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Appropriations committee backs $4.95 million to cover state emergency, disaster costs
Summary
The Joint Committee on Appropriations voted to give House Bill 1033 a "do pass" recommendation, approving a $4,951,260 general-fund appropriation to the state's emergency and disaster fund to cover FEMA non‑federal shares, hazard mitigation shares and unreimbursable incident costs.
The Joint Committee on Appropriations on the South Dakota Legislature voted to give House Bill 1033 a "do pass" recommendation after hearing from Department of Public Safety officials on the need to replenish the state emergency and disaster fund.
The bill would appropriate $4,951,260 from the general fund to the emergency and disaster fund. Christy Turman, deputy cabinet secretary for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, told the committee the appropriation is intended to cover three categories of costs: the state's non‑federal share on FEMA recovery projects, the state share of hazard mitigation projects, and any emergency costs that are…
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