CHAPTER 208

(SB 27)

State Fair appropriation.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation to the state fair and to declare an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  There is hereby appropriated from the state general fund the sum of nine hundred ninety-four thousand dollars ($ 994,000 ), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Agriculture for the state fair.

     Section  2.  The secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

     Section  3.  Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by June   30, 2007, shall revert in accordance with §   4-8-21.

     Section  4.  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.

     Signed January 25, 2006

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