By Denise Ross

House Bill 1142 - Along the lines of the much ballyhooed SB126, HB1142 would remove a cap on the number of liquor licenses a person or business can have (or have an interest in), provided that less than half the revenue of a given establishment comes from liquor sales and provided it all goes down in the bigger cities (first class municipalities, if you want to be fancy).

The House Commerce Committee gets this gem, along with enough other liquor-related bills to make one think it was Friday night, not Monday morning. Meanwhile, SB126 is up for reconsideration on the Senate floor Monday afternoon. (See post below for more info.)

Senate Bill 172 - It doesn’t look like it’s in its final form, but this has got to be the bill to put back the $2 million into the Highway Patrol’s budget that the gov wants to cut. The first signs of a backlash towards SB172 appeared at Saturday’s crackerbarrel in Rapid City. More to come on that soon.

In the meantime, SB172 will have to take its chances before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will no doubt kick it downstairs to the Appropriations Committee.

House Bill 1005 - This looks like the bill - or one of the bills - that would repeal the 150% rule. And if you don’t know what that means, let’s just say it’s about property taxes and leave it at that. For now. It’s Monday. You have enough headaches.

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