There are 40 Legislative Days in 2009 session. The Senate meets during the afternoon of each Legislative Day. Sessions usually begin at 2pm CT, but often start earlier on Friday or Saturday sessions.

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SENATE 1st Legislative Day 01/13/2009 Complete Meeting 2nd Legislative Day 01/14/2009 Complete Meeting 3rd Legislative Day 01/15/2009 Complete Meeting 4th Legislative Day 01/16/2009 Complete Meeting 5th Legislative Day 01/20/2009 Complete Meeting 6th Legislative Day 01/21/2009 Complete Meeting SB 61 - update certain citations to federal regulations regarding pipeline safety inspection. SB 63 - add certain energy efficiency disclosures to the property condition disclosure statement. SB 34 - revise certain provisions regarding the South Dakota Board of Education's role if a school district fails to develop a reorganization plan. 7th Legislative Day 01/22/2009 Complete Meeting SB 45 - provide an exception to the practice of seclusion as it pertains to the treatment of a person with a developmental disability. SB 33 - revise certain provisions regarding permission to carry a concealed pistol and to repeal certain requirements concerning applications to purchase a pistol. 8th Legislative Day 01/23/2009 Complete Meeting 9th Legislative Day 01/26/2009 Complete Meeting SB 5 - revise the form and style of certain provisions and to delete certain obsolete provisions regarding the Department of Tourism and State Development. SB 39 - make an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives and to declare an emergency. SB 8 - revise certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees for certain professions and occupations. SB 59 - revise certain provisions regarding the amount of the filing fee for the siting of energy facilities. SB 71 - broaden the application of the public indecency and indecent exposure statutes. SB 53 - modify the type of financial documents required for a grain buyer's license and to declare an emergency. SB 55 - revise the requirements regarding the licensing and regulation of grain buyers. SB 54 - revise how certain rates are determined for grain warehouse operators. SB 65 - revise certain provisions relating to child support. SB 47 - make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency. SB 42 - provide an application deadline for sales and use tax refunds regarding certain storage facilities. 10th Legislative Day 01/27/2009 Complete Meeting SB 18 - update certain provisions pertaining to motor carrier safety and transportation of hazardous materials. SB 16 - revise certain provisions regarding the taxation of biodiesel and biodiesel blends. 11th Legislative Day 01/28/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1083 - authorize the South Dakota Commission on Gaming to assess costs of certain special meetings. SB 73 - permit persons sixteen years of age to donate blood under certain circumstances. SB 78 - provide for a plan to be presented to the Legislature regarding the need for additional drug courts and certain other correctional issues. SB 1 - clarify, repeal, update, and make form and style revisions to certain statutes related to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. SB 70 - repeal the provision requiring a forty-eight hour waiting period to purchase a pistol. HB 1032 - revise the definition of an accredited prevention or treatment facility for the purposes of the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. SB 69 - revise the requirement for a fire equipment shop. SB 37 - establish certain immunity for volunteers of the statewide emergency registry of volunteers for South Dakota program. 12th Legislative Day 01/29/2009 Complete Meeting SB 57 - allow the use of energy efficiency and conservation to count toward the state's renewable and recycled energy objective. SB 68 - authorize the establishment, operation, and control of research parks on state land in Sioux Falls. SB 38 - require school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing. SB 17 - revise certain driver licensing provisions. HB 1017 - revise certain provisions regarding the escape from a nonsecure facility. SB 2 - revise the available number and method of allocation of certain nonresident waterfowl hunting licenses. SB 9 - authorize certain vehicle parking privileges for persons with disabilities who display Purple Heart special license plates. HCR 1003 - Expressing solidarity with Israel in its defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip. SB 82 - provide for the right to possess a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. 13th Legislative Day 01/30/2009 Complete Meeting SB 68 - authorize the establishment, operation, and control of research parks on state land in Sioux Falls. 14th Legislative Day 02/02/2009 Complete Meeting SB 80 - revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district. SB 29 - revise the requirements for replacement or discontinuance of group life insurance policies. SB 109 - revise the provisions for the risk pool to allow uninsurable children to enroll and to provide for additional funding. SB 88 - rescind the repeal on funding for sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009. 