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Chairman Garrett Renville urges restored trust, tax transparency and tribal managed care in State of the Tribes address
Summary
Garrett Renville, chairman of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, called on the Legislature to rebuild government-to-government relationships, back House Bill 1018 on tribal tax reporting, support land-transfer tax relief, and pursue tribal managed care and housing reauthorization.
Garrett Renville, chairman of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, told a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature that rebuilding government-to-government trust must begin with consultation and transparency, and he urged the Legislature to support specific tax reporting, healthcare and housing measures.
Renville said recent actions and statements affecting tribal budgets and authority have eroded trust between tribal nations and the state, and he asked lawmakers to "reset" the relationship by consulting tribes before pursuing legislation that affects tribal budgets and compacts.
He asked lawmakers to back House Bill 1018, which he described as "an act to require the Department of Revenue provide an annual report to tribal governments regarding certain tax collections," specifically seeking an accounting of online sales-tax revenue collected from tribal areas and how much was returned…
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