ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. There is appropriated $8,000,000 from the general fund to the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority, for the purpose of funding public roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity occurring on Ellsworth Air Force Base.

Section 2. The moneys appropriated in section 1 of this Act must be used for public roadway and related infrastructure improvements necessary to support, mitigate, and address impacts from construction activity occurring on Ellsworth Air Force Base.

Eligible uses include: roadway reconstruction, rehabilitation, widening, capacity improvements, traffic safety enhancements and mitigation measures, engineering, design, traffic studies, construction oversight, inspection, and industry-standard roadway analysis.

Section 3. On or before July thirty-first, the authority shall submit a report to the Governor's Office of Economic Development, the Legislative Research Council, and the Department of Legislative Audit listing, for the preceding fiscal year, each award recipient, the amount of each award, and the purpose of each award.

Section 4. The South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority may not spend more than three percent of the total appropriation on administrative expenses.

Section 5. The executive director of the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized in this Act.

Section 6. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by July 1, 2040, shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.

Section 7. 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.

An Act to make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.