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Appropriations Committee Hits The Road

Appropriations Committee Hits The Road

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The Interim Joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature will be on the road this week.

The group will start their meeting today at Southeast Tech in Sioux Falls. Senator Bill Van Gerpen of Tyndall says they take one tour a year…

 

The committee will then be at the Human Services Center in Yankton and USD in Vermillion on Thursday.

Van Gerpen says it is a good way for legislators to see how and where tax dollars are going…

 

The committee will also get an update on state revenues as the end of the fiscal year approaches. Van Gerpen says it sounds like the numbers will be close…

 

The committee will also discuss some one time funding distributions to the states four technical schools.

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