The Committee on Legislative Procedure respectfully reports that the Secretary of the
Senate has had under consideration the Senate Journal of the first day.
All errors, typographical or otherwise, are duly marked in the temporary journal for
correction.
And we hereby move the adoption of the report.
1B-2. Compliance with Specified Requirements. Each legislator will comply with all
Constitutional and statutory requirements regarding conflicts of interest. Legislators will timely
file all required disclosure statements including Statements of Organization, Campaign Finance
Reports and Statements of Financial Interest. Legislators must also avoid any conflict of
interest or the appearance of having any conflict of interest which would interfere with their
duties and responsibilities as legislators, interfere with the exercise of their best judgment in
support of the State of South Dakota or create an improper personal benefit.
1B-3. Professional Conduct and Civility. The South Dakota Legislature will strengthen and
sustain an atmosphere of professional conduct and civility among its members and with all staff
and will not tolerate harassment or offensive behavior based on race, color, religion, national
origin, gender, age, or disability. Legislators must refrain from any and all such harassment or
offensive conduct. This prohibition against harassment also encompasses sexual harassment
including unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, non-verbal,
or physical conduct of a sexually harassing nature, when: (1) submission to the harassment is
made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment or other employment
determinations, or (2) the harassment has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with
an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working
environment.
1B-4. Action in event of violation. Failure to observe the highest standards of public conduct will subject a legislator to appropriate action, pursuant to the rules of the Chamber and Mason's
Manual of Legislative Procedure.
6C-1.1. Request for fiscal note by any member. A fiscal note may be requested by any
member if supported by one-fifth of the members of the house in which the bill or resolution
is to be considered, at the time of the second reading, if the bill or resolution has an effect on
the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state. However, the request shall not extend
final consideration of the bill over two days beyond the last day for passage from the house of
origin.
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed for the purpose of fixing the compensation of the
elective and appointive officers and employees of the House and Senate for the Eighty-third
Legislative Session, pursuant to SDCL 2-5-8, respectfully reports that a salary schedule for the
elective and appointive officers and employees has been developed and filed with the Director
of the Legislative Research Council and the State Auditor.
In regard to the system for payment of travel expenses to legislators we respectfully report
that:
(1) A form listing each weekend during session will be delivered to legislators. Legislators
will be asked to list their travel on that single sheet which would be signed and turned in
at the close of session. Also, pursuant to statute, a voucher must also be signed by each
legislator requesting travel reimbursement.
(2) Legislators driving their own car home for a weekend will receive mileage paid at state
rates (37 cents per mile). Legislators not driving home will not be entitled to
reimbursement unless they leased a vehicle or somehow incurred an expense, equivalent
to 37 cents per mile, in such travel.
(3) Legislators flying commercially will receive the equivalent of flight expenses as long
as it does not exceed 37 cents per mile.
(4) Legislators flying charter or in their own plane will be reimbursed for actual expenses
as long as it does not exceed 37 cents per mile.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Your Joint-Select Committee appointed relative to securing chaplains for the Eighty-third
Legislative Session respectfully reports:
We have conferred with the Pierre Ministerial Association and have arranged for ministers
to participate on a part-time basis under the direction of Pastor Daniel Varns, New Life
Assembly of God, as chief chaplain, to serve the Senate and House as chaplains throughout the
Eighty-third session of the Legislature. The chaplains are as follows:
Jack Benjamin, Paul Bly, Theodora Boolin, Michele Bradley, Larry Cass, Brian
Christensen, Andrea DeGroot-Nesdal, John Fette, Harvey Friez, Howard Grinager, Jenny
Hallenbeck, Diane Jackson, Bob Lacey, Dodie Noordermeer, John Rhoad, Shirley Sandberg,
John Tarrant, Brad Urbach, and Levi Willms.
Respectfully submitted, Respectfully submitted,
Roger Hunt Tom Hansen
Donald Van Etten Orville Smidt
Mary Glenski Julie Bartling
House Committee Senate Committee
The Legislature order 250 copies of the Senate and House bills and resolutions (each); and
210 copies of the Senate and House daily journals (each) for the Eighty-third Legislative
Session.
The free distribution of sets of bills, resolutions, and daily journals shall be as follows:
State's Attorneys and County Auditors shall receive free copies of bills and journals if they
pay mailing charges at a rate of $50 per set (bills or journals) for first-class mailing.
Distribution of bills and journals to state officials, boards, commissions, and institutions
will be made upon request in writing to the Legislative Documents Room at a charge of $55 per
set of bills and $70 per set of journals plus mailing charges, if applicable.
One copy of the official directory (red book) shall be distributed to each Senator and
Representative, thirteen copies to the State Library, three copies to the Secretary of State and
a copy shall also be made available to state departments and the press upon request to the
Director of the Legislative Research Council. The public may obtain a copy for a fee of $6
payable to the Legislative Documents Room.
One free copy of the South Dakota Legislative Index shall be distributed to the Governor,
the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General and the Supreme Court; thirteen free copies to
the State Library Depository; and one free copy to Senators and Representatives. Upon written
request to the Legislative Documents Room before January 31, 2008, all other state and private
entities may purchase the South Dakota Legislative Index at a cost of $25 per copy.
The Chief Mailing Clerk shall upon written request furnish any individual, firm,
corporation, association, or other organization with a set of House and Senate bills for $55 per
set and a set of journals for $70 per set for the Eighty-third Legislative Session, plus mailing
charges, if applicable.
Legislators may have two copies of all bills and resolutions and two copies of the daily
journals distributed or mailed to constituents within the legislator's own district if constituents
or legislators pay mailing charges of $50 per set for first-class mailing.
Registered lobbyists shall be entitled to one copy of the official directory upon payment
of the $35 registration fee to the Secretary of State; and upon payment of an additional $55 per
set of bills and $70 per set of journals plus mailing charges, if applicable, to the Legislative
Documents Room, shall be entitled to one copy of all bills and resolutions or journals pursuant
to SDCL 2-12-3.
Bill status reports will be printed and sold to state agencies at cost and to registered
lobbyists for $200 payable to the Legislative Documents Room which receipted funds shall be
used to pay the printing costs. If bill status is mailed, the cost is $125 for first-class postage.
Governor; Speaker of the House; Speaker Pro tempore of the House; House Majority
Leader; House Minority Leader; House Lobby; Chief Clerk of the House; Lieutenant Governor;
President Pro tempore of the Senate; Senate Majority Leader; Senate Minority Leader; Senate
Lobby; Secretary of the Senate; Page Advisor; Attorney General; Bureau of Finance and
Management; Secretary of State; Treasurer's Office; Auditor's Office; Office of School and
Public Lands; and Legislative Research Council.
The Chief Mailing Clerk shall at the end of the session file a report with the Director of
the Legislative Research Council of all money paid for the purchase of bills and journals and
show proof of having deposited such money with the State Treasurer. Such funds shall be used
to offset the costs of postage and printing of bills and journals.
A short program will follow the introduction of the Memorial Resolution. At the
conclusion of the Memorial Service, the Joint Session will be dissolved.
The Memorial Resolution shall be printed in the House and Senate Journals.
That the President of the Senate preside over the Joint Session and that the Secretary of the
Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives act as clerks of the Joint Session.
That the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Governor and elective and appointed officials
of the state government be invited to attend the Joint Session.
That when the message of the Chief Justice has been received, the Joint Session be
dissolved.
That the message of the Chief Justice be printed in the Senate Journal.
