86^th Legislative Session _ 2011

Committee: House Appropriations

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Dennert
P    Wismer
P    Juhnke
P    Bolin
P    Romkema
P    Dryden
P    White
P    Carson, Vice-Chair
P    Wink, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Representative Dean Wink.

MOTION:    TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Moved by:    Dennert
Second by:    Carson
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:    TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Moved by:    Dryden
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        SB 152: require that any reduction in the general fund levies of a school district only account for increases in the taxable valuation of property and to revise the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.

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Proponents:    Ann Tornberg, Self, Beresford
        Frank Palleria, Self, Highmore
        Ann Dunham, Self, Vermillion
        Mel Dutton, Self, Faith
        Shelane Graham, Self, Hereford
        Tim Graff, Self, Milbank

        THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 152

MOTION:    REMOVE SB 133 FROM THE TABLE AND PLACE ON TODAY'S AGENDA

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Dennert, Wismer, Juhnke, Bolin, Romkema, Dryden, White, Carson, Wink

        SB 133: change the day of the month on which state aid to general education payments are made to school districts, and to provide for the redistribution of certain funds appropriated for state aid to education.

Comments:    Jason Dilges, Bureau of Finance and Management
        Tammy Darnall, Department of Education

MOTION:    AMEND SB 133

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    On the Senate Education Committee engrossed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

    "    Section 1. That § 13-13-79 be amended to read as follows:

    13-13-79. At the same time that foundation program state aid is distributed to school districts pursuant to §§ 13-13-10.1 to 13-13-41, inclusive, the secretary of the Department of Education shall distribute funds to sparse school districts by multiplying the result of the calculation in either subdivision 13-13-78(2) or subdivision 13-13-78(3) by seventy-five percent of the per student allocation as defined in § 13-13-10.1. However, no sparse school district may receive a sparsity benefit in any year that exceeds one hundred twenty-three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars. If the appropriation is insufficient to fully fund all sparse school districts as per the calculation in either subdivision 13-13-78(2) or subdivision 13-13-78(3), each eligible district shall receive a prorata

share of the total appropriated amount. "

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:    DO PASS SB 133 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (8-1-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Wismer, Juhnke, Bolin, Romkema, Dryden, White, Carson, Wink

Voting No:    Dennert

MOTION:    AMEND TITLE OF SB 133

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    On page 1, line 1, of the Senate Education Committee engrossed bill, delete everything after "Act to" and insert "revise certain provisions related to distribution of funds to sparse school districts.".

    On page 1, delete lines 2 and 3.

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:    REMOVE SB 124 FROM THE TABLE AND PLACE ON TODAY'S AGENDA

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Dennert, Wismer, Juhnke, Bolin, Romkema, Dryden, White, Carson, Wink

        SB 124: appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute.

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Presented by:    Paul Kinsman, Commissioner, Bureau of Administration

MOTION:    AMEND SB 124

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    On the Senate Appropriations Committee engrossed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

    "    Section 1. The Bureau of Administration may contract for the construction, completion, furnishing, equipping, and maintaining of, including heating, air conditioning, plumbing, water, sewer, electric facilities, sidewalks, parking, landscaping, architectural and engineering services, and such other services or actions as may be required to construct a maintenance shop not to exceed four thousand square feet, to be located on the Capitol complex or in the immediate vicinity, in Pierre, South Dakota.

    Section 2. There is hereby transferred from the public buildings fund established in § 5-15-29.2 the balance of the fund on July 1, 2011, to the state-wide maintenance and repair fund established in § 5-14-30 to construct the facilities described in section 1 of this Act.

    Section 3. There is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, in other fund expenditure authority to the Bureau of Administration to construct the facilities described in section 1 of this Act.

    Section 4. The design and construction of the addition authorized in this Act shall be under the general supervision of the Bureau of Administration as provided in chapter 5-14. The commissioner of the Bureau of Administration shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

    Section 5. For the purposes of this Act, the term, gross square footage, means the sum of all areas on all floors of a building included within the outside faces of the building's exterior walls, including floor penetration areas, however insignificant, for circulation and shaft areas that connect one floor to another as computed by physically measuring or scaling measurements from the outside faces of exterior walls, disregarding cornices, pilaster, buttresses, etc., which extend beyond the wall faces. The term includes excavated basement area; mezzanines, penthouses, and attics; garages; multiple floor parking structures; enclosed porches, inner or outer balconies whether walled or not, if the balconies are utilized for operational functions; and corridors whether walled or not, if the corridors are within the outside face lines of the building, to the extent of the roof drip line and the footprints of stairways, elevator shafts, and ducts on each floor through which the corridors pass. The term does not include open areas such as unenclosed parking lots, playing fields, courts, and light wells, clear span areas not exceeding three feet in height, or portions of upper floors eliminated by rooms or

lobbies that rise above single-floor height.

    Section 6. 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."

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:    DO PASS SB 124 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (9-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Dennert, Wismer, Juhnke, Bolin, Romkema, Dryden, White, Carson, Wink

MOTION:    AMEND TITLE OF SB 124

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    On page 1, line 1, of the Senate Appropriations Committee engrossed bill, delete everything after "to" and insert "authorize the Bureau of Administration to construct a maintenance shop in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.".

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:    ADJOURN

Moved by:    Carson
Second by:    Juhnke
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Lisa Shafer

Committee Secretary