SOUTH DAKOTA   SENATE
SEVENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Harold W. Halverson
President Pro tempore  
Carole Hillard
PRESIDENT  

Patricia Adam
Secretary  
Calendar
Friday, February 18, 2000
29th Legislative Day
SENATE   CONVENES AT   1:00 P.M.



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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
* Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill

SB 0012*      (concurrence in House amendments, HJ 697) provide for a conservation easement for certain state lands.
SB 0205*      (concurrence in House amendments, HJ 701) provide management authority to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks over certain property being acquired from the United States.
SCR 0008      (SJ 28th LD) Requesting that railroad cars operating in the state be reflectorized.
HCR 1009      (deferred from 28th LD) Urging the extension of South Dakota's pheasant hunting season through December thirty-first.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Amended SJ 28th LD: HB 1058
WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION: HB 1053

CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
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HB 1139*      revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.
HB 1247*      revise certain provisions pertaining to ambulance districts.
HCR 1006      Requesting the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 83 as Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway.
HCR 1012      Urging support for America's sheep industry.
HCR 1013      Seeking increased federal funding for the state animal damage control program.

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SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
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HB 1133*      (removed from consent calendar) provide insurance coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used for the treatment of cancer or life threatening conditions.
HB 1073*      (deferred from 28th LD) permit assessments based on benefits.
HB 1174      (deferred from 28th LD) revise the provisions on the liability of adjoining property owners for failure to repair or maintain sidewalks.
HB 1179      (deferred from 28th LD) revise the rate of interest on property tax certificates and delinquent taxes.
HB 1197*      (deferred from 28th LD) prohibit capital punishment of juvenile offenders.
          exempt mentally retarded persons from the death penalty and to provide for a determination of mental retardation in such cases.
HB 1200*    (deferred from 28th LD) require criminal background checks of school employees         and to prohibit employment of certain persons in schools.
HB 1213*      (deferred from 28th LD) provide for an appeal of valuation decisions of the secretary of revenue and for the recovery of certain expenses.
HB 1222      (deferred from 28th LD) revise the motor fuel tax distribution to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
HB 1261*      (deferred from 28th LD) permit schools to display the Ten Commandments.
HB 1282*      (deferred from 28th LD) prohibit physician assistants from performing or assisting at certain medical tasks for the purpose of performing or inducing abortions.
          prohibit persons other than physicians from performing or assisting at certain medical tasks for the purpose of performing or inducing abortions.
HB 1308      (deferred from 28th LD) prohibit the possession of certain forms of computer- related child pornography.
HB 1184*      provide immunity to members of county boards of mental illness and county review boards.
HB 1239*      limit the use of mechanical restraints in juvenile correctional facilities.
HB 1272*      provide for periodic judicial review of status of children in custody of the Department of Corrections.


LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATIONS

HC 1020      ( HJ 714) Commending and honoring Dr. Curt Voight, Rapid City, as the 1999- 2000 President of the National Association of Secondary School Principals.



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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES APPOINTED THAT HAVE NOT REPORTED
* Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill

SB 0071*      remove certain restrictions relating to the use of school buses.

Senate Committee: Brosz, Halverson, Kloucek
House Committee: Konold, Fiegen, Wilson

HB 1096*      assign liability for certain attempts to prevent or delay the control or eradication of weeds or the mountain pine beetle.

House Committee: Wetz, Brooks, Lucas
Senate Committee: Madden, Whiting, Dennert

HB 1122*      require a removal agency to notify a county sheriff or chief of police after removing certain motor vehicles.

House Committee: McNenny, Hennies, Lucas
Senate Committee: Albers, Bogue, Olson


HISTORIC CAPITOL NOTE
The original roof of the capitol was covered with copper that was hard to repair and maintain. In 1929, $5,000 was spent to remove the copper sheathing and replace it with a bonded composition. The salvaged copper netted $1,700. Pierre Since 1910, Harold H. Schuler