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Majority Whip Party: Republican Term: Incumbent District: 29 Counties: Butte, Meade, Pennington Occupation: Farmer |
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Home Address: 18769 Quin Rd. Nisland, SD 57762 |
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Home: 605-257-2336
Capitol: 605-773-3851 Business: 605-257-2336 Email: Thomas.Brunner@sdlegislature.gov |
| Committee | Chair/ViceChair | Days | Time | Room |
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| Agriculture and Natural Resources | Chair | TTh | 7:45 AM | Room 414 |
| State Affairs | Member | MWF | 7:45 AM | Room 414 |
| Bill | Title |
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| HB 1112 | revise certain provisions related to the direction, supervision, and registration fees for veterinary technicians. |
| HB 1175 | provide partial reimbursement to legislators for constituent services. |
| HB 1176 | require statewide livestock ownership inspection. |
| HB 1204 | allow cooperatives to engage in federal crop insurance business and to prohibit certain practices related to the insurance business. |
| HB 1205 | make annual salary increases for legislators consistent with annual increases for other state officials and employees. |
| HB 1206 | increase the salaries of legislators. |
| HB 1261 | regulate the right to carry a firearm on the campuses of public institutions of higher education. |
| HB 1283 | revise on-sale alcoholic beverage license fees for certain municipalities and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 82 | revise certain provisions concerning the accumulation of funds by counties for capital outlay purposes. |
| SB 97 | revise certain provisions regarding property condition disclosure statements. |
| SB 111 | extend the prohibition of road hunting of big game to include hunting using certain additional weapons. |
| SCR 13 | Opposing the development of the NAFTA Superhighway. |
| Bill | Title |
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| HB 1016 | establish a new system of funding for the postsecondary technical institutes. |
| HB 1113 | provide minimum notice requirements to persons who lease real property for their own mobile or manufactured homes. |
| HB 1123 | establish a state renewable and recycled energy objective and to provide certain reporting requirements. |
| HB 1124 | enhance education in South Dakota. |
| HB 1125 | permit the local board of equalization to remain in session for a sufficient period of time to consider property assessment appeals. |
| HB 1127 | establish a loan repayment program for veterinarians and to make an appropriation therefor. |
| HB 1140 | provide for the issuance without charge of certain big game licenses to resident active duty military personnel. |
| HB 1142 | authorize additional off-sale retail liquor licenses in certain municipalities. |
| HB 1144 | make an appropriation for costs related to the purchase of motorcycles for use in the motorcycle safety training courses, and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1148 | exempt the land application of certain solid waste used for irrigation purposes from requirements related to large-scale solid waste facilities. |
| HB 1151 | regulate the location and hours of operation of adult oriented businesses. |
| HB 1153 | establish requirements and procedures for the certification of parent-taught driver education courses and to allow parents to teach driver education to their qualified children. |
| HB 1155 | provide for the practice and regulation of licensed midwives. |
| HB 1164 | authorize the purchase or lease of computer hardware and software through the general fund of school districts. |
| HB 1169 | clarify certain provisions regarding the contractor's excise tax for isolated or occasional realty improvements. |
| HB 1171 | authorize the hunting of mountain lions as predator/varmints in certain areas of the state. |
| HB 1177 | create the beverage container recycling and redemption program. |
| HB 1180 | appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. |
| HB 1181 | revise certain provisions concerning information related to the assessment of property that is to be provided by the director of equalization. |
| HB 1183 | establish a lifetime combination small game and fishing license and authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to promulgate rules. |
| HB 1184 | create a renewable energy property tax incentive program. |
| HB 1185 | establish dedicated funding sources and to deposit the revenue in the coordinated natural resources conservation fund. |
| HB 1191 | revise certain provisions regarding the display of customized motorcycles at certain events. |
| HB 1193 | require abortion facilities to offer sonograms to pregnant women under certain circumstances. |
| HB 1208 | reimburse certain motorists involved in vehicle collisions with wildlife. |
