24.623.10 99th Legislative Session 55

2024 South Dakota Legislature

Senate Bill 55

Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources at the request of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks

An Act to remove multiple vehicle ownership as a condition for purchasing an additional park entry license at a reduced price.

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

Section 1. That § 41-17-13 be AMENDED:

41-17-13. A park license may be required to permit a motor vehicle and the occupants entrance to entry into any state park (, except Bear Butte when used by persons individuals participating in a religious activities) activity, and to into any of the following lakeside use or state recreation areas or state lakeside use areas: Lake Poinsett; the Yankton unit, the Midway unit, and the Gavins Point unit of Lewis and Clark Lake; Sandy Shore; Farm Island; Mina Lake; Richmond Lake; Lake Louise; Pickerel Lake; Angostura; Lake Vermillion; Shadehill; Llewellyn Johns; Burke Lake; Lake Cochrane; West Whitlock; Swan Creek; West Bend; Snake Creek; Walker's Point; Platte Creek; Lake Alvin; Pelican Lake; Bush's Landing; Little Bend; Lake Hiddenwood; East Whitlock; Sutton Bay; Dodge Draw; Lake Thompson; Indian Creek; Downstream (below Oahe Dam); North Point; American Creek; Randall Creek; Chief White Crane; Pierson Ranch; Spring/Cow Creek; Okobojo Point; Walth Bay; Spillway (Fort Randall Dam); Pease Creek; North Wheeler; Whetstone Bay; East Shore; Peoria Flats; West Shore; West Chamberlain; South Shore; Tailrace (Fort Randall Dam); Revheim Park; Springfield; Buryanek; West Pollock; Bob's Landing; Rocky Point; and Big Sioux:

(1) Angostura;

(2) American Creek;

(3) Big Sioux;

(4) Bob's Landing;

(5) Burke Lake;

(6) Buryanek;

(7) Bush's Landing;

(8) Chief White Crane;

(9) Cow Creek;

(10) Dodge Draw;

(11) Downstream below Oahe Dam;

(12) East Shore;

(13) East Whitlock;

(14) Farm Island;

(15) Indian Creek;

(16) Lake Alvin;

(17) Lake Cochrane;

(18) Lake Hiddenwood;

(19) Lake Louise;

(20) Lake Poinsett;

(21) Lake Thompson;

(22) Lake Vermillion;

(23) Lewis and Clark Lake's Gavins Point unit, the Midway unit, and the Yankton unit;

(24) Little Bend;

(25) Llewellyn Johns;

(26) Mina Lake;

(27) North Point;

(28) North Wheeler;

(29) Okobojo Point;

(30) Peoria Flats;

(31) Pease Creek;

(32) Pelican Lake;

(33) Pickerel Lake;

(34) Pierson Ranch;

(35) Platte Creek;

(36) Randall Creek;

(37) Revheim Park;

(38) Richmond Lake;

(39) Rocky Point;

(40) Sandy Shore;

(41) Shadehill;

(42) Snake Creek;

(43) South Shore;

(44) Spillway at Fort Randall Dam;

(45) Spring Creek;

(46) Springfield;

(47) Sutton Bay;

(48) Swan Creek;

(49) Tailrace at Fort Randall Dam;

(50) Walker's Point;

(51) Walth Bay;

(52) West Bend;

(53) West Chamberlain;

(54) West Pollock;

(55) West Shore;

(56) West Whitlock; and

(57) Whetstone Bay.

The Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, set annual and daily park entrance license fees for entry into a state park, lakeside use area, or state recreation area.

The Game, Fish and Parks Commission commission shall, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, establish a system by which owners of two or more vehicles an individual may purchase an additional a second license each year for each vehicle registered to the same owner for one-half the price of the annual first license.

All The department shall deposit all fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the parks and recreation fund established in § 41-17-21.

Underscores indicate new language.

Overstrikes indicate deleted language.