Committee Agenda

Committee:    Senate State Affairs
Room:    412
Date:    Friday, February 1, 2002
Time:    7:45 AM



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         SB 182     revise the procedures for opting out of the property tax freeze.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Governor

         SJR 4     proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota specifying the minimum vote necessary to opt out of the property tax freeze.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Governor

         SJR 3     Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election, an amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to scholarships for students attending certain universities, colleges, and technical schools located in the state.
             Senators Hutmacher, Dennert, Koetzle, McIntyre, Moore, Reedy, Sutton (Dan), and Volesky and Representatives Olson (Mel), Bartling, Bradford, Burg, Elliott, Flowers, Gillespie, Glenski, Hundstad, and Nachtigal

         SB 14     revise certain requirements and responsibilities of the administrator of the Human Services Center.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Department of Human Services

         SB 156     provide for the revision of the South Dakota Family Farm Act of 1974 to conform with a proposed amendment to the South Dakota Constitution regulating corporate farming in South Dakota.
             Senators Symens, Albers, Apa, Bogue, Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Cradduck, Daugaard, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), Diedtrich (Elmer), Duxbury, Everist, Greenfield, Hagen, Ham, Hutmacher, Koetzle, Koskan, McCracken, McIntyre, Moore, Munson, Olson (Ed), Vitter, Volesky, and Whiting and Representatives Duenwald, Bartling, Brown (Richard), Burg, Duniphan, Flowers, Frost, Fryslie, Gillespie, Glenski, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Hargens, Heineman, Holbeck, Hundstad, Jaspers, Juhnke, Klaudt, Konold, Lintz, Nachtigal, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Bill), Peterson (Jim), Rhoden, Sigdestad, Teupel, Van Gerpen, Van Norman, and Wick

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.

BILLS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION WHICH HAVE HAD PRIOR HEARING.

         SB 181     provide for increases to the state minimum wage.
             The Committee on State Affairs at the request of the Governor

         SB 59     provide for certain increases in the state minimum wage.
             Senators Koetzle, Dennert, Duxbury, Hagen, Hutmacher, McIntyre, Moore, Reedy, Sutton (Dan), Symens, and Volesky and Representatives Flowers, Bartling, Bradford, Burg, Davis, Elliott, Glenski, Hanson (Gary), Hargens, Hundstad, Lange, Nachtigal, Olson (Mel), and Van Norman

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BARBARA EVERIST, Chair