PIERRE — Governor Kristi Noem has not said directly she intends to veto the budget passed by the South Dakota Legislature last week. She did in a Friday press release say she will have to decided if the budget presented is worth her signature and called the tax decrease approved a temporary tax holiday. Representative Will Mortenson says the legislature essentially passed the governor’s budget…
A sunset clause in the measure will return the general sales tax to four-point-five percent in four years. Senator Jim Mehlhaff says the sunset provision brought discussion…
Representative Mike Weisgram says making the tax decrease temporary is a good feature…
Veto Day is March 27th when lawmakers will consider at least three vetoes. Noem has a handful of bills that she has not signed yet and could add to that bill load.
