REGISTER

REGISTER

South Dakota Legislative Research Council
Volume 26 Tuesday, 8:00 a.m., February 22, 2000

A COPY OF EACH REGISTER IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

NOTICES OF PROPOSED RULES: (The date in parentheses is the date the rules were filed in the Legislative Research Council)

SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION: ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION BOARD: (February 18, 2000) is proposing rules to clarify one-call notification procedures. The Board is responsible for administering the one-call notification system for the location of underground facilities. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the commission, is SDCL 49-7A-2, 49-7A-3, and 49-7A-4.

A public hearing will be held on March 16, 2000, at 11:00 a.m., in the following Rural Development Telecommunications Network facilities: Northern State University, Beulah Williams Library, Rooms 117 and 118, 1200 South Jay Street, Aberdeen, SD; South Dakota State University, 101 Pugsley Center, Room 203/205, 8^th and Medary Avenue, Brookings, SD; Studio A, State Capitol, Room B12, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, SD; Rapid City Regional Hospital, 353 Fairmont Boulevard, Rapid City, SD; and Southeast Technical Institute, Mickelson Education Center, Room 205, 2301 Career Place, Sioux Falls, SD. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from and written comments sent to the One-Call Notification Board, Public Utilities Commission, State Capitol, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070. The proposed rules may also be found on the Public Utilities Commission's home page at the following address: http://www.state.sd.us/puc. Material sent by mail must reach the department by March 27, 2000, to be considered. This hearing is being held in a physically accessible place. Persons who have special needs for which the commission can make arrangements are asked to call the department at (605) 773-3201 at least forty-eight hours before the hearing.

CORRECTION: On page 107 of the Register The Department of Agriculture's notice of proposed rules should include the following: The department will also consider rules to allow the Value Added Finance Authority to establish the low to moderate net worth requirement by policy.

FILINGS IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE:
Administrative Rules:

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES: ADULT SERVICES AND AGING: 67:11:01:03, 67:40:07:01, :02, :04, :06, :06.02, :06.04, :07, :08, :10, :11, :12, :13; 67:40:10:01, :02, :02.01; 67:40:18:01, :03, :06, :07, :09, :11, :12, :12.01, :14; 67:44:02:02, :04, :05, :05.01, :06, :08, :16, :17.

History-Notice: 26 SDR 87, Dec. 20, 1999

Hearing: January 6, 2000

Filed: February 14, 2000

Effective: March 5, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND REGULATION: DIVISION OF INSURANCE: 20:06:44:01 to 20:06:44:03, inclusive.

History-Notice: 26 SDR 92, January 3, 2000

Hearing: January 21, 2000

Filed: February 14, 2000

Effective: March 5, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION: 70:01:02:01, :07, :19, :46, and :56.

History-Notice: 26 SDR 78, Nov. 22, 1999

Hearing: January 27, 2000

Filed: February 15, 2000

Effective: March 6, 2000

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION: 20:10:01:09, 20:10:01:11.01, 20:10:17:03, 20:10:24:02, and 20:10:32:03

History-Notice: 26 SDR 85, Dec. 13, 1999

Hearing: January 10, 2000

Filed: February 16, 2000

Effective: March 7, 2000

Executive Appointments:

Donald J. Goldhorn, Rapid City, was reappointed January 25, 2000, as Assistant Adjutant General, Army, effective April 1, 2000 and to continue until March 31, 2001. The Senate confirmed this appointment February 14, 2000.

Ronald W. Mielke, Sioux Falls, was reappointed January 25, 2000, as Assistant Adjutant General, Air, effective August 1, 2000 and to continue until July 31, 2001. The Senate confirmed this appointment February 14, 2000.

Paul Lowe, Rapid City, was appointed February 10, 2000, to the Statewide One-Call Notification Center Board, to replace David Merxbauer, effective immediately and to continue until November 1, 2000.

Kevin Kouba, Milbank, was appointed February 14, 2000, to the Statewide One-Call Notification Center Board, to replace Russell Bartunek, effective immediately and to continue until November 1, 2000.

The oath of office was administered to Thomas A. Dravland, Superintendent of the Highway Patrol, on February 16, 2000.

Note: A copy of the rules may be obtained directly from the above agencies. Write to the agency at the address given under "Notices of Proposed Rules." There is no charge for proposed rules. The following agencies have permission from the Interim Rules Review Committee to charge for adopted rules: the Division of Insurance, the Cosmetology Commission, the State Board of Examiners in Optometry, the State Plumbing Commission, the Board of Nursing, the Department of Social Services, the State Electrical Commission, the South Dakota Board of Pharmacy, the Real Estate Commission, the Gaming Commission, the Department of Commerce and Regulation for commercial driver licensing, the Department of Labor for Article 47:03, and the Department of Revenue.

REMINDER OF HEARINGS SCHEDULED

2-24-2000	Transportation: Transportation Commission	Speed zones in Brown, Codington, Brookings, Lawrence, and Hyde Counties; no parking along portions of Highways 12, 81, and 212; 26 SDR 105.
3-2-2000	Game, Fish and Parks: Wildlife Division	"No wake zone" on Lake Poinsett and prohibit boating on Long Lake; 26 SDR 105.
3-15-2000	Environment and Natural Resources	Require public water system to provide water quality reports to customers; 26 SDR 107.
3-16-2000	Public Utilities Commission: One-Call Notification Board	Clarify one-call notification procedures; 26 SDR 109
3-31-2000	Agriculture	Create a farm operating loan program and allow Value Added Finance Authority to set net worth requirement; 26 SDR 107 and 109.

Rules Review Committee Meetings

The next meeting of the Interim Rules Review Committee will be held Wednesday, April 19, 2000, in Legislative Conference Room 1 and 2 of the State Capitol, Pierre, starting at 9:00 a.m. The committee chair has set the following tentative meeting schedule for the 2000 interim: June 7, July 11, August 16, September 12, October 18, November 14, and December 12. Agencies whose rules have had a public hearing are asked to have a representative present at the meeting to give background information on their rules.

Each agency is requested to provide the LRC with eight copies of the most recent draft of its rules two days before the meeting.

The South Dakota Register, ISSN 0191-1104, is published by the South Dakota Legislative Research Council pursuant to SDCL 1-26A-1. Subscriptions to Volume 26 are $20. Make checks payable to "State of South Dakota" and mail to the Legislative Research Council, State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070. Information from the Register is available free of charge on the Internet at http://www.state.sd.us/state/legis/lrc.htm.