State of South Dakota
|
SEVENTY-SECOND
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 1997 |
400A0270 |
SENATE BILL
NO.
54
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Introduced by: The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks |
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act
to revise the violations which are cause for the revocation
of a person's hunting, trapping, or fishing privileges and to extend the duration of the
revocation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 41-6-74 be amended to read as follows:
41-6-74.
In any case where
If
a person is convicted of a violation of a game and fish law
punishable as a felony or Class 1 misdemeanor
or
;
a violation of
§
41-12-12 or
§
41-12-13
or
;
a violation of any other law or regulation pertaining to fishing, hunting
,
or possessing game
without license or during
a
closed season
; or taking or possessing in excess of the lawful daily
or possession limit one or two paddlefish, two or three turkeys, four to six, inclusive, of any one
game fish as regulated other than paddlefish, or four to six, inclusive, of any one small game
animal as regulated;
the court shall revoke the person's hunting, trapping, or fishing privilege
for a period of one year following
such
the
conviction
and if such
. If a person is convicted of
taking or possessing in excess of the lawful daily or possession limit three or more paddlefish,
four or more turkeys, seven or more of any one game fish as regulated other than paddlefish,
such
the
license holder to surrender and deliver
such
the
license into court
and the same shall
be canceled and revoked
at which time the revocation shall be noted on the face of the license
and returned to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
If the person has a combination
license, the revocation shall be noted on the face of the license and shall be returned to the
person to remain valid for the other purposes permitted by the license.
For the purpose of this
section,
"
conviction
" shall be
is
defined as provided in
§
32-12-53.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 41-6-74 be amended to read as follows:
41-6-74.
or seven or more of any one small game animal as regulated, the court shall revoke the person's hunting, trapping, or fishing privilege for a period of two to five years, inclusive, following the conviction. If the
person is the holder of a license to hunt, trap, or fish, the court shall require