make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.

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make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.

What This Bill Does

• make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.
• Official keyword topics: Appropriation Ellsworth Air Force Base Emergency Clause Highways and Bridges Reports Uncodified Acts Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4748/Detail">Duhamel</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4739/Detail">Blanc</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4743/Detail">Davis</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4765/Detail">Hulse</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4788/Detail">Miskimins</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4827/Detail">Vilhauer</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4801/Detail">Peterson (Drew)</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4747/Detail">Duffy</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4772/Detail">Jorgenson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4785/Detail">Massie</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4812/Detail">Roby</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4824/Detail">Uhre-Balk</a>

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Official Summary Text

make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.
Official keyword topics:
Appropriation
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Emergency Clause
Highways and Bridges
Reports
Uncodified Acts
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4748/Detail">Duhamel</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4739/Detail">Blanc</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4743/Detail">Davis</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4765/Detail">Hulse</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4788/Detail">Miskimins</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4827/Detail">Vilhauer</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4801/Detail">Peterson (Drew)</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4747/Detail">Duffy</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4772/Detail">Jorgenson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4785/Detail">Massie</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4812/Detail">Roby</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4824/Detail">Uhre-Balk</a>

Current Bill Text

26.757.10 101st Legislative Session 130

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 130
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure
improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force
Base and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. There is appropriated $8,000,000 from the general fund to the South Dakota
Ellsworth Development Authority, for the purpose of funding public roadway and related
infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity occurring on Ellsworth
Air Force Base.
Section 2. The moneys appropriated in section 1 of this Act must be used for public roadway
and related infrastructure improvements necessary to support, mitigate, and address impacts
from construction activity occurring on Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Eligible uses include: roadway reconstruction, rehabilitation, widening, capacity
improvements, traffic safety enhancements and mitigation measures, engineering, design,
traffic studies, construction oversight, inspection, and industry-standard roadway analysis.
Section 3. On or before July thirty-first, the authority shall submit a report to the Governor's
Office of Economic Development, the Legislative Research Council, and the Department of
Legislative Audit listing, for the preceding fiscal year, each award recipient, th e amount of
each award, and the purpose of each award.
Section 4. The South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority may not spend more than
three percent of the total appropriation on administrative expenses.
Section 5. The executive director of the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority shall
approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized
in this Act.
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Section 6. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by July
1, 2040, shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 7. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its
existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
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An Act to make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements
required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an
emergency.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 130

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

Senate Bill No. 130
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State