JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE

SEVENTY-NINTH SESSION  




EIGHTH DAY




STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
House of Representatives, Pierre
Friday, January 23, 2004

     The House convened at 12:00 p.m., pursuant to adjournment, the Speaker presiding.

     The prayer was offered by the Chaplain, Dodie Noordermeer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by House page Ryan Swedean.

     Roll Call: All members present except Reps. Garnos, Glenski, Koistinen, Konold, Madsen, Nesselhuf, Putnam, Smidt, Van Gerpen, and Williamson who were excused.

APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL


MR. SPEAKER:

     The Committee on Legislative Procedure respectfully reports that the Chief Clerk of the House has had under consideration the House Journal of the seventh day.

     All errors, typographical or otherwise, are duly marked in the temporary journal for correction.

     And we hereby move the adoption of the report.

Respectfully submitted,
Matthew Michels, Chair

     Which motion prevailed and the report was adopted.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on Health and Human Services respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB 1066 and 1067 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bills do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

Respectfully submitted,
Don Van Etten, Chair

Also MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB  1053 and 1103 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bills do pass.

Also MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on Judiciary respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB  1100 and 1101 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bills do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

Respectfully submitted,
Matt McCaulley, Chair

Also MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on State Affairs respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB  1058 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill do pass.

Also MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on State Affairs respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB 1028 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

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     On page 1, line 8 of the printed bill, after " system " insert " which shall be used solely for the transmission of business and information for state, federal, and local government and other public safety entities ".

     And that as so amended said bill do pass.



Also MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on State Affairs respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB 1073 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

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     On page 1, line 14 of the printed bill, delete " or " and insert "and".

     And that as so amended said bill do pass.

Also MR. SPEAKER:

    The Committee on State Affairs respectfully reports that it has had under consideration HB 1074 and returns the same with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

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     On page 1, line 10 of the printed bill, after " . " insert "This penalty is in addition to any other authorized penalties.".

     And that as so amended said bill do pass.

Respectfully submitted,
Bill Peterson, Chair

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

MR. SPEAKER:

    I have the honor to transmit herewith SB 9, 20, 23, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 52, 53, and 64 which have passed the Senate and your favorable consideration is respectfully requested.

Respectfully,
Patricia Adam, Secretary

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

    House Page Resolution 1: Introduced by Representatives Adelstein; Bartling; Begalka; Bradford; Buckingham, Burg; Christensen; Cradduck; Cutler; Davis; Deadrick; Dykstra; Elliott; Engels; Frost; Fryslie; Garnos; Gassman; Gillespie; Glenski; Hackl; Hanson; Hargens; Haverly; Heineman; Hennies; Hundstad; Hunhoff; Juhnke; Klaudt; Koistinen; Konold; Kraus; Kroger; Lange; LaRue; Lintz; Madsen; McCaulley; McCoy; McLaughlin; Miles; Murschel; Nesselhuf; Novstrup; O'Brien; Olson (Mel); Olson (Ryan); Pederson (Gordon); Peterson (Bill); Peterson (Jim); Putnam; Rave; Rhoden; Rounds; Schafer; Sebert; Sigdestad; Smidt; Solum; Teupel;

Thompson; Valandra; Van Etten; Van Gerpen; Van Norman; Weems, Wick; Williamson; Speaker Michels

        A RESOLUTION,  Expressing the appreciation and gratitude of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-ninth Legislature of the State of South Dakota to Gabrielle Cox, Andrew Frey, Jenna Haggar, Colette Joy, Sara Koch, Rebeccah Lutz, Christopher Meyer, Jennifer Miller, Kathleen Redlin, Ryan Swedean, Rebecca Trask, and Brittany Wiese.

    WHEREAS, the above named served loyally as pages for the House of Representatives of the Seventy-ninth Legislative Session; and

    WHEREAS, the members of the Seventy-ninth House of Representatives express their most sincere appreciation to these young people for their service to the state; and

    WHEREAS, the members extend to these young people their wishes for every success in life:

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-ninth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that a personal copy of this resolution be duly certified and furnished to each page on this last day of service.

