State of South Dakota
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NINETY-SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2017 |
400Y0292 | SENATE BILL NO. 70 |
Introduced by: The Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Office of the
Governor
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the South Dakota water and environment fund established pursuant to § 46A-1-60, the sum of four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to provide funds to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing grants to state and local project sponsors for hydrology and water management studies to assess, model, and quantify the state's surface water and groundwater resources including completion of a hydrologic model of the Big Sioux River Basin in eastern South Dakota to better predict the extent of flood events and minimize damage caused by future flood events through better preparation. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources. Notwithstanding § 46A-1-61, the board may provide the grant for up to one hundred percent of the nonfederal
share of expenditures for hydrology and water management studies.
Section 2. There is hereby appropriated from the South Dakota water and environment fund
established pursuant to § 46A-1-60, the sum of ten million five hundred thousand dollars
($10,500,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural
Resources for the purpose of providing grants and loans to project sponsors under the
consolidated water facilities construction program established pursuant to § 46A-1-63.1. Funds
shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and
Natural Resources.
Section 3. There is hereby appropriated from the South Dakota water and environment fund
established pursuant to § 46A-1-60, the sum of two million two hundred fifty thousand dollars
($2,250,000), or so much thereof that may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural
Resources for the purpose of providing grants and loans to project sponsors under the solid
waste management program established pursuant to § 46A-1-83. Funds shall be provided
according to the terms and conditions established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.
Section 4. There is hereby appropriated from administrative expense surcharge fees deposited in the state water pollution control revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to § 46A-1-60.1, the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing water quality grants under the state water pollution control revolving fund program established
pursuant to § 46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established
by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.
Section 5. There is hereby appropriated from administrative expense surcharge fees
deposited in the state water pollution control revolving fund program subfund established
pursuant to § 46A-1-60.1, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much
thereof as may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of
contracting for the preparation of applications and administration of clean water state revolving
fund loans under the state water pollution control revolving fund program established pursuant
to § 46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the
Board of Water and Natural Resources.
Section 6. There is hereby appropriated from administrative expense surcharge fees
deposited in the state drinking water revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to
§ 46A-1-60.1, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as
may be necessary, to the Board of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of contracting
for the preparation of applications and administration of drinking water state revolving fund
loans under the state drinking water revolving fund program established pursuant to
§ 46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions established by the
Board of Water and Natural Resources.
Section 7. There is hereby appropriated from federal funds deposited in the state drinking
water revolving fund program subfund established pursuant to § 46A-1-60.1, the sum of one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Board
of Water and Natural Resources for the purpose of providing small system technical assistance
set-aside grants to project sponsors under the state drinking water revolving fund program
established pursuant to § 46A-1-60.1. Funds shall be provided according to terms and conditions
established by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.
Section 8. That § 1-40-32 be amended to read:
1-40-32. On the first of July each year, five six hundred thousand dollars or all the interest
deposited for the previous year in the water and environment fund established pursuant to
§ 46A-1-60, whichever is less, shall be transferred from the water and environment fund to the
environment and natural resources fee fund established pursuant to § 1-40-30.
Section 9. The secretary of environment and natural resources shall approve vouchers and
the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 10. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall
revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 11. 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.