CHAPTER 39

(HB 1132)

Counties may increase certain penalties for county ordinance violations.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  increase the maximum penalty that counties and municipalities may establish for a violation of an ordinance.

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

     Section  1.  That § 7-18A-2 be amended to read as follows:

     7-18A-2.   Each county may enact, amend, and repeal such ordinances and resolutions as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the powers granted to it by law and provide for the enforcement of each violation of any ordinance by means of any or all of the following:

             (1)      A fine not to exceed two hundred dollars the fine established by subdivision 22-6-2(2) for each violation, or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed thirty days for each violation, or by both the fine and imprisonment; or

             (2)      An action for civil injunctive relief, pursuant to chapter 21-8.

     Section  2.  That § 9-19-3 be amended to read as follows:

     9-19-3.   Every municipality may enact, make, amend, revise, or repeal all such ordinances, resolutions, and regulations as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the powers granted thereto, and to provide for the punishment of each violation thereof by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or to exceed the fine established by subdivision 22-6-2(2), by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days , or by both such the fine and imprisonment.

     Signed March 5, 2007

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