Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Appropriations
Room:     LCR2
Date:     Thursday, February 5, 2009
Time:     8:00 AM



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         SB 72      make an appropriation to initiate a master of social work degree program in higher education.
             Senators Gray, Haverly, Hunhoff (Jean), and Miles and Representatives Rave, Blake, Hunhoff (Bernie), and Tidemann

         SB 164      revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 to fund the South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship.
             The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Office of the Governor

         SB 49      make an appropriation to fund sales tax on food refunds and to declare an emergency.
             The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Bureau of Finance and Management

         SB 32      increase certain fees related to the use of motor vehicles.
             The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Department of Public Safety

         SB 36      revise certain drug registration fees and license fees related to health care facilities.
             The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Department of Health

         SB 137      require the sale of aircraft under the control of the Department of Transportation and to declare an emergency.
             Senators Heidepriem, Abdallah, Ahlers, Bartling, Gillespie, Hanson (Gary), Hundstad, Jerstad, Kloucek, Maher, Merchant, Miles, Nesselhuf, Peterson, and Turbak Berry and Representatives Hunhoff (Bernie), Blake, Burg, Dennert, Elliott, Engels, Fargen, Feickert, Feinstein, Frerichs, Gibson, Iron Cloud III, Killer, Kirschman, Lange, Lucas, Nygaard, Schrempp, Solberg, Sorenson, Street, Thompson, and Vanderlinde

         SB 114      provide for a study of the feasibility of establishing an equine processing facility and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Kloucek and Howie and Representatives Lange, Feickert, Frerichs, Greenfield, Jensen, Killer, Lucas, Nygaard, Rave, Schrempp, Sorenson, and Street

         SB 74 *     direct the Office of the Attorney General to study the creation of a state medical examiner system, to provide an appropriation therefor and to declare an emergency.
             Senators Abdallah, Bartling, Bradford, Dempster, Gant, Gillespie, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Heidepriem, Maher, and Rhoden and Representatives Rave, Blake, Cutler, Feickert, Juhnke, Kirkeby, Lederman, Solberg, Steele, Thompson, and Vanderlinde

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         JEAN M. HUNHOFF, Chair