76^th Legislative Session _ 2001

Committee: House Taxation

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Flowers
P    Frost
P    Garnos
P    Hennies (Don)
P    Hundstad
P    Koistinen
P    Nachtigal
P    Napoli
P    Peterson (Jim)
P    Slaughter
P    Teupel
P    Van Etten
P    Wick
P    Jaspers, Vice-Chair
P    Brown (Richard), Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Representative Richard “Dick” Brown

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF 02-20-01

Moved by:    Hennies (Don)
Second by:    Frost
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         SB 214: establish a telecommunications gross receipts tax, to provide for its distribution, and to repeal certain property taxes and certain gross receipts taxes paid by certain telecommunications companies.

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Presented By:    Senator Jerry Apa
Proponents:    Dick Howard, SDACC
        Larry Toll, Qwest
        Brian Meyer, SDATC
        Darla Pollman-Rogers, SDTA
        Paul Kinsman, South Dakota Department of Revenue
        Bob Stevens, SDEA
Opponents:    Stacey Sprinkle, Verizon Wireless
        Jim Hood, Brookings Municipal Utilities
        David Owen, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce
        John McNamara, AT&T
        Penelope Douglas, SDCSS
        Jack Erskine, CONSECO
        Staci Kesling, Gateway
        Bob Sutton, SD Bankers Association
        Lorin Pankratz, Western Wireless
        Dave Gerdes, Midcontinent
        Kathy Anderson, 49ers Business Council
        Bartlett Cleland, ITAA

MOTION:     AMEND SB 214