    Rep. Bill Peterson moved that House Page Resolution 1 be adopted.

    Which motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.

     HCR 1001   :   A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,   Requesting the Congressional Delegation of the State of South Dakota to work to abolish the death tax permanently.

     Rep. Bill Peterson moved that HCR 1001 be deferred to Monday, January 26th, the 9th legislative day.

     Which motion prevailed and the resolution was so deferred.

     HCR 1002   Introduced by:  Representatives Lintz, Adelstein, Begalka, Buckingham, Christensen, Cradduck, Cutler, Davis, Dykstra, Elliott, Frost, Fryslie, Garnos, Hackl, Hanson, Haverly, Heineman, Hennies, Hunhoff, Juhnke, Klaudt, Kraus, Lange, LaRue, McCoy, McLaughlin, Murschel, Nesselhuf, Novstrup, O'Brien, Olson (Ryan), Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Jim), Rave, Rhoden, Rounds, Schafer, Sebert, Sigdestad, Smidt, Solum, Teupel, Van Etten, Van Gerpen, Weems, Wick, and Williamson and Senators Duenwald, Abdallah, Albers, Apa, Bogue, Brown, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), Duniphan, Duxbury, Earley, Greenfield, Ham- Burr, Jaspers, Kleven, Kloucek, Koskan, LaPointe, McCracken, Moore, Nachtigal, Napoli, Olson (Ed), Reedy, Schoenbeck, Sutton (Dan), Sutton (Duane), Symens, and Vitter

         A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,  Urging the increased efforts for the control of prairie dogs.

     WHEREAS,  the prairie dog population in many parts of South Dakota is continuing to grow at an alarming rate;

     WHEREAS,  prairie dogs are responsible for the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of ranch and farm land making such acreages virtually valueless for agricultural pursuits; and

     WHEREAS,  damage caused to the land by prairie dogs also results in air and water pollution; and

     WHEREAS,  prairie dogs are a carrier of the plague and have infected humans and caused deaths in several instances; and

     WHEREAS,  a considerable amount of the problem is caused by prairie dogs migrating from land owned by the United States; and

     WHEREAS,  Section 34A-8-7 provides a mandatory procedure for the State of South Dakota to control prairie dogs encroaching on private lands from public lands:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,  by the Senate of the Seventy-ninth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that the State of South Dakota by and through its Secretary of Agriculture and its Secretary of Game, Fish and Parks, immediately institute a program to control prairie dogs on private land that are encroaching from public lands; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,  that as part of that control program, the State of South Dakota and the United States establish a buffer zone within the public lands affected wherein the prairie dog population is controlled so that they are not migrating to the adjacent private lands.

     Was read the first time and the Speaker waived the committee referral.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

     Rep. Bill Peterson moved that the reports of the Standing Committees on

     Taxation on HB 1005 as found on pages 144 and 145 of the House Journal ; also

     Agriculture and Natural Resources on HB 1059 as found on page 145 of the House Journal ; also

     Agriculture and Natural Resources on HB 1060 as found on page 145 of the House Journal ; also

     Local Government on HB 1105 as found on pages 146 and 147 of the House Journal ; also

     Commerce on HB 1050 as found on page 147 of the House Journal ; also



     Commerce on HB 1099 as found on page 147 of the House Journal be adopted.

     Which motion prevailed and the reports were adopted.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

     HB 1217   Introduced by:  Representatives Smidt, Adelstein, Glenski, O'Brien, Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Bill), Solum, Teupel, and Van Gerpen and Senators Bogue, Brown, Dennert, Duenwald, and McCracken

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain provisions related to education benefits for the children of persons who died in military service.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

     HB 1218   Introduced by:  Representatives Van Etten, Adelstein, Bartling, Christensen, Elliott, Frost, Glenski, Hanson, Hunhoff, Kraus, Lange, LaRue, McCoy, Michels, Miles, Peterson (Bill), Peterson (Jim), Rave, Thompson, and Weems and Senators Sutton (Duane), Brown, Dempster, Ham-Burr, Knudson, McCracken, Reedy, Schoenbeck, and Symens

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   appropriate money for tobacco prevention education programs.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

     HB 1219   Introduced by:  Representatives McCoy, Bartling, Cutler, Elliott, Glenski, Hanson, Hargens, Kroger, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), and Sigdestad and Senators Kooistra and Nachtigal

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   exempt certain low income individuals from sales tax on food.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxation.

