|
State of South Dakota
|
|
SEVENTY-SIXTH
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2001 |
| 336E0711 |
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
NO.
1025
|
| Introduced by: Representatives Lintz, Abdallah, Adelstein, Bartling, Begalka, Bradford, Broderick, Brown (Jarvis), Brown (Richard), Burg, Clark, Davis, Duenwald, Duniphan, Eccarius, Elliott, Flowers, Frost, Fryslie, Garnos, Hansen (Tom), Hargens, Heineman, Hennies (Don), Hennies (Thomas), Holbeck, Hunhoff, Jaspers, Jensen, Juhnke, Klaudt, Koistinen, Konold, Kooistra, Lange, Madsen, McCaulley, McCoy, Michels, Monroe, Murschel, Nachtigal, Napoli, Olson (Mel), Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Bill), Pitts, Pummel, Rhoden, Richter, Sebert, Sigdestad, Slaughter, Smidt, Solum, Sutton (Duane), Teupel, Valandra, Van Etten, Van Gerpen, Van Norman, and Wick and Senators Kleven, Albers, Apa, Bogue, Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Daugaard, de Hueck, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), Diedtrich (Elmer), Drake, Everist, Greenfield, Hainje, Ham, Hutmacher, Koetzle, Koskan, Madden, McIntyre, Moore, Olson (Ed), Putnam, Reedy, Sutton (Dan), Symens, Vitter, Volesky, and Whiting |
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
Requesting that the Governor of the State of South Dakota,
along with the Legislature, continue to take appropriate fire prevention measures to address
the catastrophic fire risk that exists on the federally-held national forests and state lands of
South Dakota.
WHEREAS,
the Governor of the State of South Dakota , along with the South Dakota State
Legislature, has taken the steps of creating the position of Wildfire Coordinator through House
Bill 1146, appropriating two million dollars for wildfire suppression through Senate Bill 221, and
is currently working with the United States Forest Service to secure further funding and
assistance to help thin underbrush within the state's national forests; and
WHEREAS,
the Otero County, New Mexico, Board of County Commissioners has enacted
an Emergency Declaration Resolution to address the risk of catastrophic fire on federal and New
Mexico lands; and
WHEREAS,
fire risk conditions resulting from the infrequent clearing of underbrush within
the federally-held national forests and other state-held lands, along with other pest and noxious
weed problems do exist in South Dakota; and
WHEREAS,
the Meade County Board of County Commissioners has recognized the Otero
County resolution to be an appropriate and effective remedy for the situation facing not only the
people of New Mexico but also the people of South Dakota; and
WHEREAS,
the Governor of the State of South Dakota along with the Legislature of the
State of South Dakota has the same duty to protect the lives and property of their citizens as the
county commissioners of Otero and Meade counties do:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
by the House of Representatives of the Seventy-
sixth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the Governor
of the State of South Dakota, along with the Legislature, is urged to continue to take the
appropriate fire prevention and maintenance measures necessary to remove and control this
threat to the citizens of this state.
