73rd Legislative Session -- 1998

Committee: House State Affairs

Monday, February 2, 1998

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P      Broderick
P      Brown (Richard)
E      Cutler
P      Hagg
P      Hunt
P      Jorgensen
P      Roe
P      Haley
P      Koetzle
P      Lucas
P      Schaunaman
P      Pederson (Gordon), Vice-Chair
P      Gabriel, Chair


OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Larry E. Gabriel.


MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 30, 1998.

Moved by:      Representative Pederson (Gordon)
Second by:      Representative Broderick
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

          HB 1269:   to provide for a method of redemption of landowner's coupons and hunter's coupons for the harvesting of deer by hunters on certain lands, to revise certain Game, Fish and Parks Commission rules relating to trophy buck licenses, and to provide certain penalties.

Presented by:      Representative Kenneth Wetz, prime sponsor

Vice Chair Gordon Pederson assumed the chair.


          HB 1287:   to permit certain landowners to sponsor individual hunters in the deer license drawing and to prescribe certain conditions for such licenses.

Presented by:      Representative Larry Gabriel, prime sponsor

Chairman Larry E. Gabriel assumed the chair.

          HB 1013:   to provide for the issuance of a landowner license to hunt certain big game animals.

Presented by:      Representative Kenneth Wetz, prime sponsor

          HB 1219:   to revise procedures for the issuance of deer hunting licenses.

Presented by:      Representative John Koskan, prime sponsor

          HCR 1001:   Expressing legislative intent with reference to a pilot program for West River deer license allocation and hunter access.

Presented by:      Representative Dean Schrempp, prime sponsor

          HB 1089:   to revise certain provisions regarding the killing or taking of elk and turkey which are damaging property.

Presented by:      Representative Gordon Pederson, prime sponsor

          HB 1184:   to require the Department of Games, Fish and Parks to request approval of the county commissioners before any taxable real property is purchased or accepted as a gift or donation.

Presented by:      Representative Jay Duenwald, prime sponsor

Common testimony was taken on all the bills. The following persons gave testimony on one or several bills:
    Dale McDonnell, Bennett County Commissioner, self, Martin (handout 1)
    Myron Williams, President, SD Landowners Association, Wall
    Tim Juhnke, SD Landowners Association, self, Martin
    Char Price, landowner, self, Philip
    Brooke Hershey, lobbyist, SD Landowners Association, New Underwood
    Gene Lakner, self, Wall
    Don Hausle, self, Rapid City
    Dave Richards, self, Sturgis (handouts 2 & 3)
    Ray Hanzlik, self, Mud Butte
    Scott Jones, SD Stockgrowers, self, Midland
    Grant Simons, lobbyist, SD Landowners Association, White Owl
    Chuck Clayton, SD Wildlife Federation, Huron
    Skee Rasmussen, SD Stockgrowers Association, self, Belvidere (handout 4)

The meeting was recessed and will be reconvened at 7:00 PM today.


Clara Shelbourn

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Committee Secretary
Larry E. Gabriel, Chair


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