S.D. Codified Laws § 5-4-12
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Waste on public lands as misdemeanor
Official statutory text
This section applies to any public lands under the jurisdiction, administration, or control of the commissioner of school and public lands. Any person who, without being duly authorized:
(1) Commits waste or depredation on such lands;
(2) Removes, or attempts to remove from such land any valuable thing naturally a product of or an appurtenance thereto;
(3) Burns, or permits to be burned, any stubble on such lands leased to him;
(4) Uses, or attempts to use, any part of such lands for meadow or pasturage purposes;
(5) Cuts, removes, or attempts to remove therefrom any hay;
(6) Breaks, or attempts to cultivate, any part of such lands;
(7) Sows any flax on such lands;
(8) Fails or neglects to till or manage any such lands leased to him for agricultural purposes without an approved conservation plan as adopted by the local conservation district subject to the commissioner's approval;
(9) Fails or neglects to pile and dispose of all brush and debris on any such lands upon which timber has been cut by him, as provided by law;
Source: SL 1890, ch 140, § 1; SL 1901, ch 184, § 1; RPenC 1903, § 538; SL 1909, ch 95, § 1; SL 1911, ch 253, § 1; RC 1919, § 3832; SDC 1939, § 13.1310; SL 1980, ch 24, § 66; SL 1985, ch 37, § 1.
(1) Commits waste or depredation on such lands;
(2) Removes, or attempts to remove from such land any valuable thing naturally a product of or an appurtenance thereto;
(3) Burns, or permits to be burned, any stubble on such lands leased to him;
(4) Uses, or attempts to use, any part of such lands for meadow or pasturage purposes;
(5) Cuts, removes, or attempts to remove therefrom any hay;
(6) Breaks, or attempts to cultivate, any part of such lands;
(7) Sows any flax on such lands;
(8) Fails or neglects to till or manage any such lands leased to him for agricultural purposes without an approved conservation plan as adopted by the local conservation district subject to the commissioner's approval;
(9) Fails or neglects to pile and dispose of all brush and debris on any such lands upon which timber has been cut by him, as provided by law;
Source: SL 1890, ch 140, § 1; SL 1901, ch 184, § 1; RPenC 1903, § 538; SL 1909, ch 95, § 1; SL 1911, ch 253, § 1; RC 1919, § 3832; SDC 1939, § 13.1310; SL 1980, ch 24, § 66; SL 1985, ch 37, § 1.
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