FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions regarding violations of county and municipal ordinances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 7-18A-2 be repealed.
    7-18A-2. Each county may enact, amend, and repeal such ordinances and resolutions as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the powers granted to it by law and provide for the enforcement of each violation of any ordinance by means of any or all of the following:

            (2)    An action for civil injunctive relief, pursuant to chapter 21-8.
    Section 2. That § 7-18A-32 be repealed.
    7-18A-32. Actions for violations of county ordinances shall be civil cases and the county shall be the plaintiff. The actions shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint and the response thereto shall be by oral plea or written answer. Conduct for the trials of violation of

county ordinances and resolutions shall be governed by the procedure used in all proceedings for violations of ordinances and bylaws of units of local government of this state as referred to in § 23A-1-1. If the procedure does not cover or apply to a specific portion of the proceeding, the rules of civil procedure apply.
    Section 3. That chapter 7-18A be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:

    Every county may enact, make, amend, revise, or repeal all ordinances, resolutions, and regulations as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the powers granted thereto. Any person who violates this section shall be assessed a fine by the court in the amount of twenty-five dollars per violation and not to exceed five hundred dollars at the time of judgement. The fine shall be deposited in the county general fund.
    Section 4. That § 9-19-3 be amended to read:
    9-19-3. Every municipality may enact, make, amend, revise, or repeal all such ordinances, resolutions, and regulations as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the powers granted thereto, and to provide for the punishment of each violation thereof by a fine not to exceed the fine established by subdivision 22-6-2(2), by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both the fine and imprisonment. Any person who violates this section shall be assessed a fine by the court in the amount of twenty-five dollars per violation and not to exceed five hundred dollars at the time of judgement. The fine shall be deposited in the municipal general fund.
    Section 5. That § 9-19-3.1 be repealed.
    9-19-3.1. In the prosecution for the violation of any municipal ordinance which authorizes a penalty of a jail sentence, the municipality must prove the defendant guilty of the violation of the ordinance beyond a reasonable doubt. The proceedings shall be commenced by complaint naming the first or second class municipality as plaintiff, and the response thereto shall be by

either oral plea or written answer. The defendant shall be entitled, by making demand therefor at any time before the commencement of trial, to trial by jury in the event the defendant is subject to any jail sentence. Except as provided in this section the proceedings shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure.