State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013  

952U0378   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1083  

Introduced by:    Representatives Olson (Betty), Craig, Kaiser, May, and Russell and Senators Maher, Brown, Ewing, Kirkeby, Lederman, and Rhoden
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to reestablish the crime of rustling and to provide a penalty therefor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 22-30A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    The theft of any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, buffalo, or captive nondomestic elk is rustling. Rustling is a Class 4 felony.
    Section 2. That § 22-30A-17 be amended to read as follows:
    22-30A-17. Theft is grand theft, if the property stolen:
            (1)    Exceeds one thousand dollars in value;
            (2)    Is a firearm;
            (3)    Is taken from the person of another; or
            (4)    The property stolen is cattle, horses, mules, buffalo, or captive nondomestic elk.
    Grand theft is a Class 4 felony.

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