shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com March 14, 2017 • Page 5 IM22 “Replace” Bills Fail to Honor Will of the People Pierre, SD: The South Dakota Legislature ignored the will of the people with weak and loophole-ridden “replace” bills following their repeal of the voter-approved IM-22, according to Represent South Dakota. “Overturning South Dakota’s election results was unprecedented, dangerous and flat out un-American,” said Doug Kronaizl, spokesperson for Represent South Dakota. “Now lawmakers are adding insult to injury by failing to deliver on their promise to pass tough new ethics laws. Instead we’re getting window dressing that looks more like a lobbyist protection act than an anti-corruption act. What they passed benefits themselves and special interests, not the majority of South Dakotans who voted for IM-22. Legislators didn’t even allow the public to speak at key committee meetings.” IM22, the Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption Act, was passed by nearly 51.6 percent of South Dakota voters in November. In February, despite bipartisan opposition in the Senate and House, the legislature passed HB 1069 and Governor Dennis Daugaard signed it into law, declaring an “emergency” in order to swiftly repeal the entirety of IM22. During the repeal process, legislators promised a “repeal and replace” approach; instead, as the legislative session comes to a close today, it has become clear to voters that the legislature had no intent to respect the will of the people, according to Represent South Dakota. Most disconcerting are those voter-approved measures that were repealed and not replaced. “The full repeal of IM-22 axed the nuts and bolts of the measure that made it a powerful force for increased transparency and accountability in state government,” continued Kronaizl. Provisions enacted by the voters but ignored by legislators include, but are not limited to: comprehensive lobbying restrictions, increased disclosure requirements, lower campaign contribution limits, anonymous corruption tip lines, and easily searchable donor information. And where legislators promised to create “a better version” of IM 22, they’ve given voters pure window dressing. HB 1076, for example, creates a government accountability board to replace IM 22’s independent ethics commission. But legislators wholly exempted themselves from its weak oversight, and the Governor now picks the very board members meant to investigate his own branch of government, according to Kronaizl. “We have to judge elected officials by what they do, not by what they say,” continued Kronaizl. “While they’ve talked much about ‘respecting’ the intent of IM 22, their actions tell a different story.” In the coming months voters across the state will be meeting in various citizen anti-corruption forums to discuss the legislative session and share ideas on how to move forward. “We need to continue working together as South Dakotans to hold our government accountable,” said Kronaizl. “The repeal of a voter-enacted anti-corruption law is yet another sign that the political system is completely broken in Pierre and sweeping change is needed to fight corruption.” Such a forum will be held in Vermillion on March 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library. About the Replacement Bills: • The “replacement” lobbyist gift limit bill, HB 1073, contains a gaping exemption for all food and beverage, including alcohol and expensive meals. Attempts to cap those exemptions were amended out of the final bill. • HB 1076 creates a four-person accountability board tasked with overseeing executive branch officials and employees, but members of the board are selected by the Governor –the head of the executive branch. Moreover, the legislative branch is totally exempt from the board’s oversight powers. • Attorney General Marty Jackley’s conflicts of interest bill, SB 27, criminalizes any official’s misappropriation of state funds, but requires that the official receive a “direct financial benefit,” a term that leaves untouched the sort of “soft benefits” that risk fueling undue influence. • HB 1165 basically copy edits existing law on financial interest statements, making the bill an essentially meaningless addition to state law. • HB 1170 adopts typical conflict-ofinterest provisions for state authority, board, and commission members, but still creates notable exceptions that permit members to have an interest in, or derive a direct benefit from, state contracts. A New, Innovative Program To Help South Dakota Farmers By Sen. John Thune Ask any member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, of which I’m a long-time member, and they’d tell you that work on the farm bill never really ends. It doesn’t matter if it’s a farm bill year or not, I’m always listening to farmers’ and ranchers’ ideas about how I can provide assistance so they can run their operations more efficiently, earn a better living, and ultimately pass their farm or ranch on to the next generation. Today’s sluggish agriculture economy means it’s more important than ever for policymakers in Washington to find new, innovative ways to help present and future generations of farmers and ranchers stay on their land. We can work toward achieving that goal by providing reasonable alternatives to growing crops on land that produces the least, which would make family-run farms more profitable. After months of collecting feedback from farmers and other agriculture stakeholders, I’ve introduced a new farm bill program that’s intended to protect farmers’ income in these tough economic times. My bill, the Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP), is an economic assistance tool that offers several conservation benefits. SHIPP will not compete with or replace the popular Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), but would be a voluntary alternative for farmers who don’t want to tie up their land for long periods of time. Most farmers are familiar with CRP. It’s a good, common-sense program that provides a long-term benefit to farmers, wildlife, and the environment. It creates a safe and healthy habitat for South Dakota’s pheasant population, which has an exponential impact on the state’s economy. But in order to enroll land in CRP, farmers must be willing to commit to a lengthy contract of up to 15 years. SHIPP, on the other hand, would give farmers the flexibility they need to plant their least productive cropland to a soilenhancing, low-cost perennial conserving use crop for three, four, or five years. In return, they would receive an annual rental payment and additional crop insurance assistance. Every farmer knows exactly which portion of his or her land produces the least. Technology, like yield maps, for example, can help many farmers identify their poorest producing land. Other farmers know certain areas of their fields are less productive than others because of consistently excessive wetness, dryness, or other yield-reducing factors. Under SHIPP, farmers could enroll up to 15 percent of a farm’s least productive acres as long as they were planted or considered planted to a commodity crop for three consecutive years prior to enrollment. Once enrolled, the acreage must be planted to a perennial conserving use cover that can be hayed or grazed outside the designated primary nesting and brood-rearing season in the county in which the land is located. And SHIPP would be a low-cost program because it would encourage the removal of poor land from taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance premium subsidies and indemnities. SHIPP is just the first of several individual farm bill proposals that I’ll unveil throughout the year, and I look forward to hearing from South Dakotans about how we can improve this or any existing farm bill program, for that matter. By laying the groundwork for some of these key issues early in the process, we can make sure we’re doing all we can to meet the needs of today’s farming community. Great Buy finding the right job is easier than you think 2014 Chevy Equinox LT $10,995 All Wheel Drive Silver, 4 cyl. Full Power Lite Hail 605-665-3720 • Yankton, SD when you’ve got the right direction Stop searching. The Help Wanted section of the Missouri Valley Shopper lists many possible new job opportunities. Find a career that’s right for you. 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