CHAPTER 151

(HB 1241)

Sales tax on food refund appropriation.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  reappropriate certain moneys to fund sales tax on food refunds.

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

     Section  1.  There is hereby reappropriated the sum of three million dollars ($ 3,000,000 ) of general funds, or so much thereof as may be available, and one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($ 1,250,000 ) of other fund expenditure authority, or so much thereof as may be available to the Department of Social Services to provide sales tax on food refunds for South Dakota families who need it most pursuant to chapter 55 of the 2005 Session Laws.

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

     Signed March 2, 2006

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