Madison High School Lady Bulldogs Gymnastics Team for their thirteenth straight championship title in the Class A Gymnastics State Tournament and for tying the national record for consecutive gymnastics state championships.

Recognizing Elvie DeJong of Chancellor on the occasion of her 98th birthday.

Honoring the Capital City Children's Chorus for being selected to perform at America's 400th birthday celebration in Jamestown, Virginia, on America's Anniversary Weekend, May 10-14, 2007.

Honoring the South Dakota State University Women's 2006-2007 Basketball Team.

Expressing the Legislature's support and hope for a full recovery for United States Senator Tim Johnson.

Encouraging all school districts in South Dakota to adopt the Standards for Food and Beverages as outlined in the South Dakota Department of Education Model Wellness Policy.

Encouraging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

Requesting all qualifying school districts in South Dakota to use the South Dakota Department of Education developed, and South Dakota Board of Education approved, Model Wellness Policy as a guideline.

Urging the Congress of the United States to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program at the federal level and to increase funding levels or modified state eligibility levels for qualified children.

Supporting mandatory implementation of Federal Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) laws passed by Congress in 2002.

Urging that the United States withdraw from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other bilateral or multilateral activity that seeks to create a North American Union.

Establishing South Dakota's commitment to the development of the bioeconomy.

Requesting the United States Forest Service to maintain and improve soil and vegetative cover throughout the National Grasslands located in the State of South Dakota by allowing the use of rodenticides for the management of the prairie dog population prior to reduction of other currently existing multiple uses of the National Grasslands.

Supporting the Boys and Girls Clubs of the South Dakota Alliance.

To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding the legislative process.

To propose a constitutional amendment to require certain meetings of the Legislature to be open to the public.

To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain voided provisions regarding term limits for United States senators and representatives.

To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding private and special laws.

To propose a constitutional amendment regarding certain restrictions on legislators and to allow legislators to participate in certain state contracts.

To propose a constitutional amendment regarding restrictions on legislators.

To propose a constitutional amendment regarding legislative term limits.

To propose a constitutional amendment to reduce the minimum age to be a legislator.

To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for forty-day legislative sessions.

To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for single-member house districts in the Legislature.

To propose a constitutional amendment to revise certain provisions regarding initiatives and referendums.

To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal the right to work provisions of the State Constitution.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the use of certain trust funds associated with the sale of the State cement plant and to the authorization of the use of such funds for the construction and maintenance of energy transmission facilities.

To propose a constitutional amendment to combine the offices of state treasurer and state auditor into the single office of state comptroller.

Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election amendments to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the vote required to impose or increase taxes.

Honoring the life, achievements, and indomitable spirit of Doctor William O. Farber, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of South Dakota.

Expressing the South Dakota Legislature's gratitude and support for all military personnel's sacrifice in the ongoing war against terrorism, especially those in harm's way in Iraq and Afghanistan.