2024 South Dakota Legislature

Senate Bill 174

An Act to increase the nonresident fee for a habitat stamp.

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

Section 1. That   41-6-85 be AMENDED:

41-6-85. Except as provided in   41-6-10.2, a person eighteen years of age or older shall purchase a habitat stamp when applying for or purchasing a fishing, hunting or fishing furbearer license. The fee for the habitat stamp shall be is ten dollars for residents and twenty-five fifty dollars for nonresidents. A person is not required to purchase more than one habitat stamp within a license period, as provided by the applicable license and rules promulgated by the commission under chapter 1-26.

Any person required to possess a fishing license, hunting license, or fishing license to take fur-bearing animals may not fish and, hunt, or trap without a habitat stamp validation.

AThe purchase of the a habitat stamp is not required for the a one-day hunting or fishing license, a youth hunting license, a private shooting preserve license, a hunt for habitat application fee raffle ticket, or a landowner hunting license.

A violation of person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Statutes affected:
Introduced, 01/25/2024: 41-6-85