40-37-1. Petition by livestock owners for designation of county as predator control district.
The resident owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep, or the resident owners of at least fifty-one percent of the cattle, or the resident owners of at least fifty-one percent of both sheep and cattle acting jointly, in any county, as shown by the last county livestock census as provided for in §40-37-1.1, may petition the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to designate the county as a predator control district.
Source: SL 1974, ch 275, §1; SL 1979, ch 272, §1; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 40 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 37 - Predator Control Districts
Section 40-37-1.1 - County livestock census--Procedure.
Section 40-37-3 - Petition for multiple-county district--Consent of included counties required.
Section 40-37-4 - Board of directors of district--Qualifications--Number.
Section 40-37-7 - Annual district meetings--Notice to livestock owners on revised list.
Section 40-37-8 - Election of directors--Voting--Terms of office.
Section 40-37-9 - Powers of district board of directors.
Section 40-37-10 - Special levy for district operations--Certification to county commissioners.
Section 40-37-11 - Special tax levy on sheep and cattle--Maximum amount.
Section 40-37-12 - Additional tax levied by county commissioners subject to referendum--Amount.
Section 40-37-14 - Effective period of additional tax--Certification to county commissioners--Levy.
Section 40-37-16 - Acceptance of voluntary donations and appropriations.
Section 40-37-18 - Records kept by secretary-treasurers--Public inspection.