4-7-1. Definitions.
Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, mean:
(1)"Appropriation," an authorization by the Legislature to a budget unit to expend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified, for the purposes specified in the authorization and under the procedure described in this chapter;
(2)"Budget," the complete financial plan for the state for the fiscal period as proposed in the budget report and modified and adopted by appropriation and revenue acts;
(3)"Budget estimate," the statement with accompanying explanations, as provided in this chapter, in which a budget unit sets forth its financial requirements;
(4)"Budget report," the recommendations of the Governor to the Legislature as to financial plans and appropriations to be requested, with the accompanying statements and explanations provided for in this chapter;
(5)"Budget unit," a department, institution, commission, agency, board, examining board, or other unit of government for which separate appropriations, continuing appropriations or other dedications or earmarking of funds are made or which otherwise collects fees or funds of any nature under authority of any statute of this state;
(6)"Classification of expenditures," one of the several definite kinds of expenditures denoting a class of service or commodities purchased or properties acquired as specified by the commissioner of finance and management for use in expenditure accounting, in the making of budget estimates, and in the budget reports and budgets. Such classification shall be by program, function, activity, organizational unit, character and object;
(7)"General Appropriations Act," an act of the Legislature which authorizes the expenditure of money from public funds for the ordinary current expenditures of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for public schools, as further defined by rules and regulations issued by the commissioner of finance and management;
(8)"Informational budget," the budget of any budget unit not receiving general fund appropriations;
(9)"Special appropriations act," an act of the Legislature which authorizes the expenditure of money from public funds for any purpose other than those purposes enumerated in the definition of the General Appropriations Act.
Source: SL 1963, ch 353, §2; SL 1969, ch 217, §§1, 2; SL 2015, ch 41, §10.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 4 - Public Fiscal Administration
Chapter 07 - Preparation And Adoption Of State Budget
Section 4-7-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 4-7-2 - Bureau within Department of Executive Management--Purpose.
Section 4-7-3 - General budgetary powers of Governor.
Section 4-7-4 - Qualifications of commissioner--Salary.
Section 4-7-6 - Assistance to bureau by other state officers.
Section 4-7-7.1 - Plan of goals and activities submitted with budget request.
Section 4-7-7.2 - Informational budgets required.
Section 4-7-7.3 - Annual budget statements required by Governor.
Section 4-7-8 - Governor's review and investigation of budget estimates.
Section 4-7-9 - Preparation and submission of budget report to Legislature.
Section 4-7-10 - Contents of annual budget report.
Section 4-7-10.1 - Salaries of specified officials included in budget.
Section 4-7-10.2 - Repeal of statutes establishing salaries of appointed officials.
Section 4-7-10.5 - Repeal of statutory allowances for boards, councils, and advisory bodies.
Section 4-7-13 - Legislative adoption of financial plan for each year.
Section 4-7-13.1 - Full-time equivalent appropriations separated in financial plan.
Section 4-7-16 - Analysis of proposed legislation by bureau.
Section 4-7-17 - Assistance to Legislature provided by bureau.
Section 4-7-18 - Coordination of procedures to carry out legislative policies.
Section 4-7-19 - Long-term capital improvements budget.
Section 4-7-20 - Operational improvements and economies--Automatic data processing systems.
Section 4-7-25 - Other duties of bureau.
Section 4-7-25.1 - Budgetary accounting service agency--Administration--Purpose.
Section 4-7-25.2 - Budgetary accounting fund.
Section 4-7-25.3 - Budgetary accounting service agency--Financing.
Section 4-7-25.4 - Fees for budgetary accounting services.
Section 4-7-26 - Rules and regulations.
Section 4-7-27 - Short title of chapter.
Section 4-7-29 - Exemption of Board of Regents from salary approval requirement.
Section 4-7-31 - Budget reserve fund established.
Section 4-7-39 - Transfer of unobligated cash to general revenue replacement fund.
Section 4-7-40 - Condition statements--Requests by legislative committee or chair.
Section 4-7-41 - Condition statement defined--Condition statement forms.
Section 4-7-45 - General revenue replacement fund established.
Section 4-7-48 - Plan outlining current debt policies, financial analysis, and metrics.
Section 4-7-49 - Long-term financial plan.
Section 4-7-50 - Capital expenditure plan.
Section 4-7-51 - Publication of financial plans.
Section 4-7-52 - Submission of zero based budget on request of Joint Committee on Appropriations.