ENTITLED An Act to establish maximum fees for legal publications and to remove related rule-making authority from the Bureau of Administration.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That   17-2-19 be AMENDED:

17-2-19. If any legal publication is required or allowed by law, and no other fee is prescribed for that publication, the maximum fee that may be charged for the publication is:

(1) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of less than nine thousand, 35.5 cents per line for eight-point type, and 31.4 cents per line for nine-point type, for a column width of eleven picas. If column widths vary, the rate per line is adjusted based on the percentage of space used. Tabular matter with one justification is charged at one and one-half times the rates set in this subdivision, and tabular matter with two justifications or more at twice the rates; and

(2) If the legal newspaper has a paid circulation of nine thousand or more:

Beginning July 1, 2025, and again on each July first thereafter, the maximum rates described in this section are to increase by either two percent or the index factor described in   10-13-38, whichever is less. The commissioner of the Bureau of Administration or its designee shall publish the adjusted rates for the following year in the South Dakota Register by December fifteenth each year, which are effective on July first of the following year.

An Act to establish maximum fees for legal publications and to remove related rule-making authority from the Bureau of Administration.

Statutes affected:
Introduced, 01/24/2024: 17-2-19
Enrolled, 02/23/2024: 17-2-19