The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Pastor Howard Grinager, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Senate page Jamie Strand.

     Roll Call: All members present.

     The Committee on Legislative Procedure respectfully reports that the Secretary of the Senate has had under consideration the Senate Journal of the thirty-second day.

     All errors, typographical or otherwise, are duly marked in the temporary journal for correction.

     And we hereby move the adoption of the report.

    ""Small school adjustment," calculated as follows:

Also MR. PRESIDENT:

    The Committee on Education respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB 1171 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

    "Section 4. Once a school district's initial five-year plan is complete, the school district may reapply for the program. If a school district reapplies and the district's application is denied by the Board of Education due to changes in the program's requirements, that school district is still entitled to receive funding for this program, if the school district continues to follow its original teacher compensation plan that it followed during the initial five years. The funding that school district is entitled to receive during the first year following the denial and in each year thereafter, as long as the school district continues to follow the original teacher compensation plan, shall be calculated as follows:

Also MR. PRESIDENT:

    The Committee on Education respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB  1307 which was deferred to the 41^st Legislative Day.

    "Section 1. It is in the public interest that the South Dakota Building Authority contract for the construction, completion, furnishing, equipping, and maintaining of, including heating, air

conditioning, plumbing, water, sewer, electric facilities, sidewalks, parking, landscaping, architectural and engineering services, asbestos abatement, removal of existing roofing and structures, and such other services or actions as may be required to complete maintenance and repair projects selected by the Board of Regents as critical to facility safety and function at academic and support facilities on the university campuses, all at the estimated cost of eight million six hundred thousand dollars ($8,600,000). The South Dakota Building Authority may finance the project costs, together with any related costs of financing, through the issuance of revenue bonds, in accordance with this Act and chapter 5-12.

         Section 2. The Board of Regents may make and enter into a lease agreement with the Building Authority relating to any projects described in section 1 of this Act and make rental payments under the terms thereof pursuant to chapter 5-12 from appropriations to be made by the Legislature pursuant to chapter 5-12. In addition, the Board of Regents may assess and collect special maintenance and repair fees from students and use such fees to pay or supplement any rental payments, or reduce the amount of appropriations otherwise required, for such rental payments. Such fees shall be deposited in a special fund established for the purposes of this Act and used to reduce the amount of appropriations required to pay rentals under the lease with the Building Authority. Upon receipt of payment of the balance of rental payments made under the terms of any lease entered into pursuant to section 2 of this Act, the Building Authority shall convey the property leased under the lease to the Board of Regents pursuant to §  5-12-15.

         Section 3. No indebtedness, bond, or obligation included or created under the authority of this Act may be or may become a lien, charge, or liability against the State of South Dakota, nor against the property or funds of the State of South Dakota within the meaning of the Constitution or statutes of the state.

         Section 4. The Building Authority and the Board of Regents may accept, transfer, and expend any property or funds obtained for these purposes from federal sources, gifts, contributions, or any other source, all of which shall be deemed appropriated to the projects authorized by this Act in addition to the amounts otherwise authorized by this Act.

         Section 5. The administration of the design and construction of the projects authorized in this Act shall be under the general charge and supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in chapter 5-14. The executive director of the Board of Regents and the executive secretary of the Building Authority, or their designees, shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act."

    The Committee on Commerce respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB  1126 and 1162 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bills do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

MR. PRESIDENT:

    I have the honor to return herewith SCR 4 in which the House has concurred.

     Was read the second time.

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     Was read the second time.

     Was read the second time.

     So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the members- elect, the President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

     Nays:
Jerstad; Kloucek; Schmidt (Dennis)

     Excused:
Apa

     So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

     So the bill having received an affirmative vote of a majority of the members-elect, the President declared the bill passed and the title was agreed to.

     SB 32: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions relating to the distribution of funds to sparse school districts, and to declare an emergency.

     SB 39: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide claims information to commercial property casualty insureds.

     SB 46: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  clarify the tax exempt and licensure status of fraternal benefit societies.

     SB 47: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  prevent illegal multiple employer welfare arrangements and other illegal health insurers.

     SB 50: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions of parole eligibility.

     SB 55: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  authorize the Board of Regents to purchase improved real property adjacent to the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

     SB 56: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  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.

     SB 57: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  authorize the Board of Regents to construct a straw bale house at the McCrory Gardens on the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor.

     SB 61: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  include adopted children within certain child support deviations.

     SB 70: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain fees, continuing education requirements, and examination requirements for massage therapists.

     SB 77: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide for an exclusive remedy for judgment creditors of limited partnerships.

     SB 78: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the rights of creditors of limited liability companies.

     SB 79: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the boundaries of the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District, to authorize the continuation of activities by certain business affected by the boundary change, and to prohibit the discharge of fireworks within a zone adjacent to the district.

     SB 81: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  remove the reference to party affiliations for independent candidates on the certificate of nomination and the ballot.

     SB 118: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  permit the Public Utilities Commission to approve tariff mechanisms for the automatic annual adjustment of charges for jurisdictional costs of new environmental measures.

         
    Journal correction: See page 697 of the Senate Journal.
    

     SB 142: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide for collection of certain workers' compensation by court order.

     SB 184: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians, midlevel practitioners, and dentists who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program, the midlevel tuition reimbursement program, or the dental tuition reimbursement program.

     SB 219: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation for a drought tolerance biotechnology research center and to declare an emergency.

     HB 1005: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the reporting requirements involving sex offense victims.

     HB 1036: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.

     HB 1056: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions relating to the practice of counseling.

     HB 1058: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions related to the placement of juveniles under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

     HB 1068: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the criminal penalty for perjury.

     HB 1069: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  increase liquidated court costs and revise how they are allocated.

     HB 1074: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation for the support of the state fair.

     HB 1090: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions regarding the explanation of ballot issues and to provide for the procedure to challenge such explanations.

     HB 1093: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide for the declaration and administration of certain judicial emergencies.

     HB 1098: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the jurisdiction of certain magistrate courts and to declare an emergency.

     HB 1144: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  limit the transfer of contested Public Utilities Commission cases to the Office of Hearing Examiners.

     HB 1151: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  exempt the sale of coins, currency, and bullion from sales and use taxes.

     HB 1156: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain requirements concerning the pay and qualifications of petition circulators.

     HB 1169: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  establish the Zaniya Project Task Force, to prescribe its mission and composition, and to declare an emergency.

     HB 1174: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  increase the maximum amount for which used motor vehicles may be sold or transferred to be exempt from excise tax.

     HB 1182: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the petition requirements for the formation of an ambulance district.

     HB 1184: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  require the Department of Revenue and Regulation to collect and distribute the gross receipts taxes imposed on small telecommunication companies.

     HB 1187: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  provide for the abatement or refund of property taxes on certain owner-occupied single-family dwellings owned by persons in the military and to declare an emergency.

     HB 1256: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007 regarding appropriations to the Office of School and Public Lands, and to declare an emergency.

     HB 1278: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  require emergency medical technicians to be trained in the administration of epinephrine.

     And signed the same in the presence of the Senate.