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

Department of Commerce and Regulation: Division of Insurance: (July 20, 1999) is proposing rules to allow persons who are eligible for Medicare because of disability to obtain a Medicare supplement policy at the time of eligibility rather than at age 65. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the division, is SDCL 58-17A-2.

A public hearing will be held in the first floor conference room of the Commerce Building, 118 West Capitol, Pierre South Dakota, on Thursday, August 19, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from and written comments sent to the South Dakota Division of Insurance, 118 West Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2000. Material sent by mail must be received by 5:00 p.m., Monday, August 30, 1999, to be considered. Persons who have special needs for which the department can make arrangements are asked to call (605) 773-3563 before the hearing.

Department of Game, Fish and Parks: (July 20, 1999) intends to adopt rules to reduce the camping fee at selected campsites during times when weather precludes offering certain camping services; make changes in the daily limit of geese in Beadle, Grant and Roberts Counties; amend the daily limit of ducks to include scaup and permit the daily harvest of 2 female mallards by persons under 16; change the effective dates and description of the "no boating zone" in portions of East Oakwood Lake and on the Okobojo Creek State Waterfowl "take line" refuge; make changes to the "no wake zones" at Lake Mitchell and create a safety zone at Lake Eureka; make changes to the Lake Chapelle State Waterfowl Refuge and Ft. Sully Waterfowl Refuge, and establish a waterfowl refuge at Dry Creek on Oahe Reservoir. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the department, is SDCL 41-2-18, 41-11-5, 41-17-1.1, 41-17-13.4, and 42-8-1.1.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: 12:07:13:10, 12:07:13:14, and 12:07:13:15

Hearing: June 24, 1999

Filed: July 19, 1999

The following persons were appointed on July 14, 1999, to the Governor's Wage Study Task Force, effective immediately and to continue at the pleasure of the Governor:

Robert V. Burns, Brookings

Mark W. Anderson, Sioux Falls

Thomas J. Cihak, Yankton

Michael G. Fokken, Hartford

Anthony P. Fuller, Lead

G. Todd Garry, Webster

Natalie J. Harer, Gettysburg

John H. Holmquest, Watertown

Warren K. Lotsberg, Huron

Kristine K. Malloy, Parkston

Cynthia A. Mayes, Custer

Daniel W. Noteboom, Corsica

Kim L. Vanneman, Ideal

Mary P. Vanderlinde, Sioux Falls

Bradford J. Wheeler, Lemmon

Ron Wheeler, Pierre

Noel L. Hamiel, Mitchell

The following persons were appointed on July 15, 1999, to the Governor's Wage Study Task Force, effective immediately and to continue at the pleasure of the Governor:

Colette A. Hull, Sisseton

Cleota R. Burnette, Sioux Falls

Judith K. Meierhenry, Sioux Falls, was appointed on July 16, 1999, to the Governor's Task Force on Domestic Violence, to replace The Honorable Tim Tucker, effective immediately and to continue at the pleasure of the Governor.

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.

The next meeting of the Interim Rules Review Committee will be held Wednesday, August 11, 1999, in Legislative Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Third Floor, State Capitol, Pierre, starting at 9:00 a.m. 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 LRC with eight copies of the most recent draft of its rules two days before the meeting.