Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources
Room:     423
Date:    Thursday, February 1, 2007
Time:    10:00 AM



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        CONFIRM: Appointed Larry Gabriel, Hughes County, Pierre, South Dakota, to the position of Secretary of Agriculture

CONFIRM:     Appointed Steve Pirner, Hughes County, Pierre, South Dakota, to the position of Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

         SB 79     revise the boundaries of the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District.
             Senators Lintz, McCracken, and McNenny and Representatives Howie and Pederson (Gordon)

         SB 102     establish certain notification requirements related to the use of Roundup Ready alfalfa.
             Senators McNenny, Hansen (Tom), Lintz, and Peterson (Jim) and Representatives Rhoden, Juhnke, Olson (Betty), and Pederson (Gordon)

         SB 128     revise certain provisions related to the Soybean Research and Promotion Council.
             Senators Peterson (Jim), Abdallah, Bartling, Duenwald, Garnos, Gray, Greenfield, Hanson (Gary), Heidepriem, Hoerth, Hundstad, Koetzle, Lintz, Maher, and McCracken and Representatives Davis, Deadrick, Dennert, DeVries, Dykstra, Faehn, Hackl, Halverson, Jerke, Juhnke, Koistinen, Miles, Moore, Nelson, Noem, Novstrup (David), Nygaard, Peters, Pitts, Rausch, Rave, Rhoden, Sigdestad, Street, and Vanneman

         SB 145     provide for the labeling of the origin of certain meat and meat products and to establish related penalties.
             Senators Kloucek, Bartling, Garnos, Hanson (Gary), Heidepriem, Hoerth, Hundstad, Jerstad, Katus, Koetzle, Maher, Napoli, Peterson (Jim), Schmidt (Dennis), Turbak, and Two Bulls and Representatives Gassman, Ahlers, Boomgarden, Bradford, Dennert, DeVries, Elliott, Engels, Feinstein, Gillespie, Gilson, Glenski, Lucas, Miles, Moore, Nygaard, Olson (Betty), Pederson (Gordon), Putnam, Sigdestad, Street, Thompson, and Van Norman

         SB 167     revise the daily bag limit for pheasants on private shooting preserves.
             Senators Maher, Duenwald, Greenfield, Hanson (Gary), Hoerth, Nesselhuf, Peterson

(Jim), and Two Bulls and Representatives Hackl, Haverly, Olson (Betty), Olson (Russell), Rausch, and Van Norman

         SB 194     provide for the election of the secretary of agriculture.
             Senators Kloucek, Hoerth, Jerstad, Katus, Maher, and Schmidt (Dennis) and Representatives Ahlers, Bradford, Elliott, Feinstein, Halverson, Miles, Street, and Van Norman

NOTE: The above bills will be taken up in this order for a hearing on the date noted. If circumstances do not permit a hearing on this date then a hearing will be held at a future meeting of the committee to be determined by the chair. Action on a bill may come at any time after it has had a hearing.

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JAY DUENWALD, Chair