Pierre — South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard (R) has vetoed SB115, which would have increased the commercial fertilizer inspection fee for the purposes of fertilizer-related research and to create the Nutrient Research Education Council to promote such research. The bill would have doubled the current $0.15 per ton fee to raise money for the Agricultural Experiment Station. The governor maintained that is was not a fee increase, but a tax. He says the station is already receiving an ongoing increase of more than 10 percent and an increase of eight new full-time employees. Proponents of the increase are reportedly hoping to override the veto.
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