<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:03:03:06"><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000000">41:03:03:06</span></a><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000001">.  Park entrance license fees.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">P</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">ark entrance license fees are as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (1)  The fee for an annual park entrance license</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> for a resident</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> is </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">forty dollars. For a nonresident, the fee is sixty dollars</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (2)  The fee for two annual park entrance licenses, if purchased together, is sixty dollars for residents. For nonresidents, the fee is ninety dollars;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">3</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">)  The fee for a transferable annual park entrance license</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> for a resident</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> is </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">ninety dollars</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">4</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">)  The temporary park entrance license fee at Custer State Park is </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">twenty-five dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> for a vehicle or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">twenty dollars for </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">a motorcycle</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">, and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> is valid </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">in any state park or recreation area </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">for seven consecutive days from the date of purchase;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">)  Except at Custer State Park, the daily park entrance license fee is </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">ten dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">per</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> vehicle</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> for residents, and fifteen dollars for nonresidents</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">6</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">)  </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">For a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> vehicle</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> does not have a valid park entrance license displayed as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=41:03:03:02"><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000003">41:03:03:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">, the operator or the registered owner of the vehicle shall pay </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">twenty dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> for a daily park entrance license for each day the vehicle is in the park, except at Custer State Park where the fee is </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">twenty-five dollars</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">. The operator or registered owner may apply the entire amount of the cost of th</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> daily park entrance license toward the purchase of an annual park entrance license;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">7</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">)  In lieu of the annual, daily, or temporary park entrance license fee, each person, except the driver and step</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">-</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">on guide, occupying a commercial motorcoach with a seating capacity of eight people or more in any state park or recreation area</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> pay a park entrance license fee of </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">four dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">per</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> person</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> per day</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    (</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">8</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">)  Any group or organization that hosts a private</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> one-day event at any state park or recreation area may pay, in lieu of any other park entrance license fee, a special one-day events park entrance license fee of </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">one hundred dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> for each increment of </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> attendees, or any portion </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">thereof</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">. The fee is payable in advance and no partial refunds </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> be given. Th</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">e</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> fee does not extend overnight. One-day events </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> have written consent of the park manager at least </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">fifteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> days prior to the event. Organized or hosted special one-day events </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">are limited to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> weddings, wedding receptions, meetings, class or family reunions, corporate or organizational picnics, and banquets.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> 10 SDR 120, effective May 16, 1984; 11 SDR 69, effective November 21, 1984; 12 SDR 151, effective March 16, 1986; 13 SDR 128, effective March 22, 1987; 15 SDR 139, effective March 20, 1989; 16 SDR 114, effective January 18, 1990; 16 SDR 135, effective February 18, 1990; 17 SDR 78, effective December 10, 1990; 17 SDR 170, effective May 14, 1991; 18 SDR 223, effective July 13, 1992; 19 SDR 82, effective December 7, 1992; 20 SDR 87, effective December 13, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March 23, 1994; 21 SDR 86, effective November 10, 1994, and May 1, 1995; 22 SDR 89, effective December 26, 1995; 25 SDR 108, effective February 28, 1999; 26 SDR 85, effective December 26, 1999; subdivision (5), adopted December 26, 1999, effective May 1, 2000; 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 27 SDR 85, effective February 26, 2001; 28 SDR 103, effective January 30, 2002; 29 SDR 147, effective May 6, 2003; 30 SDR 99, effective December 22, 2003; 32 SDR 31, effective August 29, 2005; 33 SDR 225, effective June 25, 2007; 34 SDR 179, effective December 24, 2007; 35 SDR 184, effective February 2, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 112, effective December 8, 2010; 38 SDR 213, effective June 19, 2012; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012; 42 SDR 97, effective January 5, 2016</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">; 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-17-13"><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000003">41-17-13</span></a><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">    </span><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-17-13"><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0-000003">41-17-13</span></a><span class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508beP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7ee7b39c-5014-44d9-bd87-be1ccb3508be000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>