15th Legislative Day 02/03/2009 Complete Meeting SB 86 - revise certain provisions concerning the application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage immediately prior to a tax increase. SB 3 - revise certain provisions concerning the assessment of agricultural land. SB 4 - provide for additional responsibilities to the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force. SB 83 - prohibit smoking tobacco or carrying lighted tobacco products in certain places and to require certain persons to inform violators of the prohibition. SB 79 - provide for the primary enforcement of seat belt laws and to define passenger buses. SB 66 - authorize the Board of Regents to construct an addition to the Northern State University Joseph H. Barnett Center and to accept donations for such purpose and to make an appropriation thereof. SB 121 - revise certain provisions related to municipal election procedures. 16th Legislative Day 02/04/2009 Complete Meeting SB 40 - revise the financial assurance requirements for responding to accidental releases of chemical or biological ore leaching agents from certain permitted mines. SB 81 - authorize the use of interscholastic activity admission fees by certain endowment funds. SB 86 - revise certain provisions concerning the application of the inventory tax on certain fuels in storage immediately prior to a tax increase. SB 75 - allow dogs to be used in the hunting of mountain lions. SB 104 - increase state matching funds for animal damage control. HCR 1005 - To honor and thank George W. Bush, the forty-third president of the United States of America. SB 108 - exclude parole agents from concealed weapons permit requirements. 17th Legislative Day 02/05/2009 Complete Meeting SB 90 - increase the number of varieties of malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, liqueur, and cordials that an off-sale alcoholic beverage licensee may offer for sampling in one day. SB 94 - exempt certain small wind energy facilities from property taxation. 18th Legislative Day 02/09/2009 Complete Meeting SB 22 - authorize counties to borrow funds for the construction and operation of solid waste management facilities through the issuance of revenue bonds and to set rates in an amount sufficient to retire the bonds. SB 127 - revise certain provisions relating to trust administration. HB 1054 - authorize certain youth licensees who possess a disabled hunting permit to hunt big game animals using a designated hunter. SB 164 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship. SB 96 - revise certain provisions concerning the indemnification of employees, officers, and agents of rural electric cooperatives. SB 105 - require the State Brand Board to provide certain reports and information and to provide for Senate confirmation for Brand Board members. SB 129 - revise certain conditions that must be met before an extension of State Highway 53 in Tripp County is added to the state trunk highway system. SB 136 - repeal the provision that requires cooperatives to set aside a portion of the net proceeds as an education fund. SJR 1 - To propose a constitutional amendment to authorize the Legislature on the advice of the Governor, to forestall certain threats from interstate gaming. SB 139 - provide for certain restrictions for the use of tanning devices by minors. SB 122 - clarify the status of property contiguous to a municipality that is crossed by railroad property. SJR 3 - Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article III, section 6 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to four-year legislative terms and term limits. SB 158 - provide for the recall of certain officials in third class municipalities. SB 165 - provide for the authorization of certain private, nonprofit benevolent organizations to assist in funding certain school curricula, activities, and programs. 19th Legislative Day 02/10/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1097 - provide for certain filing fees and surcharges in certain civil cases and to provide exemptions in certain cases. SB 115 - revise certain provisions related to the initiation of modifications to county comprehensive plans. SB 72 - make an appropriation to initiate a master of social work degree program in higher education. SB 155 - provide for the revision of certain offensive geographic place names. SB 74 - direct the Office of the Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner system. SB 113 - clarify certain provisions related to the provision of water services by municipalities or rural water systems in areas located within three miles of a municipality. HB 1053 - repeal the prohibition against the resale of certain seized or abandoned property purchased from the secretary of game, fish and parks. HB 1089 - provide the court with discretion in ordering certain hearings on protection order petitions. HB 1088 - provide for the continuance of certain ex parte temporary protection orders. 20th Legislative Day 02/11/2009 Complete Meeting SB 32 - increase certain fees related to the use of motor vehicles. SB 36 - revise certain drug registration fees and license fees related to health care facilities. SB 202 - require the Bureau of Administration to prepare a report regarding the energy efficiency of state agencies. HB 1133 - authorize certain specialty license plates to be placed on motorcycles. SB 180 - revise certain provisions concerning statements submitted by organizations making contributions to ballot questions committees. SB 128 - create a limited electrician license. 