Senate State Affairs Agenda 01/30/2006 7:45 AM

Committee:    Senate State Affairs
Room:     412
Date:    Monday, January 30, 2006
Time:    7:45 AM

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CONFIRM:    appointment of Jean (Dawn) Morris, Hughes County, Pierre, South Dakota, to the Career Service Commission

CONFIRM:    reappointment of Gordon Garnos, Codington County, Watertown, South Dakota to the Career Service Commission

CONFIRM:    appointment of Barbara Christianson,.Pennington County, Rapid City, South Dakota to the Career Service Commission

CONFIRM:    appointment of Judy Greff, Beadle County, Huron, South Dakota, to the Career Service Commission

         SB 101     establish the Public Utilities Commission as a separate agency.
             Senators Apa, Earley, Moore, Napoli, and Sutton (Duane) and Representatives Putnam, Dennert, Glenski, Haverly, Klaudt, Peters, Rausch, and Tidemann

         SB 142     appropriate money to the Office of the Attorney General to study open government issues in South Dakota.
             Senators Gant, Broderick, Dempster, Gray, Hanson (Gary), Kloucek, and McNenny and Representatives Rausch, Elliott, Garnos, Klaudt, McCoy, O'Brien, Vehle, and Weems

         SB 145     authorize funding for certain tribal colleges to defray certain costs associated with educating nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Two Bulls, Adelstein, Bartling, Dempster, Hanson (Gary), Hundstad, Kloucek, Koetzle, Moore, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), and Sutton (Dan) and Representatives Bradford, Elliott, Gassman, Haley, Halverson, Kroger, Lange, McCoy, Miles, Roberts, Sigdestad, Thompson, Valandra, and Van Norman

         SB 157     repeal certain provisions regarding the exercise of the right of eminent domain by a railroad.
             Senators Hansen (Tom), Duenwald, Kelly, Moore, Olson (Ed), and Sutton (Dan) and Representatives Haley, Dennert, Dykstra, Garnos, Hargens, Hennies, Jensen, Rave, and Turbiville

         SB 197     establish a governing board for the post secondary technical institutes.
             Senators Adelstein and Knudson

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.