The secretary is authorized, after holding a public hearing, to declare as a pest any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to any plant, person, domestic animal, or substance.
S.D. Codified Laws § 38-20A-3
Declaration as pest--Public hearing
Source: SL 1947, ch 99, § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 22.12A06 (1) (a); SDCL, § 39-19-3; SL 1985, ch 15, § 51; SL 2020, ch 173, § 3.
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