21st Legislative Day 02/12/2009 Complete Meeting SCR 3 - Supporting a study of the potential creation of a Department of Veterans Affairs as a cabinet-level department. SB 174 - require a school district to which a former contracting school district is annexed to assign certain resident students to a school district in a bordering state, and to temporarily exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enrollment. SB 185 - revise the graduation requirements for students entering ninth grade in 2010 and thereafter by eliminating the option of the basic high school program. SB 47 - make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency. SB 48 - make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency. HB 1092 - regulate the practice of genetic counseling and to prohibit the practice of genetic counseling without a license. HB 1084 - permit the appointment of a special advocate to represent the best interests of an apparent or alleged abused or neglected child. HB 1011 - revise restrictions on the assignment and transfer of certain tax refund permits and refund claims. SB 91 - allow any school district, for a period of three years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation costs, for the purchase of property and casualty insurance, and for energy costs, and the cost of utilities. HB 1004 - provide for the killing of mountain lions under certain circumstances. SJR 2 - Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the utilization of English as the official language. SB 52 - make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission. 22nd Legislative Day 02/13/2009 Complete Meeting 23rd Legislative Day 02/17/2009 Complete Meeting SB 190 - revise certain allocations for disabilities in the state aid for special education formula. SB 187 - allow the merger or consolidation of a cooperative and its subsidiary. SB 151 - provide for a special motor vehicle license plate for parents of members of the United States Armed Forces who died while in service of this country. SB 123 - revise certain evidentiary rules relating to the statements of children. SB 188 - provide for the appointment of members of the State Brand Board by district. SB 178 - limit the amount that may be claimed in liens. SB 98 - revise the minimum amount required for reporting damage to a motor vehicle and a boat. SB 98 - revise the minimum amount required for reporting damage to a motor vehicle and a boat. HB 1013 - revise certain provisions pertaining to the South Dakota Retirement System, the South Dakota deferred compensation plan, and the South Dakota special pay retirement program. HB 1014 - revise certain restrictions on the purchase of certain credited service by members of the South Dakota Retirement System. SB 106 - revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to appropriate funds to distribute to sparse school districts. HB 1019 - revise certain provisions and procedures regarding elections. HB 1010 - revise certain provisions regarding the imposition of sales and use tax on telecommunications services and ancillary services. SB 21 - impose a fuel excise tax on ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol used in motor vehicles on the public roads and highways, to repeal the fuel excise tax on ethanol blends and E85 and M85, and to revise certain provisions regarding the fuel excise tax. HB 1020 - revise certain provisions regarding campaign finance requirements. SB 77 - repeal the maximum number of off-sale alcoholic beverage licenses that may be issued to any person, corporation, or business entity and to establish requirements for physical barriers for certain off-sale alcoholic beverage establishments. HB 1062 - increase the reward for certain information regarding livestock thefts. HB 1094 - require applicants for licensure as real estate brokers, broker associates, salespersons, property managers, residential rental agents, auctioneers, home inspectors, and timeshare agents and such licensees who are the subject of a disciplinary investigation to submit to a state and federal criminal background check. 24th Legislative Day 02/18/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1094 - require applicants for licensure as real estate brokers, broker associates, salespersons, property managers, residential rental agents, auctioneers, home inspectors, and timeshare agents and such licensees who are the subject of a disciplinary investigation to submit to a state and federal criminal background check. SB 49 - make an appropriation to fund sales tax on food refunds and to declare an emergency. SB 32 - increase certain fees related to the use of motor vehicles. HB 1186 - reimburse and reward public school counselors who earn the credential of National Certified School Counselor. HB 1021 - provide for a contested case hearing on the denial of a claim for the recovery of an allegedly overpaid tax, penalty, or interest. HB 1059 - define and prohibit controlled business in insurance. HB 1110 - repeal certain provisions relating to limited liability for Y2K litigation. HB 1171 - exempt any school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundaries of any county. SB 154 - require new construction of certain structures and buildings to comply with