Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate State Affairs
Room:     414
Date:     Friday, February 20, 2009
Time:     10:00 AM



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         SB 41      revise the definition of wind easements.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Department of Tourism and State Development

         SB 169      require the submission of certain materials relating to wind easement agreements to the register of deeds.
             Senators Peterson and Hunhoff (Jean) and Representatives Hunhoff (Bernie) and Van Gerpen

         SB 184      require the terms of wind easements or options to accommodate other easements for essential services.
             Senators Hanson (Gary), Fryslie, Garnos, Maher, Peterson, and Schmidt and Representatives Vanneman, Brunner, Hunhoff (Bernie), Jensen, Juhnke, Lucas, and Turbiville

         SB 141      establish certain requirements regarding the siting of certain wind turbine towers.
             Senators Ahlers, Hanson (Gary), Heidepriem, Kloucek, Maher, Merchant, Novstrup (Al), Peterson, and Vehle and Representatives Lucas, Curd, Cutler, Engels, Rausch, Rave, Rounds, and Sorenson

         SB 170      authorize certain schools to own and operate wind energy conversion systems, to establish a grant program for such purposes, and to make an appropriation therefor.
             Senators Kloucek, Ahlers, Bradford, Garnos, Heidepriem, Maher, Merchant, and Miles and Representatives Frerichs, Blake, Bolin, Dennert, Elliott, Engels, Feickert, Feinstein, Hunhoff (Bernie), Iron Cloud III, Jensen, Killer, Kirkeby, Kirschman, Lange, Lederman, Lucas, Nygaard, Putnam, Schrempp, Sly, Solberg, Street, Thompson, Vanderlinde, and Wismer

         SB 147      provide for public access to public records, to provide certain exemptions, and to provide for judicial remedies for noncompliance.
             Senators Knudson, Adelstein, Dempster, Gant, Gray, Hansen (Tom), Heidepriem, Rhoden, and Turbak Berry and Representatives Faehn, Cutler, Hunhoff (Bernie), Kirschman, Lust, Noem, Rausch, Rave, and Schlekeway

         SB 100      revise the method of taxation of certain tobacco products.
             Senators Knudson, Gray, Heidepriem, Hunhoff (Jean), Maher, and Miles and Representatives Rausch, Cutler, Dennert, Engels, Faehn, Hunhoff (Bernie), Kirkeby, Krebs, Lust, Noem, Putnam, Steele, Tidemann, and Turbiville

         BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

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         THOMAS A. DEMPSTER, Chair