73rd Legislative Session -- 1998

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Tuesday, February 10, 1998

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P      Brosz
P      Brown (Arnold)
P      Ham
P      Hunhoff
P      Kloucek
P      Reedy
P      Vitter
P      Aker, Vice-Chair
P      Dunn (Jim), Chair


OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Dunn


MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF 2/6/98

Moved by:      Senator Aker
Second by:      Senator Ham
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

          SB 219:   to revise certain provisions relating to vested water rights claims.

Proponents:      Roger Tellinghuisen, Homestake Mine
          Yvonne Vik, SD Municipal Utilities
Opponents:      William Taylor, Sioux Falls
          Dick Fort, Action for the Environment
Presented by:      Larry Mann, Homestake Mine (Document A)

MOTION:      AMEND SB 219

t-219

     On page 2 , line 7 of the printed bill , delete " the " and insert " any " .

     On page 2 , line 10 , after " right. " insert " The amount of water ordinarily used includes the amount necessary to satisfy the beneficial water uses of the appropriator under various climatic and peak demand conditions. " .

     On page 2 , line 12 , after " claims " insert " . The board may also consider the capacity of diversion works if conducting a hearing to review the amount of water ordinarily and beneficially used by an existing vested water right validated pursuant to title 46 " .

     On page 2 , after line 12 , insert:

"      Section 3. That § 46-6-2 be amended to read as follows:

     46-6-2.   Any person claiming to be the owner of a vested right to appropriate water from any underground source for beneficial use other than for domestic use as defined by subdivision 46-1-6 (7) may file a vested right claim with the chief engineer in a form and manner prescribed by the Board of Water Management. The claim shall set forth the amount of water used, when the water was used, purpose of use, the location of the well and, if the water has been used for irrigation purposes, the legal description of the land upon which the water has been used and the name of the owner of the land. The claim shall be signed under oath, and shall be either from the claimant's own personal knowledge or on information and belief. The hearing on the vested right claim shall be conducted pursuant to the procedures contained in chapter 46-2A. If, in the course of an investigation conducted by the chief engineer pursuant to §   46-2-17 (1), a person asserts the existence of a vested water right, the chief engineer may require that person to file a vested right claim within ninety days pursuant to this section. Failure to file in the absence of such a requirement by the chief engineer does not constitute a waiver of a vested water right . The capacity of any diversion works of a vested right, which have either been in continuous operation from the date of the vesting of the right or constructed within a reasonable time thereafter, shall be considered by the board as evidence of the amount of water ordinarily and beneficially used and needed under the vested right. The amount of water ordinarily used includes the amount necessary to satisfy the beneficial water uses of the appropriator under various climatic and peak demand conditions. The capacity of diversion works may be considered for vested water claims commenced, but not finally determined, before January 1, 1998, and any future claims. The board may also consider the capacity of diversion works if conducting a hearing to review the amount of water ordinarily and beneficially used by an existing vested water right validated pursuant to title 46 . "



Moved by:      Senator Aker
Second by:      Senator Vitter
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      DO PASS SB 219 AS AMENDED

Moved by:      Senator Aker
Second by:      Senator Brown (Arnold)
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (6-3-0-0)

Voting yes:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Vitter, Aker, Dunn (Jim)

Voting no:      Hunhoff, Kloucek, Reedy

MOTION:      SUBSTITUTE MOTION DEFER SB 219 UNTIL THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY

Moved by:      Senator Reedy
Second by:      Senator Brown (Arnold)
Action:      Failed by roll call vote.   (3-6-0-0)

Voting yes:      Hunhoff, Kloucek, Reedy

Voting no:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Vitter, Aker, Dunn (Jim)

          SB 199:   to authorize the establishment of a moratorium on certain hog farming operations in response to environmental threats.

Proponents:      Luanne Napton, SD Resource Coalition
          Curt Pochardt, Sierra Club
Opponents:      Ed Van Gerpen, Avon
     Darrell Creau, SD Department of Agriculture
          Lester Moeller, St. Lawrence
Presented by:      Senator Hunhoff

MOTION:      AMEND SB 199

r-199

     On page 2 , line 4 of the printed bill , delete " or until the next Legislative " and insert " . " .

     On page 2 , delete lines 5 to 7 , inclusive .


Moved by:      Senator Kloucek
Second by:      Senator Hunhoff
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      AMEND SB 199

t-199

     On page 1 , line 8 of the printed bill , delete " swine " and insert " livestock " .


Moved by:      Senator Reedy
Second by:      Senator Hunhoff
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      AMEND SB 199

t-199a

     On page 1 , line 8 of the printed bill , delete " on a contract basis " .


Moved by:      Senator Hunhoff
Second by:      Senator Kloucek
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      DEFER SB 199 UNTIL THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY

Moved by:      Senator Ham
Second by:      Senator Vitter
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (6-3-0-0)

Voting yes:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Vitter, Aker, Dunn (Jim)

Voting no:      Hunhoff, Kloucek, Reedy

MOTION:      CALL THE QUESTION

Moved by:      Senator Brown (Arnold)
Second by:      Senator Vitter
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

          SB 201:   to revise certain provisions regarding financial assurances for mining reclamation.

Proponents:      Dick Ford, Action for the Environment
          Curt Pochardt, Sierra Club
          Representative Larry Lucas
     Senator Kloucek
Opponents:      Steve Pirner, SD Department of Environmental and Natural Resources
          Dianna Miller, SD Mining Association
Presented by:      Senator Hunhoff

MOTION:      TO TABLE SB 201

Moved by:      Senator Brown (Arnold)
Second by:      Senator Aker
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (6-3-0-0)

Voting yes:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Vitter, Aker, Dunn (Jim)

Voting no:      Hunhoff, Kloucek, Reedy

          SB 205:   to provide for certain limited term nonresident waterfowl licenses.

Proponents:      Kathy Zimmer, Great Lakes of SD
          Steve Nelson, Migratory Bird Assn of SD
Presented by:      Senator Hainje

MOTION:      DEFER SB 205 UNTIL THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY

Moved by:      Senator Vitter
Second by:      Senator Ham
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (9-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Hunhoff, Kloucek, Reedy, Vitter, Aker, Dunn (Jim)

          SB 166:   to place certain restrictions on the ownership of livestock feedlots by certain livestock processors.

Opponents:      Darrell Cruea, SD Department of Agriculture
Presented by:      Senator Hunhoff

MOTION:      AMEND SB 166

t-166b

     On page 1 , line 4 of the printed bill , delete everything after " Section 1. " and insert " No livestock processor or any entity in which a livestock processor has a controlling interest, whether the controlling interest is implied or imputed or in any way may be attributed to a related party, may contract for the care and feeding of livestock or control or operate a feedlot in South Dakota in which livestock are fed for slaughter. " .

     On page 1 , delete lines 5 to 16 , inclusive .

     On page 2 , line 1 , delete everything before " This " .

     On page 2 , line 3 , delete " ten " and insert " one hundred " .

     On page 2 , line 9 , after " property. " insert " This section does not apply to poultry. " .

     On page 2 , line 12 , delete everything after " injunction. " .

     On page 2 , delete lines 13 and 14 .


Moved by:      Senator Aker
Second by:      Senator Brown (Arnold)
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      AMEND SB 166

t-166a

     On page 2 , line 7 of the printed bill , delete everything after " emergency. " and insert " No processor may buy, own, control, or operate a feedlot in violation of this section after July 1, 1998. If a processor owns, controls, or operates a feedlot in violation of this section on or before July 1, 1998, the processor has until July 1, 2000 to dispose of the property. " .

     On page 2 , delete lines 8 and 9 .


Moved by:      Senator Vitter
Second by:      Senator Aker
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      DO PASS SB 166 AS AMENDED

Moved by:      Senator Aker
Second by:      Senator Reedy
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (5-4-0-0)

Voting yes:      Hunhoff, Kloucek, Reedy, Vitter, Aker

Voting no:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Dunn (Jim)

          SB 11:   to make certain large-scale contract livestock feeders liable for environmental damage.

Opponents:      Mike Shaw, Murphy Family Farms
          Lester Moeller, SD Pork Producers (Document A)

MOTION:      DO PASS SB 11

Moved by:      Senator Kloucek
Second by:      None
Action:      Died for a lack of a second

MOTION:      SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TABLE SB 11

Moved by:      Senator Aker
Second by:      Senator Ham
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (6-2-1-0)

Voting yes:      Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Ham, Vitter, Aker, Dunn (Jim)

Voting no:      Kloucek, Reedy

Excused:      Hunhoff

MOTION:      ADJOURN

Moved by:      Senator Kloucek
Second by:      Senator Aker
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.



Carol Enright

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Committee Secretary
Jim B. Dunn, Chair


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