72nd Legislative Session -- 1997

Committee: House Appropriations

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P      Cerny
P      Duxbury
P      Sokolow
P      Derby
P      Jaspers
P      Kredit
P      McNenny
P      Munson (Donald)
P      Richter, Vice-Chair
P      Putnam, Chair


LRC staff present during the meeting included Mark Zickrick, Principal Fiscal Analyst; and Arlene Krueger, Senior Session Secretary. A list of guests attending the meeting and all documents presented are filed with the original minutes.

Chair Putnam called the meeting of the House Committee on Appropriations to order on February 15, 1997, at 8:00 a.m. in Legislative Conference Room #1 of the Capitol Building, Pierre, South Dakota.

          HB 1166:   to create the South Dakota Commission on Higher Pay, to prescribe its duties, and to make an appropriation therefor.

Presented by:      Representative Pat Haley, Prime Sponsor
Proponents:      None
Opponents:      None

MOTION:      DEFER HB 1166

Moved by:      Representative Richter
Second by:      Representative McNenny
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

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          HB 1253:   to establish a visitation enforcement program within the Unified Judicial System, to create a Task Force to provide for its implementation, and to make an appropriation of federal fund authority therefor.

Presented by:      Representative Pat Haley, Prime Sponsor
Proponents:      Terry Walter, Child Support Enforcement administrator, Department of Social Services
          Dan Schenk, Unified Judicial System
Opponents:      None

MOTION:      DO PASS HB 1253

Moved by:      Representative Sokolow
Second by:      Representative Cerny
Action:      Was not acted on.

MOTION:      SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DEFER HB 1253 PENDING TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

Moved by:      Representative Richter
Second by:      Representative Duxbury
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

Representative Duxbury offered for the Committee's review a copy of North Dakota's interim revisions of the biennial budget.

MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 14

Moved by:      Representative Sokolow
Second by:      Representative Kredit
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      ADJOURN

Moved by:      Representative Derby
Second by:      Representative Cerny
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

Arlene G. Krueger

Committee Secretary