___________________ moved that HB 1264 be amended as follows:
" Section 1. The Board of Regents is hereby authorized to contract for the demolition of existing
facilities, removal of rubbish, site preparation, construction, furnishing, and equipping of a precision
agriculture classroom and laboratory building and renovation of the first and second floors of Berg
Agriculture Hall at South Dakota State University, together with furnishings and equipment,
including heating, air conditioning, plumbing, water, sewer, electric facilities, sidewalks, parking,
landscaping, architectural and engineering services, asbestos abatement, and such other services or
actions as may be required to accomplish the project for an estimated cost of fifty-five million
dollars, subject to permitted adjustments pursuant to section 3 of this Act.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated for the purposes authorized in this Act the sum of fifty-four million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($54,750,000), or so much thereof as may be
necessary, in other fund expenditure authority and one dollar ($1), or so much thereof as may be
necessary, from the general fund, together with any additional sums received pursuant to section 5
of this Act, and permitted adjustments pursuant to section 3 of this Act. Two hundred fifty thousand
dollars in the General Appropriations Act was reduced from the cooperative extension service at
South Dakota State University to be applied for the purposes authorized in this Act.
Section 3. The cost estimates contained in this Act have been stated in terms of 2017 values. The
Board of Regents may adjust such cost estimates to reflect the inflation as measured by the Building
Cost Index, reported by the Engineering News Record, and additional expenditures required to
comply with regulations adopted after the effective date of this Act, or additional sums received
pursuant to section 5 of this Act. However, any adjustments to construction cost estimates for the
project may not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the estimated project construction cost
stated in section 1 of this Act.
Section 4. The South Dakota Building Authority may finance the precision agriculture classroom
and laboratory building, including the issuance of revenue bonds not to exceed twenty-two million
dollars, in accordance with this Act and chapter 5-12.
Section 5. The Board of Regents may accept, transfer, and expend any funds obtained for the
projects authorized in this Act from federal sources, South Dakota State University, donations, or
any other sources, all of which comprise a special fund for the benefitted project. All moneys
deposited into that precision agriculture fund are hereby appropriated to the projects authorized by
this Act, subject to limitations stated in sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this Act.
Section 6. The administration of the design and construction of the project authorized in this Act
shall be under the general charge and supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in
chapter 5-14.
Section 7. The executive director of the Board of Regents shall approve vouchers and the state
auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 9. That chapter 38-19 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Section 10. Section 9 of this Act is effective on July 1, 2018.
Section 11. Section 9 of this Act is repealed on the first day of the fiscal year following a
determination by the Board of Regents that the bonds authorized pursuant to section 4 of this Act
are satisfied and paid in full.
Section 12. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its existing
public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval."