81st Legislative Session _ 2006

Committee: House Commerce
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Boomgarden
P    Bradford
E    Elliott
P    Faehn
P    Hunt
P    Krebs
P    Kroger
P    Pederson (Gordon)
P    Schafer
P    Street
P    Willadsen
P    Rounds, Vice-Chair
P    Sebert, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chair Sebert.

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 12, 2006

Moved by:    Rounds
Second by:    Pederson (Gordon)
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         HB 1046: provide for certain provisions regarding the property casualty unfair claims practices.

Presented by:    Merle Scheiber, Division of Insurance

MOTION:     TO TABLE HB 1046



Moved by:    Pederson (Gordon)
Second by:    Willadsen
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(11-0-2-0)

Voting Yes:    Boomgarden, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer, Street, Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert

Excused:    Bradford, Elliott

         HB 1017: authorize the Public Utilities Commission to implement and comply with certain federal energy acts and to validate certain related commission actions.

Presented by:    Dustin Johnson, Public Utilities Commission
Proponents:    Bob Miller, SD Electric Utilities
        Ed Anderson, Rural Electric Assn, SD
        Edward Raventon, SD Resource Coalition

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1017

Moved by:    Rounds
Second by:    Pederson (Gordon)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(12-0-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Boomgarden, Bradford, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer, Street, Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert

Excused:    Elliott

MOTION:     PLACE HB 1017 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    Rounds
Second by:    Schafer
Action:    Failed by voice vote.

         HB 1027: change the unemployment insurance wage base and contribution rates and to assess interest on negative employer accounts under certain circumstances.

Presented by:    Pam Roberts, Secretary, Department of Labor (Handouts 1 & 2)
Proponents:    David Owen, SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
        Bob Riter Jr., Nat'l Federation of Independent Business (Handout 3)
        Jim Keyes, AGC of SD
        Paul Aylward, SD AFL-CIO
        Jerry Wheeler, SD Retailers Assn.
        Representative Deb Peters (Handout 4)

Don Kattke, Dept. Of Labor, answered questions from the committee.

The Chair deferred HB 1027 until January 19, 2006.

         HB 1042: revise certain requirements regarding the license renewal of insurance producers.

Presented by:    Merle Scheiber, Division of Insurance

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1042

Moved by:    Rounds
Second by:    Krebs
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(11-1-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Boomgarden, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer, Street, Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert

Voting No:    Bradford

Excused:    Elliott

         HB 1043: revise certain provisions regarding life insurance exclusions.

Presented by:    Randy Moses, Division of Insurance

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1043

Moved by:    Boomgarden
Second by:    Rounds
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(12-0-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Boomgarden, Bradford, Faehn, Hunt, Krebs, Kroger, Pederson (Gordon), Schafer, Street, Willadsen, Rounds, Sebert

Excused:    Elliott


MOTION:     PLACE HB 1043 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    Rounds
Second by:    Faehn
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Pederson (Gordon)
Second by:    Hunt
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Cindy Tryon

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Committee Secretary
Lou Sebert, Chair


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