House Calendar 03/04/2003 2:00 PM

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MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

         HCR 1016    (HJ p. 658; deferred from 34^th LD) Requesting that the South Dakota Legislature explore ways by which the State of South Dakota can support and enable new business ventures through formation of venture capital and risk financing in an effort to create better paying jobs and additional tax revenues for our state.
         HB 1026*    (Concurrence in Senate amendments; SJ p. 605) establish the regents scholarship program.
         HCR 1017    (HJ p. 695) Requesting the Governor, Legislature, and South Dakota Congressional Delegation to support the Healthy Forests Initiative and its individual programs.
         HR 1002    (HJ 696) Honoring President Bush, the President's Cabinet, the United States Congress, the United States Armed Forces, and South Dakotans for their courage and commitment to disarming Iraq.
         SCR 8    (SJ p. 625) Asking the United States Congress to assist in finding solutions to chronic sedimentation-related problems in the Missouri River.

         CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

         Amended HJ 34^th LD: SB 177, 220, 144 (Consent Calendar)

         SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
         * Refer to Daily Reader for engrossed (amended) bill
+ Deferred from 34^th LD

SB 188*+ provide a credit against certain taxes paid by railroads for the replacement and repair of rail lines and to revise certain provisions regarding the distribution of the assessed value of a railroad.

SB 71*+    provide for the alternative certification of school administrators.
         SB 216*+    create a senior citizen prescription drug benefit program.
         SB 63*+    repeal the sales tax exemption for certain interstate telecommunication services and to declare an emergency.
         SB 129*+    increase certain fees charged by the Office of the Secretary of State.
         SB 61*    increase the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products and to declare an emergency.
         SB 175    revise certain provisions relating to submission of budget requests and budget reports to the Legislative Research Council and the Legislature.

         LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATIONS

         HC 1011    (HJ 34^th LD) Honoring the 2003 Madison Bulldogs High School gymnastics team: Kassie Finck, Brooke Postma, Brittany Postma, Abbie Brown, Katie Breuer, Landra Tieman, Kari Schaefer, and Amanda Harmon.

         CONFERENCE COMMITTEES APPOINTED THAT HAVE NOT REPORTED

         SB 23*    grant counties greater authority to prohibit the use of fireworks during periods of extreme fire danger.

         Senate Committee: Diedrich (Larry), Schoenbeck, Symens
         House Committee: Rhoden, Konold, Peterson (Jim)

         SB 145*    revise certain Central Plains Water Development District boundaries.

         Senate Committee: Sutton (Duane), Duenwald, Symens
         House Committee: Novstrup, Davis, Burg

         SB 80*    establish the Richard Hagen-Minerva Harvey memorial scholarship program and to make an appropriation therefor.

         Senate Committee: LaPointe, Greenfield, Duxbury
         House Committee: Peterson (Bill), Teupel, Bradford

         SB 125*    revise certain provisions concerning joint county and municipal planning and zoning.

         Senate Committee: Dempster, Bogue, Dennert
         House Committee: Hunhoff, Fryslie, Gillespie