81st Legislative Session _ 2006

Committee: Senate Taxation
Friday, February 10, 2006

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Duenwald
P    Hansen (Tom)
P    Hundstad
P    Kelly
P    Kooistra
P    Nesselhuf
P    Peterson (Jim)
P    Lintz, Vice-Chair
P    Knudson, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chair Knudson

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 3, 2006

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

         HB 1112: exempt certain real property owned by local industrial development corporations from property taxation.

Presented by:    Representative Thomas Deadrick
Proponents:    Yvonne Taylor, SD Municipal League

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1112

Moved by:    Hansen (Tom)
Second by:    Peterson (Jim)


Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(8-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Hansen (Tom), Hundstad, Kelly, Kooistra, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Lintz, Knudson

Voting No:    Duenwald

         HB 1226: expand the tax refund for agricultural processing facilities to include expansions to existing facilities and to revise the time period in which an application must be submitted.

Presented by:    Jafar Karim, Governor's Office of Economic Development (handout #1)
Proponents:    Senator Jim Peterson
        Mark Leddy, Valley Queen Cheese, Milbank
        Harry Christianson, Ethanol Producers of SD
        Jane Page, SD Dept. of Revenue and Regulation

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1226

Moved by:    Hundstad
Second by:    Nesselhuf
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Duenwald, Hansen (Tom), Hundstad, Kelly, Kooistra, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Lintz, Knudson

         HB 1227: provide a property tax exemption for coal-fired power plants upgrading pollution control equipment.

Presented by:    Jafar Karim, Governor's Office of Economic Development
Proponents:    Senator Jim Peterson
        Michael Kenyon, Department of Revenue and Regulation
        Kevin Kouba, Otter Tail Power Company

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1227

Moved by:    Peterson (Jim)
Second by:    Hansen (Tom)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Duenwald, Hansen (Tom), Hundstad, Kelly, Kooistra, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Lintz, Knudson

MOTION:     ADJOURN

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

Cindy Tryon

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Committee Secretary
Dave Knudson, Chair


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