40-36-3.1. Prairie dog control program on private lands. The secretary of game, fish and parks shall establish a program to continue prairie dog control on private lands at the written request and with the cooperation of the participating landowner. The program is to be funded from revenues in the state animal damage control fund. Source: […]
40-36-32. Audit of predatory animal control fund. A complete audit shall be made of the state predatory animal control fund, showing receipts and expenditures made by the state auditor. Such audit shall be made by the Department of Legislative Audit of the state. Source: SL 1943, ch 42, §9; SL 1945, ch 36, §5; SDC […]
40-36-33. Predatory animal control fund carried over from year to year. Any unused balance in the state predatory animal control fund shall not revert but shall be carried over, from year to year, and applied to the payment of bounty claims in subsequent years. Source: SL 1943, ch 42, §9; SL 1945, ch 36, §5; […]
40-36-34. Special tax on sheep in eastern counties levied on petition of sheep owners–Predatory animals defined. When the board of county commissioners of any county east of the Missouri River is petitioned by two-thirds of the sheep owners whose names appear on the tax rolls of such county, to levy a special tax levy, not […]
40-36-35. Payment of bounties and employment of hunters from proceeds of special tax on sheep. Such moneys as are collected by the provisions of §40-36-34 shall be expended to pay bounties or to employ hunters, which may be, in cooperation with the organized control program of the United States Department of the Interior Fish and […]
40-36-36. Rate of bounties payable from special tax on sheep–Rules and regulations. The board of county commissioners shall establish the rate of bounties and provide all rules and regulations necessary for the carrying out of §§40-36-34 and 40-36-35. Source: SL 1943, ch 43, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §12.2812.
40-36-37. County bounty payable on coyotes. The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, offer a bounty of not more than fifty dollars for each coyote killed within the limits of the county. Source: SDC 1939, §12.2801; SL 1974, ch 273, §4; SL 2020, ch 179, § 3.
40-36-38. Educational campaign for rodent and reptile control. For the purpose of conducting an educational campaign in the control and extermination of harmful and destructive rodents and poisonous or destructive reptiles, the secretary of game, fish and parks may employ such methods as he may deem advisable. Source: SDC 1939, §25.1201; SL 1977, ch 324, […]
40-36-39. Employment of personnel for extermination of rodents and reptiles–Purchase and distribution of equipment and supplies–Bounties prohibited. The secretary of game, fish and parks may employ persons skilled in trapping, poisoning, or taking of such rodents and such reptiles and may buy, distribute, and authorize the use of poison, traps, guns, ammunition, or other agencies […]
40-36-39.1. South Dakota rodent control fund. The South Dakota rodent and reptile control fund is renamed the South Dakota rodent control fund. Source: SL 2007, ch 235, §1.
40-36-39.2. Validation of rodent control agreements. All agreements made by the South Dakota secretary of agriculture and natural resources with agencies of the federal government concerning rodent control, all actions of the secretary in conducting and maintaining a poison bait station, distributing or selling of poison bait, and purchasing supplies for rodent control, are hereby […]
40-36-40. Disposition of carcasses of rodents and reptiles taken–Use of proceeds of sale. All furs, skins, or other parts of the carcasses of such rodents and such reptiles taken by employees in accordance with the provisions of §§40-36-38 and 40-36-39 shall be the property of the State of South Dakota and those having a commercial […]
40-36-41. Records of rodent and reptile work. The records pertaining to work under §§40-36-38 to 40-36-40, inclusive, shall be kept and any information of scientific value that is obtained shall be recorded and preserved for the benefit of the state. Source: SDC 1939, §25.1203.
40-36-46. Policy advisory committee for animal damage control. There is created a policy advisory committee for animal damage control consisting of the secretary of game, fish and parks, the animal damage control supervisor, the secretary of agriculture and natural resources or the secretary’s designee, and one representative from each of the following organizations: USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, […]
40-36-9. Programs and rules for control of injurious animals–Payment of expenses. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may direct or employ personnel and conduct programs and the Game, Fish and Parks Commission may adopt pursuant to chapter 1-26 necessary rules to control foxes, coyotes, feral dogs, prairie dogs, and other wild animals. The expense […]
