The Department of Agriculture is hereby continued as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The former Department of Environment and Natural Resources, also formerly known as the Department of Natural Resource Development and as the Department of Water and Natural Resources, is hereby continued as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall protect and promote agriculture as South Dakota's most vital industry, and it will preserve our natural resources and the environment through sound management.
S.D. Codified Laws § 1-41-1
Department continued
Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 127; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex
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