AMENDMENT FOR HOUSE ENGROSSED BILL
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___________________ moved that HB 1239 be amended as follows:


    On the House engrossed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

    "
    Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Regents for the purpose of funding increased employee health insurance costs. The executive director of the Board of Regents shall distribute the funds to the universities as follows: $577,203 to the University of South Dakota; $43,685 to the University of South Dakota School of Medicine; $673,917 to South Dakota State University; $140,377 to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; $186,933 to Northern State University; $232,680 to Black Hills State University; and $145,205 to Dakota State University.

    Section 2. The executive director of the Board of Regents shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized in this Act.

    Section 3. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by June 30, 2013, shall revert in accordance with § 4-8.

    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."