P - Present
Roll Call
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jerry Apa
HB 1075: make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the
state and to declare an emergency.
E - Excused
A - Absent
P Bartling
P Greenfield
P Hauge
P Hoerth
P Hundstad
P Hunhoff, Vice-Chair
P Maher
P Smidt (Orville)
P Apa, Chair
Presented by: Josh Larson, Bureau of Finance and Management
Proponents: Larry Gabriel, Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Chris Petersen, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
MOTION:
DO PASS HB 1075
Moved by: Hauge
Second by: Hundstad
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Greenfield, Hauge, Hoerth, Hundstad, Hunhoff, Maher, Smidt (Orville),
Apa
SB 100: appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.
Presented by: Senator Julie Bartling
Proponents: Rick Vallery, SD Wheat Inc. - Documents 1 & 2
John Crabtree, Northern Crops Institute
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 100
Moved by: Hundstad
Second by: Greenfield
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Greenfield, Hauge, Hoerth, Hundstad, Hunhoff, Maher, Smidt (Orville),
Apa
SB 143: appropriate funds to provide for the South Dakota Virtual Library.
Presented by: Senator Julie Bartling
Proponents: Larry Nelson, SD Library Association
Opponents: Tamara Darnall, Bureau of Finance and Management
MOTION:
DEFER SB 143 TO THE 41ST LEGISLATIVE DAY
Moved by: Hunhoff
Second by: Maher
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-0-0-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Greenfield, Hauge, Hoerth, Hundstad, Hunhoff, Maher, Smidt (Orville),
Apa
SB 112: authorize funding for certain tribal colleges to defray certain costs associated
with educating nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and to make an
appropriation therefor.
Presented by: Senator Tom Katus
Proponents: Thomas Short Bull, Oglala Lakota College, President - Documents 3, 4 & 5
Ron Walters, Sitting Bull College
Sherry Red Owl, Sinte Gleska University - Document 6
Harvey DuMarce, Sisseton Wahpeton - Document 7
Opponents: Paul Gough, Board of Regents
The Chair deferred SB 112 until February 13, 2007.
SB 204: provide for the reimbursement of attorney's fees and costs for certain
reinstated public employees and to make an appropriation to reimburse a Department
of Human Services employee.
Presented by: Senator Ed Olson - Documents 8 & 9
Proponents: Representative Burt Elliott
Opponents: Lynne Valenti, Bureau of Personnel
Sandra Zinter, Commissioner of the Bureau of Personnel
The Chair deferred SB 204 until February 13 2007.
SB 214: increase the compensation of the secretary of state, the state treasurer, the
state auditor, and the commissioner of school and public lands.
Presented by: Senator Brock Greenfield - Documents 10 & 11
MOTION:
AMEND SB 214
Moved by: Hundstad
Second by: Smidt (Orville)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION:
AMEND SB 214
Moved by: Maher
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 56
Second by: Hoerth
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
The Chair deferred SB 214 until February 13, 2007.
SB 219: make an appropriation for a drought tolerance biotechnology research center
and to declare an emergency.
Presented by: Mel Ustad, Department of Tourism - Document 12
Proponents: Scott Meyer, Board of Regents - Document 13
Mike Reger, South Dakota State University
Steve Halverson, self
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 219
Moved by: Smidt (Orville)
Second by: Hauge
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(7-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Greenfield, Hauge, Hoerth, Hunhoff, Maher, Smidt (Orville), Apa
Excused: Bartling, Hundstad
SB 56: authorize the Board of Regents to acquire a seed technology facility for South
Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an
emergency.
Moved by: Smidt (Orville)
Second by: Greenfield
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote.(7-0-2-0)
Voting Yes: Greenfield, Hauge, Hoerth, Hunhoff, Maher, Smidt (Orville), Apa
Excused: Bartling, Hundstad
SB 59: revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007 regarding
appropriations to the Department of Health, the Board of Regents, the Department
of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, and the Office of the Attorney
General, and to declare an emergency.
Presented by: Kellie Beck, BF&M - Document 14
Proponents: Monte Kramer, Board of Regents - Documents 15, 16, 17 & 18
Rich Vandenhul, USD
The Chair deferred SB 59 until February 13, 2007.
SB 218: authorize the South Dakota Building Authority to provide for the
construction, reconstruction, renovation, and modernization of state park facilities
and infrastructure at Custer State Park near Custer for the Department of Game, Fish
and Parks and to allow the general fund to temporarily cover the initial construction
costs.
Presented by: Doug Hofer, Department of Game, Fish & Parks - Documents 19 & 20
Proponents: Paul VanBockeren, Regency Hotel Management
MOTION:
AMEND SB 218
Section 15. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing
public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.".
Moved by: Hundstad
Second by: Greenfield
Action: Was not acted on.
The Chair deferred SB 218 until February 13, 2007.