80th Legislative Session _ 2005

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources
Thursday, January 27, 2005

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Dempster
E    Hansen (Tom)
E    Kloucek
P    Koskan
E    Lintz
P    McNenny
P    Peterson (Jim)
P    Kooistra, Vice-Chair
P    Duenwald, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 20, 2005

Moved by:    McNenny
Second by:    Koskan
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         SB 17: revise certain provisions concerning the authority of the Public Utilities Commission with regard to wind energy facilities.

Presented by:    Rolayne Wiest, Public Utilities Commission
Proponents:    Kurt Beichel, FPL Energy
        Robert Miller, SD Electric Utility Companies
        Ed Anderson, Rural Electric Assn, SD

MOTION:     AMEND SB 17


17oa
     On page 3, line 11 of the printed bill, delete " forty " and insert " one hundred ".

     On page 3 , line 12, delete " ten " and insert " twenty-five ".

     On page 3 , line 15, delete " forty " and insert " one hundred ".

     On page 4 , line 19, before " facility " insert " wind energy ".

Moved by:    McNenny
Second by:    Kloucek
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 17 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Kooistra
Second by:    Dempster
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(8-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Dempster, Hansen (Tom), Kloucek, Lintz, McNenny, Peterson (Jim), Kooistra, Duenwald

Voting No:    Koskan

         HB 1019: make firefighters from nonprofit corporate rural fire departments eligible for state workers compensation when working for the Department of Agriculture.

Presented by:    Larry Gabriel, Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Proponents:    Steve Willard, SD Joint Fire Council

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1019

Moved by:    McNenny
Second by:    Dempster
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(8-0-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Dempster, Hansen (Tom), Kloucek, Lintz, McNenny, Peterson (Jim), Kooistra, Duenwald

Excused:    Koskan


MOTION:     PLACE HB 1019 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    McNenny
Second by:    Dempster
Action:    Failed by voice vote.

         HB 1050: provide that residents under sixteen years of age are not required to obtain a resident wholesale bait dealer license.

Presented by:    Emmett Keyser, Department of Game, Fish & Parks

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1050

Moved by:    Lintz
Second by:    Peterson (Jim)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(7-0-2-0)

Voting Yes:    Dempster, Hansen (Tom), Kloucek, Lintz, McNenny, Peterson (Jim), Duenwald

Excused:    Koskan, Kooistra

MOTION:     PLACE HB 1050 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    Lintz
Second by:    Dempster
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Dempster
Second by:    Lintz
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Reta Rodman

____________________________

Committee Secretary
Jay Duenwald, Chair


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