the building code. 25th Legislative Day 02/19/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1152 - establish certain requirements relating to appraisals of real property by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. SB 143 - require a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information. SB 144 - require certain contracts to be retained in the contract's original format or made available by a publicly accessible internet website or database. HB 1154 - revise certain requirements for eligibility for opportunity scholarships. SB 126 - revise certain provisions regarding school attendance. HB 1117 - permit water user districts to provide certain health and life insurance benefits. SB 186 - provide for the imposition of a late payment fee for certain chronically delinquent child support obligations. HB 1086 - provide for and to require the attachment of an affidavit in certain garnishment proceedings. HB 1043 - make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program or the dental tuition reimbursement program. HB 1040 - revise certain license, registration, and inspection fees related to food service establishments, lodging establishments, and campgrounds. SB 133 - provide for central filing of documents necessary to perfect a security interest in personal property or fixtures of a rural electric cooperative. HB 1076 - authorize the Board of Regents to replace certain real estate held for agriculture field laboratory research purposes, to make improvements to the replacement lands, and to make an appropriation for such purposes. HB 1119 - permit background checks for persons seeking employment with municipalities. 26th Legislative Day 02/20/2009 Complete Meeting 27th Legislative Day 02/23/2009 Complete Meeting SB 181 - make an appropriation for the support of the state fair. SB 203 - make an appropriation for the purposes of funding the Birth to Three Program in the Department of Education and to require a review of the program. SB 149 - revise certain provisions regarding the general fund levies of school districts. SB 195 - repeal the ban on certain medical research and to provide certain limitations for human embryonic stem cell research. SB 117 - revise certain budgetary provisions relating to certain funds received from the federal government. SB 153 - provide procedures by which adopted persons may obtain their original birth certificates and the contact preference of birth parents. HB 1022 - make certain members of limited liability companies and partners of partnerships personally responsible for certain tax debts. HB 1018 - require a portion of the annual report filing fee paid by certain entities to be deposited in the financing statement and annual report filing fee fund. HB 1082 - revise the procedure to adopt rules. HB 1104 - authorize a sentencing court to impose consecutive revocations of hunting, fishing, or trapping privileges under certain conditions. 28th Legislative Day 02/24/2009 Complete Meeting SB 159 - revise certain provisions regarding bank names. SB 160 - revise the grounds for which a license of an athletic trainer may be revoked, suspended, or canceled. SB 199 - exempt certain food items from sales and use tax, to increase the rate of taxation for the sales and use tax on certain goods and services, to provide for the distribution of certain revenue to municipalities and Indian tribes, and to repeal the sales tax on food refund program. SB 50 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009. SB 147 - provide for public access to public records, to provide certain exemptions, and to provide for judicial remedies for noncompliance. SB 201 - increase certain fees on motor vehicles and to increase the fuel excise tax on certain fuel used by motor vehicles. SB 100 - revise the method of sale of certain tobacco products. SB 191 - establish eligibility criteria, community planning processes, and quality benchmarks for state-supported prekindergarten programs. SB 184 - require the terms of certain easements or options to accommodate other easements for wind or essential services. SB 169 - revise certain provisions relating to wind easements. 29th Legislative Day 02/25/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1231 - increase the exemption on the proceeds of the sale of certain homesteads. HB 1150 - revise certain requirements for any person to sell motorcycles at an event and to provide a penalty for violation thereof. SB 148 - permit the cancellation of insurance when a person is no longer a participant in the 24/7 sobriety program. HB 1080 - revise certain provisions relating to internet and mail order sales of cigarettes and tobacco products. HB 1238 - make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency. HB 1154 - revise certain requirements for eligibility for opportunity scholarships. HB 1155 - require that the testing of blood samples of suspects of sexual assault be initiated within a specified time. HB 1158 - revise certain provisions relating to private placement policies. HB 1202 - permit certain persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus to get an endorsement on a commercial driver license to drive a school bus. HB 1134 - require notice of the cost of certain public notices. HB 1057 - revise the maximum reimbursement for workers' compensation burial expenses. HB 1197 - allow single-family dwellings that are under construction or listed for sale by contractors to be classified as owner-occupied single-family dwellings for the purpose of taxation. 