There are 35 Legislative Days scheduled for the 2004 session. Standing Legislative Committees meet in regularly scheduled sessions during the morning hours of each Legislative Day. Some committees will hold special evening meetings. The House/Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Monday through Friday at 8:00am in room LRC1 and LRC2 of the Capitol.

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1/14/04 -  BIT / Bureau of Administration 1/15/04 - Department of Corrections 1/16/04 - Department of Social Services 1/20/04 - Department of Tourism and State Development / Office of School and Public Lands / Office of the Secretary of State / Office of the State Auditor 1/21/04 - Bureau of Finance and Management, Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, Office of the State Treasurer,  Bureau of Personnel 1/22/04 - Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Public Utilities Commission 1/23/04 - Senate Bills SB 22 -make an appropriation from the coordinated soil and water conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission. SB 19 -make an appropriation to the state fair for the repayment of debt and to declare an emergency. SB 49 -make an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives. SB 48 -revise the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education. SB 55 -make an appropriation to reimburse certain family physicians and certain midlevel practitioners who have complied with the requirements of the physician tuition reimbursement program and the midlevel tuition reimbursement program. SB 10 -authorize the Board of Regents to construct a computational mechanics laboratory addition to the civil, mechanical engineering building at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to appropriate money therefor, and to declare an emergency. SB 11-delegate authority to the Board of Regents to construct certain buildings and structures and to make a continuing appropriation therefor. SB 47-revise the bonding provisions on certain Board of Regents capital projects. 1/26/04 - Board of Regents 8am and 6pm CT 1/27/04 - South Dakota Investment Council, Department of Labor, South Dakota Retirement System 1/28/04 - Department of Human Services  1/29/04 - Department of Public Safety 1/30/04 - Senate Bills SB 73: make an appropriation from the education enhancement trust fund to provide funding to the South Dakota State Historical Society for educational outreach SB 106: appropriate money for the Northern Crops Institute. SB 153: appropriate money for the repair of Tripp Lake dam. SB 190: appropriate money for the Campbell County Family Meats Processing Plant. SB 203: make appropriations from the water and environment fund, the environment and natural resources fee fund, the water pollution control revolving fund subfund, and the drinking water revolving fund subfund, and to declare an emergency SB 200: provide certain provisions relating to the transfer of a portion of the former Homestake Mine to the Science and Technology Authority, to make appropriations for certain costs associated with maintaining the mine, and to declare an emergency. SB 201: make an appropriation to the Science and Technology Authority to purchase liability insurance and to operate the Homestake Underground Laboratory and to declare an emergency. SB 91: appropriate money to the Ellsworth Air Force Base task force to promote and facilitate the retention of Ellsworth Air Force Base. SB 199: make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly and disabled persons SB 202: to repeal certain provisions regarding loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund and to authorize loans from the revolving economic development and initiative fund to certain capital investment entities SB 204: revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for funds to be distributed from the education enhancement trust fund. SB 98: appropriate money to fund the mentor teachers program. SB 165: establish an Energy Task Force and to make an appropriation therefor. 2/2/04 - Department of Health, Department of Transportation 2/3/04 - Unified Judicial System, Office of the Governor 2/4/04 - Department of Education 2/5/04 - Office of the Attorney General, Legislative Research Council / Legislative Audit, Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs 2/6/04 - Senate Bills SB 19 - make an appropriation to the state fair for the repayment of debt and to declare an emergency SB 89 - appropriate money for the reimbursement of attorney fees and court costs incurred in the Gina Score court cases held in Aurora County SB 189 - revise the long-term building projects authorized for Northern State University SB 48 - revise the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education SB 73 - make an appropriation from the education enhancement trust fund to provide funding to the South Dakota State Historical Society for educational outreach SB 98 - appropriate money to fund the mentor teachers program SB 79 - appropriate money for an education pilot project SB 125 - appropriate money for postsecondary technical education enhancement SB 165 - establish an Energy Task Force and to make an appropriation therefore SB 150 - appropriate money to enhance the quality of education in the state 2/7/04 - Department of Revenue and Regulation 2/9/04 - Office of the State Auditor, Department of Social Services - Community Services Grant 2/10/04 - Senate  Bills SB 11: delegate authority to the Board of Regents to construct certain buildings and structures and to make a continuing appropriation therefor. HB 1016: authorize the Board of Regents to purchase improved real property adjacent to the campus of South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1017: authorize the Board of Regents to construct a multipurpose storage and processing facility for the foundation seed stock program and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1018: authorize the Board of Regents to construct a student wellness center at South Dakota State University and to make an appropriation therefor. SB 143: appropriate money to enhance early learning opportunities for children in child care. SB 217: authorize the Board of Regents to construct a thermophylic anaerobic manure digestion system for the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1019: make an appropriation to fund the Office of Medical Education and to declare an emergency. SB 150: appropriate money to enhance the quality of education in the state. SB 125: appropriate money for postsecondary technical education enhancement. SB 204: revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for funds to be distributed from the education enhancement trust fund. SB 48: revise the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education. SB 178: appropriate money to the Board of Regents to retire certain debt. 2/11/04 - Risk Pool, Correctional Health 2/12/04 - 2/13/04 - Senate  Bills HB 1076 - make an appropriation to cover certain inmate medical expenses and to declare an emergency HB 1077 - make a supplemental appropriation for the purchase of land and the planning, design, construction, renovation, and improvement of certain corrections facilities and to declare an emergency HB 1029 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for additional costs associated with the medicaid program HB 1030 - make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires and to declare an emergency HB 1031 - revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for fiscal relief received from the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 HB 1071 - make an appropriation for salaries and benefits for public utilities commissioners and to declare an emergency HB 1103 - revise certain court automation surcharges HB 1175 - establish the brownfields revitalization and economic development program and to provide for the continuous appropriation of certain federal funds 2/17/04 - Salary Policy 2/18/04 - Senate Bills HB 1071: make an appropriation for salaries and benefits for public utilities commissioners and to declare an emergency. HB 1068: establish a fund for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1152: authorize the South Dakota Building Authority, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Department of Public Safety to contract for the construction of a law enforcement training academy, a criminal forensic laboratory, and a criminal justice and emergency operations center building in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1173: appropriate money for secondary career and technical education. HB 1200: authorize the inclusion of certain national guard members in the public employee health insurance plan. HB 1218: direct the expenditure of education enhancement trust fund earnings and direct the Department of Health to report to the Legislature 2/19/04 - Revenue Estimates 2/20/04 - Senate Bills HB 1303: make an appropriation for the restoration of certain valuable works of art owned by the state. HB 1304: increase the personal needs allowance for certain medicaid recipients. HB 1305: revise certain provisions relating to the veterans' bonus program, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. HB 1308: establish the sales tax on food refund program and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1031: revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for fiscal relief received from the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. 2/21/04 - Joint Appropriations Complete Meeting 2/23/04 - Senate Bills HB 1308: establish the sales tax on food refund program and to make an appropriation therefor. HB 1223: direct the expenditure of education enhancement trust fund earnings in the state. HB 1031: revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004 to provide for fiscal relief received from the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. HB 1218: direct the expenditure of education enhancement trust fund earnings and direct the Department of Health to report to the Legislature. 2/25/04 - Bills SB 195 - appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools 2/26/04 - Bills 2/27/04 - Bills 3/15/04 - Senate Appropriations 3/15/04 - Joint Appropriations