ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain restrictions on the use of artificial lights to hunt or locate wild
animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That chapter
41-8
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Except as provided for by the provisions of
§
41-8-17, between 10 p.m. and sunrise, from
September first to January thirty-first, inclusive, no person may cast the rays of a spotlight or other
artificial light except headlights in any field, pasture, woodland, forest, or prairie to spot, locate,
take, or attempt to take any wild animal except to take raccoons under the provisions of
§
41-8-17.
It is not a violation of this section for a landowner or occupant and one guest to use a spotlight or
other artificial light on the owner's or occupant's land, or for any person employed by the
Department of Game, Fish and Parks to use night vision equipment or artificial lights while in the
performance of the person's duty. Any violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Section
2.
The provisions of this Act are repealed on July 1, 2005.