Text of SD HB 1209 (2016)

State of South Dakota NINETY-FIRST SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2016 596X0558 HOUSE BILL NO. 1209 Introduced by: Representatives Bolin, Anderson, Beal, Brunner, Campbell, Craig, DiSanto, Gosch, Greenfield (Lana), Haggar (Don), Haugaard, Heinemann (Leslie), Hunt, Klumb, Langer, Latterell, Novstrup (Al), Qualm, Rounds, Schaefer, Schoenbeck, Stalzer, Stevens, Verchio, Westra, Wiik, and Zikmund and Senators Van Gerpen, Greenfield (Brock), Haggar (Jenna), Jensen (Phil), Monroe, Olson, and Otten (Ernie) FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to require any public body of the state to accept as valid all 1 information on a person's birth certificate. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1. That the code be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read: 4 Any public body of the state or its political subdivisions that accepts any information on a 5 South Dakota birth certificate as official and valid shall accept all information on a South 6 Dakota birth certificate as official and valid in carrying out the public body's legal and official 7 duties. 8 For purposes of this section, a public body of the state or its political subdivisions includes 9 any association, authority, board, commission, committee, council, task force, school district, 10 county, city, town, township, or other agency of the state which is created or appointed by 11 statute, ordinance, or resolution and is vested with the authority to exercise any sovereign power 12 derived from state law. 13 100 copies were printed on recycled paper by the South Dakota Legislative Research Council at a cost of $.161 per page. v Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores. Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes.