Senate Calendar 03/01/2005 11:00 AM

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CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT

James D. Sheridan South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

SB 96* (SJ 35^th LD) allow municipalities to offer full food services at certain licensed municipal facilities and to declare an emergency.

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
* Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill

         SB 66*    (Concur in House Amendments, HJ 663, 664) provide certain options to school boards in reorganization and to declare an emergency.
         SB 214*    (Concur in House Amendments, HJ 666) provide taxation benefits for certain soybean and biodiesel facilities.
         SB 222*    (HJ 35^th LD) provide for the appropriation and distribution of the excise tax on the gross receipts of personal communications system, wireless, and cellular companies, to retroactively apply the appropriations and distribution of the excise tax, and to declare an emergency.

         CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

         Amended SJ 35^th LD: HB 1260, 1264, 1082

         SECOND READING OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS

         HB 1263    (Deferred from 33^rd LD) revise the definition of domestic abuse.

         SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
         * Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill

         HB 1212*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) revise certain provisions relating to professional and occupational licensing boards.
         HB 1067*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) revise the property tax levies for the general fund and the special education tax levy of a school district.
         HB 1140*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) revise the calculation of state aid to education and report.
         HB 1149*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) ~~allow for cross-border education contracts.~~
              Allow the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of North Dakota and to compensate certain school districts for lost revenue due to the agreements.
         HB 1170*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) ~~require school districts to pay for certain distance learning courses taken by students.~~
              Provide for the certification of distance learning providers and to provide for the endorsement of distance learning instructors and to authorize the Board of Education to promulgate rules relating to distance learning courses.
         HB 1220*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) ~~appropriate money to enhance education in the state.~~
              Revise the calculation of state aid to general education and appropriate money therefor.
         HB 1252*    (Deferred from 35^th LD) approve the state prairie dog management plan and to require that amendments to the plan be approved by the Legislature.
         HB 1262    (Deferred from 35^th LD) provide a partial exemption to the assessment of certain power generation facilities for property tax purposes.
         HB 1180*    (Reconsidered, placed by motion) revise certain provisions concerning business improvement districts and to exempt general occupational tax receipts from the sales and gross receipts taxes.
         HB 1261*    provide for the refund of the sales and contractor's excise tax for significant capital investment and large job-creation projects.
         HB 1122*     ~~clarify that agents for property owners may make certain deductions from gross receipts.~~
              Provide certain contractor's excise, sales, and use tax refunds.
         HB 1004*    require that certain financial information concerning fund balances be reported to the Legislature.
         HB 1024*    make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to cover certain cost increases affecting construction of the Lee Medicine and Science Hall renovation or replacement project at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency.

         HB 1058    make an appropriation to the state fair and to declare an emergency.
         HB 1082*    appropriate money for postsecondary technical education enhancement.
         HB 1226*    establish certain notice provisions related to the custody and placement of Indian children.
         HB 1260*     ~~create the South Dakota Electric Transmission Assistance Authority.~~
              Create the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority and to declare an emergency.
         HB 1264*    revise certain provisions regarding the Constitutional Revision Commission.
         HB 1265    provide for the redistricting of boards of county commissioners under certain circumstances and to declare an emergency.

         LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATIONS

         SC 19    (SJ 35^th LD) Honoring the Kimball Kiotes High School football teams, coaches, and staff, on an exceptional three state championships in four years and for setting national records.
         SC 20    (SJ 35^th LD) Honoring Clark Wold as the 2004 GEORGE Award Recipient for the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota.
         HC 1027    (HJ 672) Commending and honoring Mike Grosek, owner of Mike's Jack and Jill in Webster, for being named South Dakota Retailer of the Year.