BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 38-19-10 be amended to read:
38-19-10. Each licensed distributor of commercial fertilizer shall pay to the secretary of agriculture for all commercial fertilizer distributed in this state an inspection fee in accordance with the provisions of § 38-19-12, not to exceed seventy-five cents per ton. The secretary of agriculture shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish the inspection fee.
Section 2. That ARSD 12:44:06:01 be amended to read:
Section 3. That § 38-19-14 be amended to read:
38-19-14. Fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited with the state treasurer in a special revenue fund known as the fertilizer fund. This fund shall consist of moneys from public and private sources including legislative appropriations, federal grants, gifts, and the fees received pursuant to this chapter. The fund shall be maintained separately and be administered by the department in order to defray the expenses of all activities associated with administering the fertilizer program and to provide funding for fertilizer-related, nutrient-related, and water quality-related research and education-related purposes as provided in section 4 of this Act. Expenditures from the fund shall be appropriated through the normal budget process. Unexpended funds and interest shall remain in the fund until appropriated by the Legislature.
Section 4. That chapter 38-19 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Section 5. That chapter 38-19 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
members of the council. Members of the council may receive no compensation, but members may
be reimbursed for travel and subsistence expense in accordance with rules promulgated by the State
Board of Finance. The council shall meet at least twice each year. The council shall be administered
under the direction and supervision of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, but retains
the respective quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative, advisory, other nonadministrative and special
budgetary functions as defined in § 1-32-1 otherwise vested in the council. The council shall exercise
those functions independently of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.
Section 6. That chapter 38-19 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Section 7. That chapter 38-19 be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
Act. Any money in the nutrient research and education fund is continuously appropriated to the Agriculture Experiment Station. The state may accept and expend for the purposes of this Act funds obtained from appropriations or any other source. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be deposited into the fund. Any money deposited into and distributed from the fund shall be set forth in an informational budget as described in § 4-7-7.2.
An Act to increase the commercial fertilizer inspection fee for purposes of fertilizer-related research and education and to create the Nutrient Research and Education Council to promote such research and education.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the
HOUSE as Bill No. 1094
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Chief Clerk ____________________________
Speaker of the House
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Chief Clerk
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Attest:
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Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1094 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ |
Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,
20____ at ____________ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
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Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
____________________________ Secretary of State
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