CHAPTER 223

(HB 1244)

National Guard and reserve members may receive
resident hunting and fishing licenses.


         ENTITLED, An Act to  allow certain National Guard and armed forces reserve members to obtain resident hunting and fishing licenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 41-6-52 be amended to read as follows:

     41-6-52.   No person may make application for, purchase, or attempt to purchase a resident license under § §   41-6-12 to 41-6-45.1, inclusive, unless the applicant has been a resident of this state for at least ninety days prior to before making of the application and claims no resident privileges in any other state. Prior to Before making application for, purchasing, or attempting to purchase a resident hunting or fishing license in the state, the applicant shall transfer to this state his the applicant's driver's license and motor vehicle registration for motor vehicles used in this state. However, any person in the active military of the United States or that person's spouse who has been continuously stationed in this state or ; any person who is a patient in any war veterans' hospital within this state or ; any person who is an employee of the veterans' administration or any veterans' hospital or ; any person residing on restricted military reservations in this state or ; any person attending regularly a post-high school institution as a full-time student for thirty days or more immediately preceding his the application or ; any foreign exchange student over sixteen years of age attending a public or private high school and who has resided in the state for thirty days or more preceding his the application , or ; any foreign exchange student who is between the ages of twelve years and sixteen years who has completed the Department of Game, Fish and Parks' course of instruction in the safe handling of firearms and has been issued a certificate of competency upon completion of instruction and who has resided in the state for thirty days or more preceding his application , ; or any person who is a minor dependent of a resident of this state, is a resident of the state for the purpose of this title. Any person who does not reside in South Dakota but who is a member of the South Dakota National Guard or of any other unit of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States that is located in South Dakota is a resident of the state for the purpose of acquiring resident small game and fishing licenses. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

     Signed March 4, 2005
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