An Act to revise notification requirements for listing and delisting species on the threatened and endangered species list.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 34A-8-5 be AMENDED.

34A-8-5. Notice by commission of proposed actions--Time allowed for comment.

The Game, Fish and Parks Commission may not add a species to nor remove a species from any list pursuant to § 34A-8-3 or 34A-8-4, until it has:

(1) Published a public notice of such proposed actionPromulgated a rule, pursuant to chapter 1-26, for the addition or removal of the subject species; and

(2) Notified the Governor of any state sharing a common border with this state and in which the subject species is known to exist that such action is being proposed;

(3) Allowed at least thirty days following publication for comment from public and other interested parties.