<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.s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0 { 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.s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000003 { 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="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=12:62:03:01.01"><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000000">12:62:03:01.01</span></a><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000001">.  Characteristics of declared pest.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0"> A declared pest possesses the following characteristics:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    (1)  The pest is capable of spreading rapidly</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0"> </span><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">by natural means in a previously uninfested area;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    (2)  The pest is not controllable without special preventive, chemical, biological, and cultural practices;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    (3)  The pest is capable of materially reducing the production of crops and livestock.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    </span><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0"> 10 SDR 83, effective February 7, 1984; 12 SDR 128, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1, 1986; repealed, 22 SDR 52, effective October 25, 1995; readopted, 23 SDR 185, effective May 8, 1997.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    </span><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-22-7"><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000003">38-22-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-22-9"><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000003">38-22-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-22-11.1"><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000003">38-22-11.1</span></a><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">    </span><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-22-7"><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000003">38-22-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-22-9"><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0-000003">38-22-9</span></a><span class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6822255b-f72e-4c3d-9a2e-058091929460000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>