     HB 1220   Introduced by:  Representatives Dykstra, Christensen, Gillespie, and Rave and Senators Albers, Abdallah, and Kooistra

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise the criteria required for minor boundary changes of school districts.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.



     HB 1221   Introduced by:  Representative Wick and Senator Kelly

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   require certain publishers to provide electronic versions of textbooks suitable for conversion into Braille.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

     HB 1222   Introduced by:  Representatives Peterson (Bill), Adelstein, Bartling, Begalka, Bradford, Buckingham, Christensen, Cradduck, Cutler, Davis, Deadrick (Thomas), Dykstra, Elliott, Engels, Frost, Fryslie, Garnos, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Hackl, Hanson, Hargens, Haverly, Hennies, Hundstad, Hunhoff, Juhnke, Konold, Kraus, Kroger, LaRue, Lintz, Madsen, McCaulley, McCoy, McLaughlin, Michels, Miles, Murschel, Nesselhuf, Novstrup, O'Brien, Olson (Mel), Olson (Ryan), Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Jim), Rave, Rhoden, Rounds, Schafer, Sebert, Sigdestad, Smidt, Solum, Teupel, Thompson, Valandra, Van Etten, Van Gerpen, Van Norman, Weems, Wick, and Williamson and Senators Brown, Abdallah, Albers, Apa, Bogue, de Hueck, Dempster, Dennert, Duenwald, Duniphan, Duxbury, Earley, Greenfield, Ham-Burr, Jaspers, Kleven, Kloucek, Koetzle, McCracken, Moore, Nachtigal, Napoli, Reedy, Schoenbeck, Sutton (Dan), Symens, and Vitter

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   designate the fourteenth day of June as Joe Foss Day.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

     HB 1223   Introduced by:  Representatives Peterson (Bill), Bartling, Begalka, Bradford, Buckingham, Christensen, Cradduck, Cutler, Deadrick (Thomas), Dykstra, Elliott, Engels, Frost, Garnos, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Hackl, Hanson, Hargens, Hennies, Hundstad, Hunhoff, Juhnke, Konold, Kraus, Kroger, LaRue, Madsen, McCoy, McLaughlin, Michels, Miles, Murschel, Nesselhuf, Novstrup, O'Brien, Olson (Mel), Olson (Ryan), Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Jim), Rave, Rhoden, Rounds, Schafer, Sebert, Sigdestad, Smidt, Solum, Teupel, Thompson, Valandra, Van Etten, Van Norman, Weems, and Wick and Senators Brown, Abdallah, Bogue, de Hueck, Dempster, Dennert, Duniphan, Ham-Burr, Kelly, Kloucek, Koetzle, McCracken, Moore, Nachtigal, Reedy, Schoenbeck, Sutton (Dan), Symens, and Vitter

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   make an appropriation for the regents scholarship program.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.


     HB 1224   Introduced by:  Representatives Klaudt, Davis, Deadrick (Thomas), Lintz, Pederson (Gordon), Rave, and Rhoden and Senators Bogue, Greenfield, and Kleven

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   establish a border school district enrollment options program.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

     HB 1225   Introduced by:  Representatives Nesselhuf, Bartling, Bradford, Burg, Elliott, Engels, Gassman, Gillespie, Glenski, Hanson, Hargens, Hundstad, Kroger, Lange, Miles, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Jim), Sigdestad, and Thompson and Senators Moore, Dennert, Duxbury, Koetzle, Nachtigal, Sutton (Dan), and Symens

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   repeal certain provisions relating to the disclosure of certain information by a state agency investigating or auditing certain private entities.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

