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
Chair Putnam called the meeting of the House Committee on Appropriations to order on February
27, 1997, at 9:32 a.m. in Legislative Conference Room #2 of the Capitol Building, Pierre, South
Dakota. LRC staff present during the meeting included Dale Bertsch, Chief Analyst for Fiscal
Research and Budget Analysis; 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.
MOTION:
TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 25
Moved by:
Representative Sokolow
Second by:
Representative Cerny
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
The Chair announced that SB 109 would be moved to the top of the calendar, to be followed by SB
254.
SB 109:
to appropriate money for rural school and community renewal.
Presented by:
Representative Roger Lee
Mike Johnson, South Dakota State University, Director, Program for Rural School
and Community Renewal
Jim Lentz, Program for Rural School and Community Renewal
Emily Gassman, Program for Rural School and Community Renewal
Randy Parry, Program for Rural School and Community Renewal ( Document AE)
Proponents:
Elaine Roberts, President, South Dakota Education Association
Senator Randy Frederick
Opponents:
Commissioner Curt Everson, Bureau of Finance and Management
MOTION:
DEFER SB 109
Moved by:
Representative Richter
Second by:
Representative McNenny
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 254:
to appropriate money for memorial education cost equalization grants and
to declare an emergency.
Presented by:
Representative Dick Hagen
Proponents:
Ken Meyer, representing the South Dakota Peace and Justice Center
Representative Bob Duxbury
Opponents:
Curt Everson, Bureau of Finance and Management
Comments by:
Mark Zickrick, Legislative Research Council
MOTION:
AMEND SB 254 AS FOLLOWS:
To change the number of colleges from five to four, to provide for payment to be made directly to
colleges, and to expend all previously appropriated funds.
Moved by:
Representative Richter (
Document AF)
Second by:
Representative McNenny
Representative Duxbury raised a point of order. Chair Putnam advised that the deadline to pass a
bill out of committee in amended form is Friday, February 28.
Representative Richter withdrew the motion to amend pending form and style corrections by LRC
staff. Representative McNenny withdrew his second.
MOTION:
DEFER SB 254
Moved by:
Representative Sokolow
Second by:
Representative Jaspers
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
SB 10:
to authorize the Board of Regents to enter into cooperative purchasing
agreements with the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education.
Presented by:
Senator Gerald Lange
Tad Perry, Executive Director, Board of Regents
Proponents:
Van Moser, Purchasing Director, Board of Regents
Jim Shekleton, General Counsel, Board of Regents
Opponents:
Paul Kinsman, Bureau of Administration, does not support the bill or the
amendment
MOTION:
DEFER SB 10
Moved by:
Representative Duxbury
Second by:
Representative Kredit
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote. Representative Derby dissented.
Chair Putnam asked whether anyone was present from out of town who wished to testify on SB 72
or SB 108. There being no response, the Chair announced that the hearings on SB 72 and SB 108
will be deferred until Friday, February 28.
SB 70:
to make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the
state and to declare an emergency.
MOTION:
DO PASS SB 70
Moved by:
Representative Kredit
Second by:
Representative Cerny
Action:
Prevailed by roll call vote.
(9-0-1-0)
Voting yes:
Cerny, Duxbury, Sokolow, Derby, Jaspers, Kredit, McNenny, Munson (Donald),
Putnam
Excused:
Richter
MOTION:
ADJOURN
Moved by:
Representative Duxbury
Second by:
Representative Munson (Donald)
Action:
Prevailed by voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned by Chair Putnam at 12:12 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Arlene G. Krueger
_________________________________
Committee Secretary
J.E. “Jim” Putnam, Chair
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