Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate State Affairs
Room:     412
Date:     Friday, January 25, 2008
Time:     7:45 AM



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         SB 121      revise the definition of trans-state transmission facility.
             Senators Heidepriem, Bartling, Hanson (Gary), Hoerth, Jerstad, Katus, Maher, Peterson (Jim), and Two Bulls and Representatives Halverson, Ahlers, Bradford, and Engels

         SB 75      establish a residential geothermal heat pump grant program and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Garnos, Abdallah, and Kloucek and Representatives Lucas and Hackl

         SB 168      provide for the development and financing of certain wind energy projects by school districts.
             Senators Maher, Bartling, Gray, and Peterson (Jim) and Representatives Nelson, Bradford, Dennert, Hargens, Kirkeby, Lucas, Olson (Betty), and Rausch

         SB 178      provide for incentives for the development of certain power production facilities utilizing renewable resources.
             Senators Peterson (Jim), Bartling, and Hanson (Gary) and Representatives Halverson, Gassman, Hargens, Sigdestad, and Street

         SB 190      impose a fee on certain pipelines carrying crude oil and to create a crude oil pipeline compensation fund that may be used in the event of a crude oil spill.
             Senators Hanson (Gary), Abdallah, Bartling, Heidepriem, Kloucek, Maher, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), and Smidt (Orville) and Representatives Moore, Dennert, Gassman, Gillespie, Halverson, Nelson, Noem, and Sigdestad

         SB 196      provide for environmental protection standards for petroleum refinery facilities.
             Senators Nesselhuf and Greenfield and Representatives Boomgarden, Brunner, Nygaard, and Peters

         SB 118      establish a wind energy incentive payment program and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Kloucek and Garnos and Representatives Gassman, Ahlers, Bradford, Halverson, Lucas, Moore, Sigdestad, Thompson, and Van Norman

         SB 71      establish a rural community-based energy development program.
             Senators Kloucek, Garnos, Gray, and Maher and Representatives Ahlers, Bradford, Feinstein, Gassman, Halverson, Lucas, Novstrup (Al), Sigdestad, Street, and Van Norman

         SB 91      establish design and construction standards for newly constructed or renovated state buildings, public school facilities, and higher education facilities.
             Senators Katus, Hoerth, Jerstad, Kloucek, Maher, and Two Bulls and Representatives Ahlers, Bradford, Davis, Feinstein, Lucas, Nygaard, Sigdestad, Street, Thompson, and Van Norman

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         THOMAS A. DEMPSTER, Chair