Bill > HB1100

This bill modifies how funds collected from livestock auction agencies are used, specifically concerning the livestock disease emergency fund and the livestock auction market inspectors fund. The livestock auction agency will continue to pay license, renewal, and inspection fees to the Animal Industry Board, which will then send them to the state treasurer. Ten percent of these fees will go into the livestock disease emergency fund, and the remaining ninety percent will go into the livestock auction market inspectors fund, which is used to pay livestock auction market inspectors. The bill clarifies that expenditures from both the livestock auction market inspectors fund and the livestock disease emergency fund must be appropriated in the general appropriation bill, meaning they require legislative approval before being spent. Furthermore, the livestock disease emergency fund can only be used by the Animal Industry Board for the eradication and control of virulent diseases among livestock and poultry if the Governor declares an emergency and authorizes its use. The bill also repeals a provision that allowed the Governor to use excess funds in the livestock disease emergency fund for veterinary slots or grants in out-of-state schools.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/26956