CHAPTER 152

(HB 1240)

Low income energy assistance appropriation.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  make an appropriation for low income energy assistance, and to declare an emergency.

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

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     Section  1.  There is hereby appropriated the sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ( $1,300,000 ), or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the state general fund to the Department of Social Services, to provide low income energy assistance to eligible households and tribes.

     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 section 1 of 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 March 7, 2006

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