P - Present
Roll Call
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chair Thomas Brunner
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 30, 2007
The Chair deferred HB 1178 until Another Day.
HB 1179: revise the penalty for certain big game hunting violations.
E - Excused
A - Absent
P Deadrick, Vice-Chair
P DeVries
P Gassman
P Halverson
P Hargens
P Howie
P Jerke
P Nelson
P Pitts
P Sigdestad
P Vanneman
P Vehle
P Brunner, Chair
Moved by: Vanneman
Second by: Hargens
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
The Chair deferred HB 1177 until Another Day.
Presented by: Representative Mike Vehle
Proponents: Emmett Keyser, Department of Game, Fish & Parks
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1179
Moved by: Vehle
Second by: Hargens
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(13-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Deadrick, DeVries, Gassman, Halverson, Hargens, Howie, Jerke, Nelson, Pitts,
Sigdestad, Vanneman, Vehle, Brunner
HB 1259: revise certain provisions related to complaints of encroachment by prairie
dogs on private land.
Presented by: Representative Mark DeVries
Proponents: Emmett Keyser, Department of Game, Fish & Parks
Larry Gabriel, Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Brenda Forman, SD Cattlemen's Association
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1259
Moved by: Howie
Second by: Deadrick
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(13-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Deadrick, DeVries, Gassman, Halverson, Hargens, Howie, Jerke, Nelson, Pitts,
Sigdestad, Vanneman, Vehle, Brunner
HB 1026: define unprotected birds.
Presented by: Doug Hansen, Department of Game, Fish and Parks
MOTION:
AMEND HB 1026
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Section 1. That
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be amended to read as follows:
41-11-10. The English or European house sparrow, unbanded undomesticated pigeon (rock dove), Eurasian collared dove, and European starling are not included among the birds protected by
this chapter. Purple grackle, crow, magpie, brown headed cow bird, red-winged blackbird, Brewers
blackbird, rusty blackbird, and the bronzed grackle may be taken when committing or about to
commit depredation upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock or wildlife, or
when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance.
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Moved by: Hargens
Jeannette Schipper
Second by: Deadrick
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1026 AS AMENDED
Moved by: Deadrick
Second by: Hargens
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(13-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Deadrick, DeVries, Gassman, Halverson, Hargens, Howie, Jerke, Nelson, Pitts,
Sigdestad, Vanneman, Vehle, Brunner
MOTION:
PLACE HB 1026 ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Moved by: Deadrick
Second by: Halverson
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1235: authorize the trapping and hunting of certain furbearing animals by
nonresidents.
Presented by: Representative Charles Turbiville (Handout 1)
Proponents: Kim Potter, Self, Bridgewater, SD
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1235
Moved by: Halverson
Second by: Nelson
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(13-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Deadrick, DeVries, Gassman, Halverson, Hargens, Howie, Jerke, Nelson, Pitts,
Sigdestad, Vanneman, Vehle, Brunner
SB 7: establish certain fees to provide for air quality permitting, inspecting, and
compliance services to ethanol production plants.
Presented by: Steve Pirner, Department of Environment and Natural Resources
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 7
Moved by: Deadrick
Second by: Halverson
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(13-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Deadrick, DeVries, Gassman, Halverson, Hargens, Howie, Jerke, Nelson, Pitts,
Sigdestad, Vanneman, Vehle, Brunner
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by: Hargens
Second by: DeVries
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Committee Secretary