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

790U0499   SENATE TRANSPORTATION ENGROSSED    NO.  HB 1144 -  02/25/2013  

Introduced by:    Representatives Gibson, Heinert, Hickey, Hoffman, Killer, Kopp, May, Olson (Betty), Parsley, Rozum, Verchio, and Wismer and Senators Kirkeby, Lucas, Sutton, and Tidemann
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to permit the euthanization of wildlife that have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who has seriously injured a wildlife animal in a motor vehicle accident or any person who comes upon a wildlife animal that has been seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident may euthanize the seriously injured animal so that it will not suffer needlessly if that person has the means, skill, and will to euthanize the animal humanely.
    Section 2. Any person who euthanizes a wildlife animal pursuant to section 1 of this Act shall report the event to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks or any conservation office within twenty-four hours.

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