CHAPTER 246

(HB 1020)

Department of Agriculture may contract with fire fighting personnel.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  permit the South Dakota Department of Agriculture to contract with individual firefighters and support personnel.

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

     Section  1.  That § 41-20-8.3 be amended to read as follows:

     41-20-8.3.   The Department of Agriculture may assist, cooperate, and enter agreements with any agency of the United States government, with any state, county, and municipal agency, and with any fire suppression organization , any person qualified by the state wildland fire coordinator, or any person needed for an incident management team for the purposes of training and of fire prevention or suppression.

     Signed February 20, 2007

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