REGISTER

REGISTER

South Dakota Legislative Research Council
Volume 26 Monday, 8:00 a.m., November 8, 1999

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):

Department of Commerce and Regulation: Board of Accountancy: (November 4, 1999) is considering rules to define initial and reexamination applicants, increase exam fees, clarify procedures and evaluator qualifications for disability accommodation requests, outline and clarify use of the CPA or PA designation when an individual does not hold a permit to practice, provide for admission of an exam candidate previously expelled for misconduct, clarify rules of professional ethics, and update references. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the board, is SDCL 36-20A-7 and 36-20A-8.

A public hearing will be held in the Legislative Audit Office, 427 South Chapelle, Pierre, South Dakota, on Thursday, December 2, 1999, at 3:00 p.m. to consider the adoption of the proposed rules. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from and written comments sent to the South Dakota Board of Accountancy, 301 East 14^th Street, Suite 200, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104, and must be received by November 29, 1999, to be considered. This hearing is being held in a physically accessible place.

Bureau of Administration: (November 5, 1999) is proposing rules to increase the initial purchase cost of public personal property requiring inventory from $1,000 to $5,000 and set fees which may be charged by newspapers for legal publications not otherwise provided for by law. The general authority for these rules, as cited by the board, is SDCL 1-14-12, 5-24-1, 5-24-1.1, and 17-2-19.

A public hearing will be held in Room 413, 4^th Floor, State Capitol, 500 East Capitol, Pierre, South Dakota, on Wednesday, December 1, 1999, at 1:00 p.m. to consider the adoption of the proposed rules. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from and written comments sent to the Bureau of Administration, 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota 57501, and must be received by November 30, 1999, to be considered. This hearing is being held in a physically accessible place. Persons who have special needs for which the bureau can make arrangements may call (605) 773-3688 at least forty-eight hours before the hearing.

FILINGS IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE:

Administrative Rules:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND REGULATION: BOARD OF NURSING: 20:48:06.

History-Notice: 26 SDR 29, August 23, 1999

Hearing: September 16, 1999

Filed: November 1, 1999

Effective: November 21, 1999

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND REGULATION: JOINT BOARD OF NURSING AND BOARD OF MEDICAL AND OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINERS: 20:62:02 and 20:62:03.

History-Notice: 26 SDR 29, August 23, 1999

Hearing: September 16, 1999

Filed: November 1, 1999

Effective: November 21, 1999

Executive Appointments:

The following are Special Assistant Attorney General appointments:

Lynn Valenti, was appointed September 30, 1999, to represent the Division of Human Services.

Anthony M. Sanchez, was appointed October 1, 1999, to represent the Department of Social Services.

Joan Boos Schueller, was appointed October 20, 1999, to represent the Department of Health.

David W. Siebrasse, was appointed October 20, 1999, to represent the Division of Insurance.

Phyllis M. Heineman, Sioux Falls, was appointed November 2, 1999, to the South Dakota House of Representatives, to replace Dana Windhorst, effective immediately.

Glenn Barber, Rapid City, was appointed November 2, 1999, to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, to replace Donald Perdue, effective immediately and to continue until July 1, 2001.

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

11-16-99	Secretary of State: Board of Finance	$75 per diem paid recycling and waste management district or water development district board members; 26 SDR 47.
11-18-99	Transportation	Amend speed zones in Minnehaha, Kingsbury, Lincoln, and McPherson Counties; 26 SDR 63.
11-19-99	SD State Cement Plant Commission	Amend retirement plans; 26 SDR 61.
11-22-99	Health	Requirements for amending vital records, increase fees for birth and death certificates, clarify deposit of fees collected by both county and state; 26 SDR 63.
11-30-99	Human Services	Rules relating to Rehabilitation Services, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Center at Redfield, Human Services Center at Yankton; 26 SDR 63.
12-1-99	Environment and Natural Resources: Water Management Board	Repeal part of the reporting requirement for applying chemical though an irrigation system; 26 SDR 55.
12-1-99	Bureau of Administration	Increase initial purchase cost of public personal property requiring inventory from $1,000 to $5,000 and set fees charged by newspapers for legal publications; 26 SDR 67.
12-2-99	Commerce and Regulation: Board of Accountancy	Define initial and reexam applicants, increase exam fees, clarify procedures for disability requests, clarify CPA and PA designation, procedure for admission of exam candidate, clarify professional ethics rules, update references; 26 SDR 67.

Rules Review Committee Meeting

The next meeting of the Interim Rules Review Committee will be held Tuesday, December 14, 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.

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.