___________________ moved that HB 1140 be amended as follows:
41-6-21.
The Game, Fish and Parks Commission may, by rules promulgated pursuant to
§ 41-2-18, set the number of licenses issued for the hunting, taking, or killing of any big game
animal during any season and establish who is eligible to apply for such licenses. Any person
in the armed services of the United States who is absent from this state on active duty during
the entire time for making application, and is otherwise qualified and a resident of South
Dakota, may apply for and shall receive
, without payment of a fee,
deer, turkey, and antelope
licenses. In addition, any spouse and any minor dependent child of such a person in the armed
services who are also absent from this state during the entire time for making application, and
are otherwise qualified, may apply for and shall receive
, without payment of a fee,
deer, turkey,
and antelope licenses. In establishing eligibility, the commission may give preference to persons
who actually operate or live as owner or tenant on agricultural, timber, or grazing lands situated
within the areas opened to such big game hunting. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for anyone to
apply for such licenses except those persons whose eligibility has been established by statute
or rule of the Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
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