25.247.9 100th Legislative Session 37
2025 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 37
Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Public Safety
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An Act to revise and repeal provisions related to the 911 emergency surcharge and 1
the 911 Coordination Board. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 34-45-4.4 be AMENDED: 4
34-45-4.4. Each governing body of a public safety answering point shall submit 5
an annual report to the board by July thirty-first March thirty-first of each year. The report 6
must cover the period of July first through July first January first through December thirty-7
first immediately preceding the report deadline and be available for public inspection. The 8
annual report for each answering point must include the following: 9
(1) Number of unique emergency service calls made for ambulance, fire, and law 10
enforcement; 11
(2) Total number of employees; 12
(3) Operational budget; 13
(4) Total amount of dollars received by the 911 emergency surcharge pursuant to 14
§ 34-45-4 from each jurisdiction in the system; 15
(5) Description of the geographic territory of the public safety answering point; and 16
(6) Hours of operation for the public safety answering point. 17
The Department of Public Safety may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, 18
to require additional information from a public safety answering point for the purposes of 19
the annual report. 20
Section 2. That 2024 Session Laws, chapter 144, § 4 be REPEALED: 21
Section 4. Section 1 of this Act expires on July 1, 2026. 22