| HB 1218 | increase the maximum allowable outstanding amount of bonds issued by the Health and Educational Facility Authority on behalf of the four technical institutes. |
| HB 1219 | revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 regarding appropriations to the Department of Education for the payment of bonds at the technical institutes. |
| HB 1220 | make an appropriation to the postsecondary technical institutes for the maintenance and repair of buildings, and to declare an emergency. |
| HB 1221 | create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding to the postsecondary technical institutes for the costs of maintenance and repair. |
| HB 1222 | create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding from the future fund to the technical institutes for the start-up costs of new programs being created to meet workforce development needs. |
| HB 1223 | create the postsecondary technical institute auxiliary fund and to provide continuing funding from the future fund to the technical institutes for the cost of replacing old or outdated equipment to meet workforce development needs. |
| HB 1225 | direct the Department of Education to undertake a study of the state's school districts and the efficiency of the statewide delivery of education services to the state's students. |
| HB 1228 | revise certain provisions related to bow hunting methods used by persons who are disabled or physically incapacitated. |
| HB 1229 | increase sales and use taxes, to dedicate the additional revenue for the purpose of property tax relief, and to create the county property tax relief fund. |
| HB 1247 | prohibit certain contract restrictions on the sale of renewable motor fuels by retailers. |
| HB 1251 | authorize the Board of Regents to acquire land for the Higher Education Center--West River. |
| HB 1255 | provide for the titling and registration of certain low-speed vehicles. |
| HB 1256 | require certain disclosures when selling labor law posters to employers. |
| HB 1258 | require that certain gift certificates conspicuously disclose information regarding fees and expiration dates. |
| HB 1263 | establish a hunter mentoring program, to authorize hunting under certain conditions by persons less than sixteen years of age, and to authorize the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to promulgate rules. |
| HB 1265 | prohibit the sale, purchase, use, or possession of alcohol without liquid devices. |
| HB 1268 | establish a statewide minimum teacher salary that school districts must meet within five years and to allow school districts to receive funds through the teachers compensation assistance program to meet the minimum salary requirement. |
| HB 1280 | revise certain provisions regarding public records and public meetings. |
| HB 1287 | permit taxing districts to revise the base amount of revenue payable from property taxes. |
| HB 1294 | authorize a class of full-service restaurant on-sale licenses to be issued by first class municipalities. |
| HB 1297 | provide a maximum finance charge for short-term consumer loans and title loans. |
| HB 1305 | revise provisions related to a state animal identification program and to prohibit participation by the State of South Dakota in a national animal identification system. |
| HB 1306 | allow certain students to participate in the opportunity scholarship program under certain circumstances. |
| HB 1317 | require the Department of Education to develop a pilot program which provides certain school district information on a centralized website and to provide certain reporting requirements. |
| HC 1002 | Honoring Louie Krogman of White River, South Dakota, for setting the all-time scoring record for South Dakota boys' high school basketball. |
| HC 1003 | Honoring Brittany Davis of Waubay as the 2008 South Dakota Snow Queen. |
| HC 1006 | Honoring Marletta Pacheco for her efforts as the founder of the South Dakota Prisoner Support Group. |
| HC 1007 | Expressing appreciation to the groups and agencies associated with the observance of Native American Day at the Capitol. |
| HC 1009 | Honoring Drew Carroll for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. |
| HC 1010 | Honoring Drew Whitney for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. |
| HC 1011 | Honoring the life, character, and achievements of Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle. |
| HC 1013 | Honoring Lisa Jan Thvedt, of Beresford, South Dakota, for being selected to represent her state as South Dakota's Junior Miss 2007 in the America's Junior Miss Scholarship Program in Mobile, Alabama. |
| HC 1024 | Honoring Toby Flint of Brookings as a recipient of a 2008 Prudential Spirit of Community Award. |
| HC 1035 | Honoring Sarah Thvedt as a distinguished finalist for the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. |
| HC 1037 | Commending and honoring Casimir Ziolkowski for pushing forward with his father's dream of the Crazy Horse Memorial. |
| HCR 1001 | Requesting the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to give Martha Smith of Fairburn, South Dakota, the hide of a mountain lion she recently killed. |