     HB 1226   Introduced by:  Representatives Bradford, Bartling, Burg, Elliott, Engels, Gassman, Hargens, Hundstad, Kroger, Lange, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Jim), Thompson, and Van Norman and Senators Nachtigal and Koetzle

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   direct the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to enter into negotiations with Indian tribes related to the management of Bear Butte State Park.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

     HB 1227   Introduced by:  Representatives Bradford, Bartling, Burg, Elliott, Engels, Gassman, Hargens, Kroger, Lange, Miles, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Jim), Sigdestad, Thompson, and Van Norman and Senators Koetzle and Nachtigal

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   repeal the requirement that the oath verifying absentee ballots be administered by a notary public.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.


     HB 1228   Introduced by:  Representatives Haverly, Christensen, Cradduck, Cutler, Glenski, Hunhoff, Madsen, Michels, Miles, Murschel, Novstrup, O'Brien, Rave, and Sebert and Senators Olson (Ed) and Knudson

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   provide for interstate contracts for the treatment of individuals with mental illness or chemical dependency.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

     HB 1229   Introduced by:  Representatives LaRue, Miles, Nesselhuf, and Rave and Senators Koetzle, Abdallah, Kloucek, Kooistra, Moore, and Schoenbeck

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   establish a presumption regarding occupational disease disabilities of certain firefighters.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

     HB 1230   Introduced by:  Representatives Heineman and McLaughlin and Senators Jaspers, Dempster, and Koetzle

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   require children to attend school until the age of eighteen or until graduation from high school.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

     HB 1231   Introduced by:  Representatives Dykstra, Gillespie, and Murschel and Senators Jaspers, Brown, Dempster, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), and Duxbury

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   require that municipalities and counties establish criteria and conditions in the zoning ordinance before authorizing certain conditional uses.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

     HB 1232   Introduced by:  Representatives Peterson (Bill), Cutler, and Olson (Ryan) and Senators McCracken and Abdallah

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   license manufacturers of wine who hire equipment on their premises to the public for the purpose of making wine, to authorize sales to wholesalers and retailers, to authorize off-sale licenses for those manufacturers, and to impose an excise tax.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.


     HB 1233   Introduced by:  Representatives Lintz, Begalka, Hackl, and McCaulley and Senators Greenfield and Duenwald

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain provisions related to installment contracts, lease-purchase agreements, and capital outlay certificates.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

     HB 1234   Introduced by:  Representative McCaulley and Senator Bogue at the request of the Code Commission

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   correct certain references to certain executive branch agencies.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

     HB 1235   Introduced by:  Representatives Haverly, Begalka, O'Brien, Olson (Ryan), Rave, Rhoden, and Rounds and Senators Napoli, Duenwald, Greenfield, and Olson (Ed)

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain provisions related to pull-tab dispensing machines.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

     HB 1236   Introduced by:  Representatives Sebert, Elliott, Frost, Fryslie, Garnos, Hackl, Haverly, Lange, Miles, Olson (Ryan), Rhoden, Sigdestad, Smidt, Solum, and Van Gerpen and Senators Duenwald, Apa, Diedrich (Larry), Duxbury, Greenfield, Jaspers, Koskan, Napoli, Schoenbeck, and Symens

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   to provide a weight tolerance for ice or snow buildup on vehicles.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

     HB 1237   Introduced by:  Representatives Sebert, Dykstra, Hargens, Olson (Ryan), Peterson (Jim), and Van Gerpen and Senators Diedrich (Larry), Dempster, Dennert, Duxbury, Greenfield, Jaspers, and Symens

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   allow the use of certain federal permits in South Dakota relating to organisms and products produced through genetic engineering.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.



