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Senate committee votes 5-4 to extend deadline on GOED air-service funds for two years
Summary
The South Dakota Senate Appropriations Committee recommended a do-pass on House Bill 1189, extending by two years the deadline to spend 2021 Governor—s Office of Economic Development funds for airport route restoration; proponents said no new money is requested and airports need more time after pandemic-related delays.
The South Dakota Senate Appropriations Committee on a 5-4 roll call recommended passage of House Bill 1189, a proposal to extend by two years the use-by date on 2021 Governor—s Office of Economic Development (GOED) appropriations intended for airline route restoration and marketing.
Representative Steve Duffy, sponsor of HB 1189, said the bill would extend the current June 30, 2025, deadline for spending those GOED dollars by an additional two years. "It's a bill that's designed to extend the use by date of some GOED dollars that were allocated in 2021," Duffy said, adding that no new appropriation is tied to the measure.
The measure would preserve funds set aside in 2021 after the COVID-19 downturn in air travel: $3.9 million split between Rapid City and Sioux Falls for route restoration and $600,000 split among…
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