Your Select Committee appointed on Senate rules respectfully reports that it has had under
consideration the Senate rules and recommends that the Senate rules of the Eighty-second
Legislative Session be adopted as the Senate rules of the Eighty-third Legislative Session with
the following changes:
S8-1. Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion. Any two senators may by written motion first delivered to the President Pro Tempore move for the establishment of a Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion to investigate the conduct of any other senator. Upon being seconded, the motion is debatable, and passage of the motion requires a majority vote of the members elect. The Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion shall be composed of nine members of the Senate. The chair and vice chair of the select committee shall be chosen by the President Pro Tempore and may not both be members of the same political party. The other seven members of the select committee shall be chosen by the President Pro Tempore in consultation with the majority leader and the minority leader. No more than five members may
be of the same political party.
MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
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Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
Van Etten, and Glenski as a committee of three on the part of the House to meet with a like
committee on the part of the Senate relative to securing chaplains for the Eighty-third
Legislative Session.
Also MR. PRESIDENT:
The following prayer was delivered by Pastor Paul Bly, Resurrection Lutheran Church,
Pierre, South Dakota:
Almighty God, in thankfulness and humility we call upon You, oh Lord. We give You thanks for the opportunity and privilege to serve the people of the State of South Dakota. Bless the elected leaders here today that they may do their work in a spirit of wisdom, kindness, and
justice. Help us all, oh Lord, in the midst of serious budget constraints and tough decisions, that
we do not lose sight of Your bountiful goodness.
Lord, we ask also that You may be ever present to the employees of this state that they may
find in their work: respect, fulfillment, and a sense of true teamwork.
Bless and keep all of our families wherever they may be. We pray in the name of God, I
pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
The Secretary of the Senate, Trudy Evenstad, called the roll of the Senate and the
following members were present:
Abdallah; Albers; Apa; Bartling; Dempster; Duenwald; Gant; Garnos; Gray; Greenfield;
Hansen, Tom; Hanson, Gary; Hauge; Heidepriem; Hoerth; Hundstad; Hunhoff; Jerstad; Katus;
Kloucek; Knudson; Koetzle; Lintz; Maher; McCracken; McNenny; Napoli; Nesselhuf; Olson,
Ed; Peterson, Jim; Schmidt, Dennis; Smidt, Orville; Sutton; Turbak Berry.
The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, Karen Gerdes, called the roll of the
House and the following members were present:
Ahlers; Boomgarden; Bradford; Brunner; Buckingham; Burg; Carson; Cutler; Davis; Dennert;
DeVries; Dreyer; Dykstra; Elliott; Engels; Faehn; Feinstein; Gassman; Gillespie; Gilson;
Glenski; Gosch; Hackl; Halverson; Hargens; Haverly; Heineman; Hills; Howie; Hunt; Jerke;
Juhnke; Kirkeby; Koistinen; Krebs; Lucas; Lust; McLaughlin; Miles; Moore; Nelson; Noem;
Novstrup, Al; Novstrup, David; Nygaard; Olson, Betty; Olson, Russell; Olson, Ryan; Pederson,
Gordon; Peters; Pitts; Putnam; Rausch; Rave; Rhoden; Rounds; Sigdestad; Steele; Street;
Thompson; Tidemann; Turbiville; Van Etten; Van Norman; Vanneman; Vehle; Weems; Wick;
Willadsen; Speaker Deadrick.
Sen. Knudson moved that a committee of three on the part of the Senate and a committee
of four on the part of the House be appointed to escort the Honorable David Gilbertson, Chief
Justice of the state of South Dakota, to the rostrum.
Which motion prevailed and the President appointed as such committee Sens. Knudson,
Dempster, and Heidepriem on the part of the Senate and Reps. Rhoden, Dykstra, Hargens, and
Gillespie on the part of the House.
The Sergeant at Arms announced the arrival of Chief Justice David Gilbertson, who was
escorted to the rostrum.
The Lieutenant Governor, Dennis Daugaard, introduced the Honorable David Gilbertson,
who delivered the State of the Judiciary Address.
Sen. Knudson moved that the Joint Session do now dissolve.
Which motion prevailed.