HB1320

The amendment NARROWS the bill's scope by removing the broader revision to South Dakota's general service of process rules (§ 15-6-4) and keeping only the specific change to how appeals to county boards of commissioners must be served—replacing a reference to the general rules with explicit language allowing service on county administrators, commissioners, executives, treasurers, or registered agents. This transforms the bill from a comprehensive overhaul of service procedures into a targeted fix for county board appeals.

The amendment revised who can be served notice in appeals of county board decisions by replacing county administrators and treasurers with county auditors and the state's attorney, and adding an option to serve a person appointed by the board via resolution. This NARROWS and REDIRECTS the service of process requirements to focus on specific county officials rather than a broader range of administrative personnel.

The amendment makes technical corrections and clarifications to the bill's language about serving notice in county commissioner appeals—changing "a written notice on one of the members" to "written notice upon any county auditor or commissioner," simplifying references to fees and transcripts, and converting the bill from engrossed to enrolled status for final passage. These are primarily stylistic and clarifying edits that do not substantively alter the bill's purpose of revising service of process procedures.