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House keeps 911 fee intact, shifts reporting to calendar year to aid PSAPs
Summary
The House approved Senate Bill 37, removing the 2026 sunset on a $2 911 surcharge and directing certain reporting to the calendar year to ease compliance burdens for public-safety answering points (PSAPs). The bill required a two-thirds vote and passed on final reading.
The South Dakota House on March 3 passed Senate Bill 37, a bill that alters 911 reporting and preserves a line-item fee that supports local public-safety answering points.
Representative Bathke, presenting the bill, said two primary changes were included: switching the reporting period used by PSAPs and the Department of Public Safety from the state's fiscal year to the calendar year and eliminating a scheduled…
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