30th Legislative Day 03/02/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1090 - prohibit the possession of Salvia divinorum or salvinorin A and to declare an emergency. HB 1024 - authorize the Department of Transportation to regulate the operation of off-road vehicles in certain state highway ditches. HB 1184 - clarify provisions dealing with the initiative process. HB 1159 - provide for the adjustment of prices in certain public contracts. HB 1233 - revise certain provisions regarding the campaign finance reporting of the expenditures of certain organizations. HB 1228 - require mopeds used on public highways to be titled and licensed as a motorcycle and to increase license fees for motorcycles. 31st Legislative Day 03/03/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1173 - appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. HB 1240 - prohibit smoking tobacco or carrying lighted tobacco products in certain places and to require certain persons to inform violators of the prohibition. HB 1270 - change the purpose of the veterans affairs special revenue fund. HB 1251 - impose an additional tax on the proceeds of Deadwood gaming. HB 1069 - increase certain fees charged by the Office of the Secretary of State. HB 1118 - revise the type of slot machines that may be owned or leased by the City of Deadwood. HB 1031 - increase the maximum allowable expense for erecting certain veteran's grave markers and headstones. HB 1048 - increase the transfer from the water and environment fund, and increase the solid waste management fee, mining license and permit fees, water right filing and permit application fees, and well driller and pump installer license fees, all of which are deposited in the environment and natural resources fee fund. HB 1025 - revise the basic salary schedule for county veteran's service officers. HB 1033 - make an appropriation for the construction of an addition to the admissions area of the George S. Mickelson Center for the Neurosciences at the Human Services Center. 32nd Legislative Day 03/04/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1149 - allow a person or entity to offer postsecondary education credit in South Dakota while seeking accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency. HB 1177 - revise the definition of transmission facilities. HB 1081 - make an appropriation for operation costs of the 24/7 sobriety program and to declare an emergency. HB 1255 - revise certain provisions concerning the telecommunications gross receipts tax. HB 1240 - prohibit smoking tobacco or carrying lighted tobacco products in certain places and to require certain persons to inform violators of the prohibition. HB 1233 - revise certain provisions regarding the campaign finance reporting of the expenditures of certain organizations. HB 1167 - revise the statute of frauds with respect to the sale of grain, grain sorghums, beans, and oilseeds. HB 1166 - provide for DNA testing for certain inmates for the purposes of determining whether they may have been wrongfully convicted. HB 1239 - create the South Dakota Boxing Commission and to provide for the supervision of boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts competitions and sparring exhibitions in the state. 33rd Legislative Day 03/05/2009 Complete Meeting SCR 7 - Requesting the State of Nebraska to provide tax relief and amnesty for certain South Dakota trucking companies. SCR 8 - urging the members of the State Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board to amend its treatment of certain food coupons, certificates, and other documentation as gross receipts. HCR 1013 - Reasserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers and serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates. HB 1253 - revise certain provisions regarding administration of the catastrophic county poor relief fund. HB 1263 - revise certain provisions concerning compensation for service rights of electric utilities in areas annexed by municipalities. HB 1211 - revise the time frame and requirements for certain alcoholic beverage licensees to provide on-sale service of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. HB 1301 - create the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority. HB 1254 - exclude any federal stimulus funds in a school district's general fund when determining its allowable general fund balance. HB 1074 - increase certain expenditure authority previously granted to the Board of Regents, to designate circumstances in which such authority may be used, to appropriate funds therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1036 - require the redaction of certain numbers before furnishing copies of information. SB 17 - revise certain driver licensing provisions. HB 1071 - revise certain fees, licenses, and other requirements for milk plants and dairy farms. HB 1037 - increase the fees for mailing motor vehicle license plates and decals and to impose a fee for the reassignment of a license plate. 