ENTITLED An Act to revise the legal description for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, make an additional appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of $667,000 and the sum of $2,001,000 in federal fund expenditure authority to the Department of the Military, for purposes of designing and constructing a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls. This amount is in addition to the amount appropriated for the same project by 2022 Session Laws, Chapter 196   1.

Section 2. The adjutant general of the Department of the Military shall approve vouchers and the state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.

Section 3. Any amounts appropriated in this act not lawfully expended or obligated shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.

Section 4. That chapter 196,   1 of the 2022 Session Laws be AMENDED:

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of $5,685,920 and the sum of $16,291,974 in federal fund expenditure authority to the Department of the Military, for purposes of design and construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, and to authorize and support activities related to the following property exchange:

(1) An approximately 32.96-acre parcel located on East Benson Road and North Sycamore Avenue in Sioux Falls that is currently owned by the state, with the following description: Tract 4 and Tract 5 of Knabach Addition to the City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota; and

(2) An approximately 38.88-acre parcel located on North Bahnson Avenue in Sioux Falls with the following description: Lots 1 and 2 in Block 3 of Sioux Empire Development Park 8 Addition to the City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

Section 5. 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.

An Act to revise the legal description for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, make an additional appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.