SB121

The amendment completely rewrote the bill from a vague appropriation for "developing the economic viability of South Dakota" into a specific measure transferring $101 from the unclaimed property trust fund to the general fund and appropriating $101 to the Office of the Commissioner of School and Public Lands for replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, while adding an emergency declaration. This transforms the bill from an undefined economic development measure into a concrete infrastructure project with a declared emergency.

The amendment replaces the placeholder appropriation amount of `$101` with the actual funding amount of `$8,212,497` for the Richmond Lake dam and spillway replacement project, and changes the bill's processing from House Appropriations to Conference Committee. This STRENGTHENS the bill by providing the genuine funding needed to execute the project rather than a token placeholder amount.

The amendment converted the bill from a conference committee engrossed version (marked as extensively amended and potentially inconsistent with the sponsor's original intent) to its final enrolled version ready for the Governor's signature, with no substantive changes to the policy itself—the bill maintains its core purpose of appropriating $8,212,497 for Richmond Lake dam and spillway replacement.