34th Legislative Day 03/06/2009 Complete Meeting SB 91 - allow any school district, for a period of three years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation costs, for the purchase of property and casualty insurance, and for energy costs, and the cost of utilities. SB 38 - require school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing. SB 8 - revise certain provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set various licensing and other fees for certain professions and occupations. SB 64 - establish certain energy efficiency disclosure requirements for new residential buildings. HB 1275 - authorize electronic bingo devices. HCR 1015 - Stating South Dakota's policy on animal identification programs. HCR 1014 - Urging awareness and support for reading programs in our homes and communities. SB 154 - require new construction of certain structures and buildings to comply with the building code. HB 1212 - revise certain requirements of written contract documents for public improvements. HCR 1016 - Urging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Western Area Power Administration to avoid overly restrictive wildlife criteria and overly burdensome procedural requirements that create unnecessary delays in the siting of wind energy development projects. 35th Legislative Day 03/09/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1176 - revise the earnings requirement for the purpose of receiving unemployment insurance benefits. HB 1260 - require that a request for proposals be issued for certain state contracts for professional services. HB 1264 - provide for the utilization of conditional early release bonds in regard to certain furloughs and paroles. HB 1153 - revise the elements of the crime of indecent exposure involving a child, to revise the elements of the crime of indecent exposure, and to establish the crime of private indecent exposure. HB 1241 - clarify that certain special education placements are not suspensions or expulsions. HB 1278 - revise certain provisions prohibiting political subdivisions from restricting firearms. HB 1252 - repeal certain provisions relating to the education enhancement tobacco tax fund. HB 1070 - revise certain fees pertaining to seed permits and nursery certificates of inspection. 36th Legislative Day 03/10/2009 Complete Meeting HB 1060 - revise certain provisions regarding the mortgage lender business and to provide for fees and penalties related thereto. HB 1038 - increase the license fees for coin-operated washers and dryers, to increase the brand registration fees on certain alcoholic beverages, to increase the fees for certain malt beverage and wine licenses, and to revise the distribution of certain malt beverage and wine license fees. HB 1038 - increase the license fees for coin-operated washers and dryers, to increase the brand registration fees on certain alcoholic beverages, to increase the fees for certain malt beverage and wine licenses, and to revise the distribution of certain malt beverage and wine license fees. HB 1163 - provide for excusing certain elderly persons from jury duty upon request. HB 1007 - increase certain noncommercial and commercial motor vehicle license fees and to increase the fuel excise tax on certain fuel used by motor vehicles. HB 1072 - increase the gross receipts tax imposed on visitor-related businesses. HB 1237 - make an appropriation to fund certain property and sales tax refunds for elderly persons and persons living with a disability, to make an appropriation to fund sales tax on food refunds, and to revise the eligibility requirements for the sales tax on food refund program. HB 1079 - revise certain provisions regarding the sex offender registry. HB 1280 - create reduced ignition propensity standards for cigarettes, to authorize the state fire marshal to monitor such standards, and to provide penalties therefor. HB 1271 - authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Department of Corrections to provide for the purchase, design, construction, and equipping of a combined minimum security/parole facility in Rapid City for the Department of Corrections. HB 1207 - provide for the reduction of certain sentences upon provision of substantial assistance from the recipient. HB 1215 - transfer funds from the tax relief fund to the general fund and to revise certain provisions concerning the effective date of the collection allowance. HB 1281 - enhance funding for state highways by increasing fees on certain signs, displays, or devices. HB 1246 - revise certain provisions relating to service of garnishee summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure. HB 1183 - leverage public investments in higher education facilities and grant programs with private moneys, to authorize the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Building Authority to contract for construction of the Higher Education Center-West River, to fund certain postsecondary education grant programs, to authorize the use of higher education facilities funds to construct the new dairy manufacturing plant at South Dakota State University in Brookings, and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1227 - increase license fees for certain noncommercial motor homes and trailers. 37th Legislative Day 03/11/2009 Complete Meeting 38th Legislative Day 03/12/2009 Complete Meeting 39th Legislative Day 03/13/2009 Complete Meeting 40th Legislative Day 03/30/2009 Complete Meeting

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