| HCR 1005 | To declare March 29, 2008, as Vietnam Veterans Day, in South Dakota. |
| HCR 1006 | Urging that the delisting of gray wolves as a threatened or endangered species be extended to include all parts of South Dakota. |
| HCR 1007 | Supporting the establishment of USDA-inspected horse processing plants in the State of South Dakota. |
| HCR 1008 | Urging Congress not to impose any new performance fees, taxes, royalties, or other charges relating to the public performance of sound recordings on local radio stations and to support the Local Radio Freedom Act. |
| HCR 1009 | Supporting full funding, at the federal level, for immigration and custom enforcement officers for the detention of persons who have been determined to be in South Dakota illegally and have been reported to them by local law enforcement officers. |
| HCR 1010 | Supporting the "25 by 25" Initiative and promoting the increased production of renewable energy by the agricultural community. |
| HCR 1011 | Expressing the Legislature's consummate respect and appreciation for the service of Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. |
| HJR 1003 | To propose a constitutional amendment to repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session. |
| HJR 1004 | To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for a maximum of forty legislative days each year. |
| HJR 1005 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to Article XXI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, related to hunting, fishing, and trapping. |
| SB 64 | provide certain provisions regarding the regulation of recreational park trailers. |
| SB 88 | require abortion facilities to offer sonograms to pregnant women under certain circumstances. |
| SB 96 | provide for the issuance of landowner-sponsored big game hunting licenses. |
| SB 123 | provide for certain requirements for the sale and purchase of nonferrous metal property. |
| SB 126 | allow municipalities and counties to issue additional on-sale alcoholic beverage licenses. |
| SB 134 | increase the pesticide registration fee, to revise its allocation, to revise certain related provisions, and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 136 | require convicted sex offenders to register their online identifiers, to allow limited release of online identifier information in the sex offender registry to certain communications service entities, to make an appropriation therefor, and to provide penalties to violations thereof. |
| SB 143 | revise certain provisions regarding collection and administration of the 911 emergency surcharge and operation of 911 services. |
| SB 144 | to prohibit age misrepresentation with intent to solicit a minor and to provide a penalty therefor. |
| SB 151 | revise certain provisions concerning the purchase price and determining just compensation for electric facilities in areas annexed by municipalities. |
| SB 152 | increase the biennial pesticide registration fee and to revise its allocation for the weed and pest fund. |
| SB 155 | provide state aid to education to certain school districts for certain students. |
| SB 162 | revise certain provisions related to the confidentiality of certain geological reports. |
| SB 172 | appropriate money to the Department of Public Safety to fund the South Dakota Highway Patrol. |
| SB 174 | revise certain provisions relating to the exercise of eminent domain by railroads. |
| SB 176 | authorize the Legislative Research Council to remodel, renovate, and furnish certain facilities on the fourth floor of the State Capitol Building for use by the Legislature, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. |
| SB 177 | revise certain provisions regarding the disposal of abandoned tenant's property left on leased residential premises. |
| SB 186 | revise certain provisions regarding public records. |
| SB 192 | authorize the Board of Regents to lease a site for delivery of public higher education in Pierre and to use money appropriated by the Legislature from the higher education facilities fund to make lease payments therefor. |
| SB 196 | repeal a limitation on certain environmental rules. |
| SC 8 | Recognizing and congratulating the Scotland Highlander Football Team for winning the 2007 State Class 9A Football Championship. |
| SCR 5 | Urging the Midwest Independent System Operator to reconsider its pricing methodology with respect to certain energy transmission costs. |
| SCR 6 | Recognizing the Boys and Girls Clubs of the South Dakota Alliance and commending the individuals, communities, and tribes that financially support the clubs. |
| SCR 8 | Opposing efforts in Congress to expand the jurisdiction of the federal Clean Water Act by revising the terms "navigable waters" and "waters of the United States". |
| SCR 12 | Recognizing the United States of America Women's Olympic Softball Team. |
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