2008 Legislative Session _ 2008

Committee: Senate Taxation
Monday, February 11, 2008

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Duenwald
P    Hansen (Tom)
P    Jerstad
P    Koetzle
P    Napoli
P    Peterson (Jim)
P    Turbak Berry
E    Lintz, Vice-Chair
P    McNenny, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chair McNenny.

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Moved by:    Hansen (Tom)
Second by:    Napoli
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         SB 115: increase the amount of funding for conservation and value-added agriculture purposes from certain unclaimed motor fuel tax refunds.

Presented by:    Senator Julie Bartling
Proponents:    Angela Ehlers, SD Assoc. Of Conservation Districts (Handout #1)
        Mary Duvall, SD Farm Bureau
        Mitch Fargen, South Dakota Farmers Union
        Brenda Forman, SD Cattlemen's Assn.
Opponents:    Bill Nevin, Department of Transportation
        Deb Mortenson, Associated General Contractors of SD, Inc.

        Larry Engbrecht, SD American Concrete Paving

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 115

Moved by:    Jerstad
Second by:    Peterson (Jim)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-1-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Duenwald, Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Koetzle, Peterson (Jim), Turbak Berry, McNenny

Voting No:    Napoli

Excused:    Lintz

         HB 1181: revise certain provisions concerning information related to the assessment of property that is to be provided by the director of equalization.

Presented by:    Senator Tom Hansen
Proponents:    Representative Kristi Noem

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1181

Moved by:    Napoli
Second by:    Koetzle
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (8-0-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Duenwald, Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Koetzle, Napoli, Peterson (Jim), Turbak Berry, McNenny

Excused:    Lintz

MOTION:     PLACE HB 1181 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    Jerstad
Second by:    Napoli
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         HB 1169: clarify certain provisions regarding the contractor's excise tax for isolated or occasional realty improvements.

Presented by:    Representative Charles Turbiville (Handout #2)
Opponents:    Jan Talley, SD Dept of Revenue and Regulation

MOTION:     DEFER HB 1169 TO THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY

Moved by:    Duenwald
Second by:    Turbak Berry
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-1-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Duenwald, Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Koetzle, Peterson (Jim), Turbak Berry, McNenny

Voting No:    Napoli

Excused:    Lintz

         SB 110: provide increased funding for the maintenance of state highways and roads by eliminating the tax differential between ethanol blends and motor fuel through an increase in the fuel excise tax rate on ethanol blends.

Presented by:    Paul Kinsman, SD Department of Rules and Regulation (Handout #3)
Proponents:    Dawna Leitzke, SD Petroleum Marketers
        Gary French, self, Watertown (Handout #4)
        Brenda Forman, SD Assn. Of Cooperatives
        Larry Mann, M. G. Oil Company
        Steve Willard, American Petroleum Institutes
Opponents:    Harry Christianson, Ethanol Producers of SD
        Robert Nelson, Verasun Energy, Sioux Falls (Handout #5)
        Orris Swayze, self, Wilmot
        Joel Jarman, Poet Energy, Sioux Falls

MOTION:     DEFER SB 110 TO THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY

Moved by:    Jerstad
Second by:    Hansen (Tom)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (5-3-1-0)

Voting Yes:    Hansen (Tom), Jerstad, Koetzle, Peterson (Jim), Turbak Berry

Voting No:    Duenwald, Napoli, McNenny

Excused:    Lintz

MOTION:     ADJOURN
Moved by:    Napoli
Second by:    Jerstad
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Lois Henry

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Committee Secretary
Kenneth McNenny, Chair

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