89
th Legislative Session _ 2014
Committee: House Agriculture and Natural Resources
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
P - Present
E - Excused
A - Absent
Roll Call
P Bartling
P Cammack
E Craig
P Feickert
P Kopp
P May
P Olson (Betty)
P Otten (Herman)
P Qualm
P Schoenfish
P Schrempp
P Schaefer, Vice-Chair
P Hoffman, Chair
OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes
The meeting was called to order by Representative Hoffman.
MOTION: TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY JANUARY 30TH, 2014
Moved by: Qualm
Second by: Olson (Betty)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1006: provide for the assessment and taxation of agricultural land based on its actual use.
Presented by: Representative Jim Peterson (Handout: 1)
Senator Larry Rhoden
MOTION: TO TABLE HB 1006
Moved by: Cammack
Second by: Feickert
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (12-0-1-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Cammack, Feickert, Kopp, May, Olson (Betty), Otten (Herman), Qualm,
Schoenfish, Schrempp, Schaefer, Hoffman
Excused: Craig
HB 1185: allow certain veterans and family members of residents to obtain nonresident
waterfowl hunting privileges, and to establish a penalty.
Presented by: Representative Dick Werner (Handout: 2)
Proponents: Mark Lee Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce
Larry Steffen, SD Migratory Bird Association
Michele Brich, SD Hotel & Lodging Association
Lorin Pankratz, Visitor Industry Alliance
David Owen SD Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Shawn Lyons, SD Retailers Association
Rosie Smith, Glacial Lakes & Prarie Towns Association
Norbe Barrie, South Dakota Opportunity Group
Julie Johnson, Aberdeen Hotel Alliance
Opponents: Jeff Vonk, Department of Game, Fish and Parks (Handout: 3)
Chris Hesla, SD Wildlife Federation
George Vandel, Self, Pierre
John Simpson, Self, Pierre
Paul Lepisto, Izaak Walton League
MOTION: AMEND HB 1185
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On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
" Section 1. That chapter 41-6 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
In addition to the special nonresident waterfowl licenses provided for in § 41-6-18.1, the
Department of Game, Fish and Parks shall offer for sale special nonresident waterfowl licenses as
provided in this section. The additional licenses authorized pursuant to this section may be applied
for, issued, and used only as provided in this section and as authorized by the Game, Fish and Parks
Commission in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. Any such additional license issued
pursuant to this section entitles the licensee to hunt migratory waterfowl for two periods of five
consecutive days each. Sale of licenses pursuant to this section is not subject to, and does not affect,
the license quotas established in §§ 41-6-18.1 and 41-6-18.4, except as provided in § 41-6-18.2. The
price of licenses sold under this section is the same as special nonresident waterfowl licenses issued
pursuant to § 41-6-18.1, and funds from the sale of licenses under this section shall be disbursed and
used in the same manner as specified in § 41-6-18.1.
A special nonresident waterfowl license issued pursuant to this section may only be issued to a
nonresident applicant who is at least eighteen years old and is a family member of a South Dakota
resident who sponsors the nonresident's license application. To qualify as a nonresident applicant,
the applicant shall either provide proof of being born in South Dakota or have possessed a resident
South Dakota hunting license during the applicant's lifetime. A nonresident family member who
receives a license pursuant to this section shall be accompanied in the field by the designated family
member sponsor. To qualify as a sponsor, a person shall be a South Dakota resident who is at least
eighteen years old; who possesses a current resident hunting license, migratory bird certification
permit, and a federal migratory bird stamp; and who is related to the nonresident applicant as a
mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandparent, grandchild, brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, or mother-in-law.
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and falsely make application to sponsor
a nonresident hunter or knowingly and falsely make application to obtain a special nonresident
waterfowl license under this Act, and that person shall lose all hunting privileges for one year
following conviction.
Section 2. That § 41-6-18.1 be amended to read as follows:
41-6-18.1. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for a nonresident to hunt, take, or kill migratory waterfowl
without a special nonresident waterfowl license, a fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl
license, early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident license, or a spring snow goose temporary
nonresident license, a migratory bird certification permit, and a federal migratory bird stamp, or in
violation of the conditions of the licenses or the rules of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
A special nonresident waterfowl license, except as otherwise provided in this title, entitles the
licensee to hunt migratory waterfowl for ten consecutive days. Four dollars received from the sale
of each special nonresident waterfowl license shall be placed in the land acquisition and
development fund. The moneys from this fund shall be used to acquire by purchase or lease real
property to be used primarily for game production. This license shall be in such form as the Game,
Fish and Parks Commission shall prescribe.
The provision in this section limiting the validity of a special nonresident waterfowl license to
ten consecutive days does not apply in Union, Clay, Bon Homme, Yankton, and Charles Mix
counties; and in such counties, the special nonresident waterfowl license is valid during the same
period as is a resident waterfowl license.
The Except as provided in section 1 of this Act, the Game, Fish and Parks Commission may
issue no more than four thousand special nonresident waterfowl licenses in a calendar year.
Any nonresident applying for a nonresident license specified in this section who was born in
South Dakota and who is a veteran as defined in § 33A-2-1 shall receive one preference point for
each such license for which the person applies. "
Moved by: Qualm
Second by: Bartling
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
MOTION: DO PASS HB 1185 AS AMENDED
Moved by: Qualm
Second by: Cammack
Action: Prevailed by roll call vote. (11-1-1-0)
Voting Yes: Bartling, Cammack, Feickert, Kopp, May, Olson (Betty), Qualm, Schoenfish,
Schrempp, Schaefer, Hoffman
Voting No: Otten (Herman)
Excused: Craig
MOTION: AMEND TITLE OF HB 1185
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On page 1, line 1, of the printed bill, delete "veterans and".
On page 1, line 2, after "privileges," insert "to provide preference for certain nonresident
veterans,".
Moved by: Olson (Betty)
Second by: Schoenfish
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
HB 1083: restrict the term of conservation easements.
Presented by: Representative Betty Olson
Proponents: David Sigdestad, Self
Jerry Mork, Self, Pierpont
Representative Jim Bolin
Jeremiah M Murphy, SD Stockgrowers Association
Opponents: Jeff Vonk, Department of Game, Fish and Parks
George Vandel, Self, Pierre
Tom Barnett, State Bar of SD
Jerry Wilson, Self, Vermillion
Bill Nevin, Department of Transportation
Mark Koch, Self, Campbell County
Bob Paulson, The Nature Conservancy, Rapid City
Brenda Forman, SD Cattlemen's Association
Paul Lepisto, Izaak Walton League (Handout: 4)
South Dakota's Conservation Districts submitted written testimony. (Handout 5)
Pheasants Forever submitted written testimony. (Handout 6)
THE CHAIR DEFERRED HB 1083
MOTION: ADJOURN
Moved by: Feickert
Second by: Otten (Herman)
Action: Prevailed by voice vote.
Joshua Klumb
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Committee Secretary
Charles B. Hoffman, Chair
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