<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-16H-1 - Legislative findings. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2030986Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2030986SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2030986CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2030986Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2030986DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2030986Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2030986DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2030986000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2030986SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2030986SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-16H-1"><span class="s2030986SENU">1-16H-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2030986SENU">. </span><span class="s2030986CL">Legislative findings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal-000000"><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont">The Legislature finds and declares:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal-000001"><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    That the State of South Dakota and the northern plains region of the United States are underrepresented and underdeveloped in the areas of scientific and technological investigation, experimentation, and development;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal-000001"><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    That fostering and facilitating scientific and technological investigation, experimentation, and development will benefit the state economically and educationally by creating immediate and future jobs and educational opportunities, and will add to the quality of life of the citizens of South Dakota by adding to the general wealth of human knowledge;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal-000001"><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    That the creation of the authority by this chapter will foster and facilitate scientific and technological investigation, experimentation, and development by creating a mechanism through which laboratory, experimental, and development facilities, both nonprofit and for</span><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont">profit, both governmental and nongovernmental, may be acquired, developed, constructed, funded, maintained, and operated; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal-000001"><span class="s2030986DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    That the foregoing are public purposes and uses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2030986000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2030986Normal"><span class="s2030986SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2030986SCL-000004"> SL 2004, ch 15, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>