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Statutes > South-dakota > Title-41 > Chapter-20 > Statute-41-20-8

41-20-8. Cooperation with other agencies in forest and rangeland management and protection--Scope of activities--Collection of costs incurred by wildland fire coordinator. The state forester, with the sanction of the Department of Agriculture, may, upon request, assist and cooperate with any agency of the United States government, all state, county, and municipal agencies, and with any corporation, association, partnership, or individual owning or controlling any forestland, woodland, shelterbelt, or rangeland in the management and protection of such forestland, woodland, shelterbelt, or rangeland, including:
(1) Preparation of plans for management, protection, replacement;
(2) Management, surveying, harvesting, marketing, and processing of forest products;
(3) Creation and administration of fire protection districts;
(4) Disposal of slash, debris from logging operations, and other fire and insect hazards;
(5) Assistance to the state wildland fire coordinator in the prevention and suppression of fires;
(6) Prevention and suppression of other nuisances.
In providing timber sale assistance pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, on private lands, the state forester shall determine that such assistance is not reasonably available through a consulting forester. If the assistance is determined to be unavailable from a consulting forester, the state forester may provide the assistance after courtesy notification to private industrial foresters. However, the assistance provided shall be limited to thirty man days over a period of six years per individual owner.
After providing assistance in the suppression of fires pursuant to subdivision (5) of this section, the state wildland fire coordinator may collect fire suppression and extinguishment costs pursuant to § 41-20-5 if the costs were initially incurred by the coordinator or if the secretary of agriculture has repaid any of the governmental agencies or persons described by this section for goods or services used in fire suppression efforts directed by the coordinator.

Source: SL 1945, ch 90, § 4; SL 1953, ch 104; SDC Supp 1960, § 25.1310 (3); SDC Supp 1960, § 25.1302 as enacted by SL 1966, ch 73, § 2; SDCL, § 38-25-7; SL 1980, ch 290; SL 1981, ch 304; SL 1991, ch 348; SL 1992, ch 251, § 5; SL 2001, ch 238, § 5; SL 2002, ch 198, § 2.