There is established in the state treasury the extraordinary litigation fund. The fund7 shall be maintained separately and administered by the Bureau of Administration. The fund may8 be used for plaintiff attorney fee awards, retention of outside counsel, settlement costs, or other9 litigation expenses not otherwise eligible to be paid under § 3-22-1. The fund may also be used for the payment of any self-insured retention for which the state is responsible under a cyber liability insurance policy purchased by the state. Unexpended money and any interest that may12 be credited to the fund shall remain in the fund. The extraordinary litigation fund, including any13 subfunds created within it, is hereby continuously appropriated and shall be budgeted through14 the informational budget process. The creation and funding of this fund does not constitute a15 100 copies were printed on recycled paper by the South DakotaLegislative Research Council at a cost of $.167 per page.v Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores.Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by overstrikes. - 2 -HB 1264 waiver of the state's sovereign immunity. The life protection subfund is established within the extraordinary litigation fund. The2 subfund shall be used to cover the litigation costs, including expert witness fees and attorney3 fees awarded under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 or other applicable statutes, associated with defending4 South Dakota statutes that regulate or proscribe abortion or contraception. In addition to moneys5 that the Legislature may appropriate to the subfund, the commissioner of the Bureau of6 Administration may accept private contributions for the subfund's purposes and deposit those7 moneys in the subfund. The life protection litigation subfund shall retain the interest income8 derived from the moneys credited to the subfund in accordance with § 4-5-30. Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of two million three10 hundred thousand dollars ($2,300,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the11 extraordinary litigation fund for payment of eligible expenses. Section 3. The commissioner of the Bureau of Administration shall approve vouchers and13 the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act. Section 4. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall15 revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8. Section 5. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its17 existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in18 full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.19