38-19A-1. Definition of terms.
Terms as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean:
(1)"Brand," any trademark, product name, or other specific designation under which any individual soil amendment is offered for sale;
(2)"Bulk," nonpackaged form;
(3)"Distributing," importing, consigning, manufacturing, producing, compounding, mixing or blending any soil amendment, or offering for sale, selling, bartering, or otherwise supplying any soil amendment in this state;
(4)"Distributor," any person who distributes any soil amendment in this state;
(5)"Investigational allowance," any allowance for variations inherent in the taking, preparation and analysis of an official sample of a soil amendment;
(6)"Label," any display of all written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a soil amendment;
(7)"Labeling," any written, printed, or graphic matter, upon or accompanying any soil amendment, or advertisements, brochures, posters, or television or radio announcements used in promoting the sale of such soil amendment;
(7A)"Manipulated manure," any animal or vegetable manure collected or stored in a manner consistent with practices commonly implemented in agricultural production that has been subjected to practices including composting, mechanical dewatering, or pelletizing or altered in any way to change chemical, physical, or biological characteristics;
(7B)"Microbe," any microbiological organism or mixture of microbiological organisms intended to produce any physical, chemical, biochemical, biological, or other change in the soil;
(8)"Minimum percentage," that percentage of soil amendment ingredient that shall be present in a product before the product may be accepted for registration when distributed in any form or manner;
(9)"Official sample," any sample of a soil amendment taken by the secretary and so designated;
(10)"Percent," percentage by weight;
(11)"Registrant," any person who shall register any soil amendments under the provisions of this chapter;
(12)"Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the State of South Dakota;
(13)"Soil amending ingredient," any substance which will improve the physical, chemical, or other characteristic of the soil or improve crop production;
(14)"Soil amendment," any substance which is intended to improve the physical, chemical, or other characteristics of the soil or improve crop production, except the following: commercial fertilizer, unmanipulated animal manures, unmanipulated vegetable manures, pesticides, lime or lime sludge produced by a water treatment facility, sewage sludge, as defined in §38-19-1, and compost as defined in §38-19-1;
(15)"Soil ingredient form," any ingredient or the chemical compound of an ingredient;
(16)"Ton," two thousand pounds avoirdupois net weight;
(17)"Weight," the weight of that material offered for sale.
Source: SL 1976, ch 244, §1; SL 1995, ch 324, §5; SL 2015, ch 203, §17; SL 2016, ch 200, §2; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 38 - Agriculture and Horticulture
Section 38-19A-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 38-19A-2 - Distribution of adulterated soil amendments prohibited--Adulteration defined.
Section 38-19A-3 - Distribution of misbranded soil amendments prohibited--Misbranding defined.
Section 38-19A-5 - Duplicate registration not required if labels do not differ.
Section 38-19A-6 - Minimum ingredients required for registration of soil amendments.
Section 38-19A-7 - Label required--Contents.
Section 38-19A-8 - False or misleading statements, labeling, advertising, or oral claims prohibited.
Section 38-19A-9 - Proof required of claims or usefulness and value--Evidence of proof.
Section 38-19A-11 - Annual tonnage statement--Inspection fees.
Section 38-19A-15 - Rules and regulations.
Section 38-19A-16 - Violation of chapter as misdemeanor.
Section 38-19A-18 - Deposit of fees.
Section 38-19A-19 - Analyses of lime or lime sludge compost provided by distributor.