     HB 1238   Introduced by:  Representatives Buckingham, Engels, Frost, Konold, Peterson (Bill), Rave, and Sebert and Senators Koskan and Sutton (Duane)

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain requirements concerning the rate per mile that shall be paid when operating certain vehicles on state business.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

     HB 1239   Introduced by:  Representative Hennies

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   limit excessive interest rates and fees on certain short term loans.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

     HB 1240   Introduced by:  Representatives Hennies, Bartling, Burg, Davis, Engels, Hanson, Lange, LaRue, Novstrup, Peterson (Jim), Sigdestad, and Teupel and Senators Vitter, Duenwald, Duxbury, Kloucek, Napoli, Sutton (Duane), and Symens

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   require that public schools begin the regular school term after Labor Day.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

     HB 1241   Introduced by:  Representatives LaRue, Bartling, Gassman, Hanson, McLaughlin, Novstrup, O'Brien, Rhoden, Solum, and Thompson and Senators Schoenbeck, Apa, Dempster, and Kleven

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise the qualifications for receiving a temporary on-sale license for certain annual events.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

     HB 1242   Introduced by:  Representatives Frost, Begalka, Hargens, Hundstad, and Novstrup and Senators Dempster, de Hueck, Dennert, and Symens

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise the provisions concerning the budget limitations for certain local governments.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxation.


     HB 1243   Introduced by:  Representatives Juhnke, Bartling, and Garnos and Senators Koskan and Duenwald

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain conditions that must be met before an extension of State Highway 53 in Tripp County is added to the state trunk highway system.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

     HB 1244   Introduced by:  Representatives Solum, Begalka, Bradford, Burg, Christensen, Dykstra, Fryslie, Gassman, Konold, Kroger, Lange, McCoy, Murschel, Nesselhuf, Schafer, Thompson, and Van Gerpen and Senators Greenfield, Brown, Dennert, Jaspers, Kooistra, Schoenbeck, and Sutton (Dan)

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   appropriate funds for reimbursement for care of residents of nursing facilities.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

     HB 1245   Introduced by:  Representatives Hargens, Bartling, Begalka, Bradford, Burg, Elliott, Engels, Gassman, Glenski, Hennies, Kroger, Lange, Miles, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), Peterson (Jim), Sigdestad, Thompson, Van Norman, and Weems and Senators Duxbury and Dennert

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   allow school districts to purchase property insurance using capital outlay funds.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

     HB 1246   Introduced by:  Representatives LaRue, Dykstra, Heineman, Juhnke, McCaulley, and McCoy and Senators Dempster, Bogue, Duxbury, Kleven, Olson (Ed), and Sutton (Duane)

       FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   create the Experimental Teacher Recruitment Grant Program and to make an appropriation therefor.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Education.

SECOND READING OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS

     Rep. Bill Peterson moved that HB 1044, 1033, 1034, 1036, 1038, 1039, and 1040 be deferred to Monday, January 26th, the 9th legislative day.

     Which motion prevailed and the bills were so deferred.



SECOND READING OF HOUSE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

     Rep. Bill Peterson moved that HB 1003, 1055, 1064, 1014, 1057, 1032, 1035, and 1037 be deferred to Monday, January 26, the 9th legislative day.

     Which motion prevailed and the bills were so deferred.

FIRST READING OF SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

     SB 9:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   update and revise certain provisions pertaining to the Department of Social Services.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

     SB 20:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain provisions regarding administration of the state fair by the Department of Agriculture.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

     SB 23:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise the definition of a state full-time employee.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

     SB 36:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   authorize the issuance of group life policies to additional types of groups.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

     SB 37:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   provide for the filing and usage of certain property casualty rates and to exempt certain size risks from rate and form approval.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

     SB 40:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   prohibit certain snowmobiles from being operated on a state snowmobile trail or area.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


     SB 41:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   authorize the Board of Economic Development to waive certain matching requirements in certain circumstances.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on State Affairs.

     SB 43:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   authorize acquisition of utility corridors and to authorize the use of such property to be regulated by administrative rule.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

     SB 52:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   revise certain provisions concerning the fees for controlled substances registration.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

     SB 53:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   establish a fee for the licensing of ionizing radiation sources.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

     SB 64:   FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to   permit the filing of an allegation of habitual criminality after arraignment under certain circumstances.

     Was read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

     Rep. Gordon Pederson moved that the House do now adjourn, which motion prevailed and at 12:25 p.m. the House adjourned.

Karen Gerdes, Chief Clerk