Committee: House Appropriations
Mr. Bill Pike and Mr. Dale Bertsch, LRC, staffed the meeting.
SB 18:
revise the eligibility requirements under which certain members of the
South Dakota Retirement System can retire without a reduction in benefits.
MOTION:
TO TABLE SB 18
Moved by:
Representative Klaudt
Second by:
Representative Clark
Action:
Prevailed by roll call vote.
(7-2-1-0)
Voting yes:
Derby, Clark, Pummel, Klaudt, Wudel, Putnam, Richter
Voting no:
Cerny, Burg
Excused:
Sutton (Daniel)
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Section 6. There is hereby appropriated from the South Dakota water and environment fund
established pursuant to
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46A-1-60, the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or so much thereof
as may be necessary, to the South Dakota Conservancy District for the purpose of providing a loan
to local project sponsors to be used to implement the Lake Andes Wagner Irrigation Project
authorized in
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46A-1-13.6. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established
by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.
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Section 3. The tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund is established in the state treasury.
Interest earned on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any money from gifts, grants, or
other funds may be deposited in the fund. The principal and interest may be appropriated from the
fund. The fund shall be invested according to
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4-5-23 and 4-5-26.
Section 4. Interest earned on money received from the Master Settlement Agreement signed
November 23, 1998, by the attorneys general of several states and by various tobacco companies
shall be deposited in the tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund. This section is repealed when
three million dollars of interest earnings has been deposited in the tobacco prevention and reduction
trust fund or on July 1, 2001.
Section 5. Money in the tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund shall be used for tobacco
use prevention and cessation programs and grants as follows:
Section 7. The Tobacco Prevention and Reduction Trust Fund Advisory Board, in collaboration
with the Department of Human Services, shall develop and approve a state-wide strategic plan to
prevent and reduce tobacco use. The plan shall set forth short term and long term goals, adequate
benchmarks and standards by which measures of program success under section 5 of this Act may
be appropriately evaluated. The board shall be responsible for establishing program priorities,
criteria for awarding grants, and assessing overall program performance.
Section 8. The Tobacco Prevention and Reduction Trust Fund Advisory Board shall submit an
annual report to the Governor and the Legislature. The annual report shall detail the progress toward
meeting program goals and objectives, including reporting on changes in tobacco consumption,
tobacco use rates and attitudes towards tobacco, especially among children and other high risk
populations.
Section 9. There is hereby appropriated from the tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund the
sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the
Department of Human Services to implement a comprehensive tobacco prevention and cessation
program.
Section 10. The secretary of the Department of Human Services shall approve vouchers and the
state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by section 9 of this Act.
Section 11. Any amounts appropriated in section 9 of this Act not lawfully expended or obligated
by June 30, 2001, shall revert in accordance with
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4-8-21.
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DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM
Tourism
Operating Expenses, delete the first "$0" and insert "$500,000".
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BOARD OF REGENTS
Regents Central Office
Operating expenses, delete "$2,446,360" and insert "$7,446,360".
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Section 2. Any general funds appropriated by this Act which are unspent at the end of fiscal
year 2000 shall be carried over to fiscal year 2001.
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Jeanette Black_________________________________
Committee Secretary