75th Legislative Session -- 2000

Committee: House Appropriations

Wednesday, February 9, 2000

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P      Cerny
P      Burg
P      Sutton (Daniel)
P      Derby
P      Clark
P      Pummel
P      Klaudt
P      Wudel
P      Putnam, Vice-Chair
P      Richter, Chair


OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Chair Richter

Mr. Bill Pike, Mr. Dale Bertsch & Mr. Mark Zickrick, LRC, staffed the committee.


          HB 1016:   condition the availability of certain tuition waiver or remission programs if no special funding is provided.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1016

Moved by:      Representative Derby
Second by:      Representative Pummel
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1047:   appropriate money for the USS South Dakota Battleship Memorial.



MOTION:      DO PASS HB 1047

Moved by:      Representative Wudel
Second by:      Representative Cerny
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1050:   establish an incentive program for voluntary school reform and to provide an appropriation therefor.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1050

Moved by:      Representative Putnam
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1079:   appropriate money for grants to school districts to implement programs designed to improve student achievement.



MOTION:      AMEND HB 1079

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     On page 1 , line 4 of the printed bill , delete " eight hundred " and insert " five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) " .

     On page 1 , line 5 , delete " thousand dollars ($800,000) " .


Moved by:      Representative Putnam
Second by:      Representative Wudel
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      DO PASS HB 1079 AS AMENDED

Moved by:      Representative Klaudt
Second by:      Representative Clark
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1083:   appropriate money for leveraging educational assistance partnership program grants.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1083

Moved by:      Representative Putnam
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (6-4-0-0)

Voting yes:      Derby, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

Voting no:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Clark

          HB 1084:   authorize the construction of a state veterans' cemetery and to make an appropriation therefor.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1084

Moved by:      Representative Klaudt
Second by:      Representative Pummel
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (8-2-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

Voting no:      Burg, Sutton (Daniel)

          HB 1148:   appropriate money to expand the intensive juvenile probation program of the Unified Judicial System.



MOTION:      DO PASS HB 1148

Moved by:      Representative Pummel
Second by:      Representative Wudel
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1183:   create or maintain juvenile mentor programs and Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs and to make an appropriation therefor.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1183

Moved by:      Representative Wudel
Second by:      Representative Pummel
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (7-3-0-0)

Voting yes:      Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

Voting no:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel)

          HB 1234:   increase the rates paid to elderly nutrition sites by the rate of inflation.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1234

Moved by:      Representative Klaudt
Second by:      Representative Putnam
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1244:   appropriate money for the children of alumni scholarships program.

Presented by:      Representative Clark
Opponents:      Dr. Todd Perry, Executive Director, Board of Regents

MOTION:      DO PASS HB 1244

Moved by:      Representative Clark
Second by:      Representative Pummel
Action:      Was not acted on.

MOTION:      SUBSTITUTE MOTION DEFER HB 1244 UNTIL THE 36TH LEGISLATIVE DAY

Moved by:      Representative Putnam
Second by:      Representative Cerny
Action:      Failed by roll call vote.   (4-6-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

Voting no:      Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt

MOTION:      SUBSTITUTE MOTION WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION

Moved by:      Representative Pummel
Second by:      Representative Wudel
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (8-2-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Pummel, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

Voting no:      Clark, Klaudt

          HB 1259:   appropriate funds for the operation and staffing of the Division of Antitrust Enforcement within the Office of the Attorney General.

HB 1259 was deferred with a pending amendment.


MOTION:      SUBSTITUTE MOTION AMEND HB 1259

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     On page 1 , delete lines 4 to 7 of the printed bill , inclusive , and insert:

"      Section  1.  Three million dollars ($3,000,000) of general funds, or the existing portion thereof, of personal services budgeted in Chapter 19 of the 1999 South Dakota Session Laws, not expended by June 30, 2000, shall be transferred and is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Attorney General for the staffing and operations of the Division of Antitrust Enforcement through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000. The division is authorized ten full time equivalent positions. "



Moved by:      Representative Sutton (Daniel)
Second by:      Representative Burg
Action:      Withdrawn.

MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1259

Moved by:      Representative Sutton (Daniel)
Second by:      Representative Putnam
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

          HB 1307:   appropriate funds for the provision of internet access wiring to assisted living centers in South Dakota.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1307

Moved by:      Representative Clark
Second by:      Representative Wudel
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (9-1-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

Voting no:      Sutton (Daniel)

Representative Putnam now chairing.

          HB 1310:   appropriate money to operate an education voucher system.

Presented by:      Representative Richter (Document #1)
Proponents:      Elaine Roberts, SDEA
          Kristie Johnson, School Administrators Assn.
          Dianna Miller EST+5

MOTION:      AMEND HB 1310

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     On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"      Section  2.  Effective July 1, 2001 each school district shall adopt a teacher salary schedule that provides that the base salary for a first year teacher with a Bachelor's degree is twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars ($23,200) and that the base salary for a first year teacher with a Master's degree is twenty-six thousand four hundred dollars ($26,400). The salary schedule shall also provide for steps for years of experience and other intermediate steps for education between the Bachelor's degree and Master's degree.
     Section  3.  The Department of Education and Cultural Affairs shall pay each school district an amount of money equal to the increase in the school district's budget mandated by this Act less the amount of money by which the school district's most recent fiscal year ending general fund balance exceeds twenty percent of the school district's most recent fiscal year general fund expenditures.
     Section  4.  The obligation created by this Act shall be paid out of appropriations by the Legislature for the purpose of increasing teacher's salaries.


     Section  5.  The Department of Education and Cultural Affairs may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to determine the increase in school district budgets mandated by this Act and to provide for payments to school districts as provided in this Act. "


Moved by:      Representative Richter
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      DO PASS HB 1310 AS AMENDED

Moved by:      Representative Clark
Second by:      Representative Derby
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

MOTION:      TO AMEND TITLE OF HB 1310

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     On page 1 , line 1 of the printed bill , delete everything after " to " and insert " provide for a minimum teacher salary schedule. " .

     On page 2 , delete line 2 .


Moved by:      Representative Wudel
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

Representative Richter now chairing.

          HB 1125:   appropriate money for certain programs at the School for the Deaf.



MOTION:      AMEND HB 1125

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     On page 1 , between lines 7 and 8 of the printed bill , insert:

"      Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of one hundred eighty- five thousand dollars ($185,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Regents to support summer school programs at the School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired.

     Section 3. To carry out the purposes of this Act, the FTE staffing level authorized for the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired is increased by 3.5 FTE positions and staffing level authorized for the School for the Deaf is increased by 2 FTE positions. "



Moved by:      Representative Klaudt
Second by:      Representative Clark
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1125

Moved by:      Representative Putnam
Second by:      Representative Derby
Action:      Failed by roll call vote.   (5-5-0-0)

Voting yes:      Derby, Clark, Pummel, Wudel, Putnam

Voting no:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Klaudt, Richter

MOTION:      WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION

Moved by:      Representative Putnam
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (9-1-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam

Voting no:      Richter

          HB 1291:   transfer funds from the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund to the Department of Education for certain technology enhancement programs and to make an appropriation therefor.



MOTION:      TO TABLE HB 1291

Moved by:      Representative Cerny
Second by:      Representative Burg
Action:      Prevailed by roll call vote.   (10-0-0-0)

Voting yes:      Cerny, Burg, Sutton (Daniel), Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter

MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF February 1, 2000

Moved by:      Representative Derby
Second by:      Representative Clark
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF February 3, 2000

Moved by:      Representative Richter
Second by:      Representative Wudel
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF February 4, 2000

Moved by:      Representative Clark
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF February 7, 2000

Moved by:      Representative Burg
Second by:      Representative Wudel
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:      ADJOURN

Moved by:      Representative Wudel
Second by:      Representative Klaudt
Action:      Prevailed by voice vote.



Jeanette Black

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Committee Secretary
Mitch Richter, Chair


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