S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-34
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Distribution of fines and penalties collected for violation of local ordinances
Official statutory text
Thirty - five percent of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by or through the use of a circuit or magistrate court, clerk, or other court officer for violations of a county, township, municipal or chartered governmental unit's ordinance, charter, or bylaw, shall be paid into the state general fund as provided by chapter 4-3 and sixty - five percent to the appropriate government subdivision treasurer.
Source: SL 1974, ch 158, § 4; SL 1975, ch 162, § 6; SL 1977, ch 177; SL 1983, ch 162, § 4.
Source: SL 1974, ch 158, § 4; SL 1975, ch 162, § 6; SL 1977, ch 177; SL 1983, ch 162, § 4.
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