2007 Session Laws Chapter 189

ENTITLED, An Act to make an appropriation to provide for the renovation of the nursing care building on the South Dakota Veterans' Home campus 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 one million eighty-two thousand seven hundred eighty-three dollars ($ 1,082,783 ), and one million eight hundred seven thousand five hundred twenty-six dollars ($ 1,807,526 ) in federal fund expenditure authority , or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the purposes of renovation of the nursing care building on the South Dakota Veterans' Home campus in Hot Springs to include the installation of fire retardant doors, a fire pump, and a sprinkler control system, the replacement of fire escapes on the building exterior, and the upgrade of the nurse call system.

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

Section 3. 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.