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Statutes > South-dakota > Title-41 > Chapter-06 > Statute-41-6-18-4

41-6-18.4. Temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses--Special issuance in certain counties--Promulgation of rules--Fees--Validity of licenses--Disposition of revenue. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission may promulgate rules in accordance with chapter 1-26 to authorize the department to issue up to two thousand fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses, up to two thousand early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident licenses, and a number of spring snow goose temporary nonresident licenses to be determined by the department, and to establish the fee therefor, validity of the licenses issued, types of waterfowl to be hunted, and areas in which hunting is permitted. Up to five hundred of the fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses shall be made available for use in the counties of Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Clark, Codington, Deuel, and Hamlin. The commission, in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, may establish a process and criteria to allow the issuance of a portion of the five hundred licenses in counties other than those specified if the department determines that such licenses are otherwise likely to remain unsold. Except for the fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses issued in Brown, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Clark, Codington, Deuel, and Hamlin counties, the fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses are valid only on private property, but are not valid on private property leased by the department for public hunting or on highways or other public rights-of-way within this state that otherwise meet the requirements of § 41-9-1.3. Revenue from the sale of fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses shall be deposited in the department's land acquisition and development fund to be used to acquire, by lease, permit, or otherwise, interests in real property to be used for providing waterfowl hunting public access in the counties adjacent to the Missouri River. Revenue from the sale of early fall Canada goose temporary nonresident licenses shall be deposited in the department's land acquisition and development fund to be used to acquire by lease, permit, or otherwise, interests in real property to be used for providing waterfowl hunting public access. Before promulgating rules which permit the issuance of fall three-day temporary nonresident waterfowl licenses, the commission shall determine that adequate waterfowl hunting public access has been provided through the department's land acquisition and development fund or through other means.

Source: SL 1998, ch 255, § 2; SL 2000, ch 205, § 3; SL 2002, ch 195, § 1; SL 2003, ch 219, §§ 1, 2.