CHAPTER 235

(HB 1019)

South Dakota rodent control fund created and activities authorized.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  rename the rodent and reptile control fund and to validate the Department of Agriculture's authority to sell rodent control products.

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

     Section  1.  The South Dakota rodent and reptile control fund is renamed the South Dakota rodent control fund.

     Section  2.  All agreements made by the South Dakota secretary of agriculture with agencies of the federal government concerning rodent control, all actions of the secretary in conducting and maintaining a poison bait station, distributing or selling of poison bait, and purchasing supplies for rodent control, are hereby validated, legalized, cured, and currently authorized to the extent that such activities may have been impacted by a change of the fund's name and subsequent repeal of statutes regarding the cooperative wildlife services fund.

     Signed February 23, 2007

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