State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-SECOND SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2007 |
400N0277 |
HOUSE BILL
NO.
1026
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Introduced by:
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources at the request of the
Department of Game, Fish and Parks
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
define unprotected birds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 41-11 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 41-11 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
For the purposes of this chapter, the term, unprotected birds, means any species of birds
determined by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission to no longer merit protected status under
§
41-11-2. The commission shall establish a list of unprotected birds, by rules promulgated
pursuant to chapter 1-26, which shall include the English house sparrow, the European starling
and the unbanded undomesticated pigeon (rock dove).
Section 2. That § 41-11-10 be amended to read as follows:
41-11-10.
The English or European house sparrow, unbanded undomesticated pigeon (rock
dove), and European starling
Unprotected birds, as defined in section 1 of this Act,
are not
included among the birds protected by this chapter. Purple grackle, crow, magpie, brown headed
cow bird, red-winged blackbird, Brewers blackbird, rusty blackbird, and the bronzed grackle
may be taken when committing or about to commit depredation upon ornamental or shade trees,
Section 2. That § 41-11-10 be amended to read as follows:
41-11-10.
agricultural crops, livestock or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance.