South Dakota § 41-17-13 - Park license--Lakeside use and state recreation areas--Fees--Promulgation of rules.
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§ 41-17-13. Park license--Lakeside use and state recreation areas--Fees--Promulgation of rules.
A park license may be required to permit a motor vehicle and the occupants entry into any state park, except Bear Butte when used by individuals participating in a religious activity, and into any of the following lakeside use or state recreation areas:
(1) Angostura;
(2) American Creek;
(3) Big Sioux;
(4) Bob's Landing;
(5) Burke Lake;
(6) Buryanek;
(7) Bush's Landing;
(8) Chief White Crane;
(9) Cow Creek;
(10) Dodge Draw;
(11) Downstream below Oahe Dam;
(12) East Shore;
(13) East Whitlock;
(14) Farm Island;
(15) Indian Creek;
(16) Lake Alvin;
(17) Lake Cochrane;
(18) Lake Hiddenwood;
(19) Lake Louise;
(20) Lake Poinsett;
(21) Lake Thompson;
(22) Lake Vermillion;
(23) Lewis and Clark Lake's Gavins Point unit, the Midway unit, and the Yankton unit;
(24) Little Bend;
(25) Llewellyn Johns;
(26) Mina Lake;
(27) North Point;
(28) North Wheeler;
(29) Okobojo Point;
(30) Peoria Flats;
(31) Pease Creek;
(32) Pelican Lake;
(33) Pickerel Lake;
(34) Pierson Ranch;
(35) Platte Creek;
(36) Randall Creek;
(37) Revheim Park;
(38) Richmond Lake;
(39) Rocky Point;
(40) Sandy Shore;
(41) Shadehill;
(42) Snake Creek;
(43) South Shore;
(44) Spillway at Fort Randall Dam;
(45) Spring Creek;
(46) Springfield;
(47) Sutton Bay;
(48) Swan Creek;
(49) Tailrace at Fort Randall Dam;
(50) Walker's Point;
(51) Walth Bay;
(52) West Bend;
(53) West Chamberlain;
(54) West Pollock;
(55) West Shore;
(56) West Whitlock; and
(57) Whetstone Bay.
The Game, Fish and Parks Commission shall, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, set annual and daily license fees for entry into a state park, lakeside use area, or state recreation area.
The commission shall, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, establish a system by which an individual may purchase a second license each year for one-half the price of the first license.
The department shall deposit all fees collected pursuant to this section in the parks and recreation fund established in § 41-17-21.
Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0302 as added by SL 1967, ch 81, § 1; SL 1969, ch 96, § 1; SL 1972, ch 228, § 1; SL 1975, ch 265; SL 1977, ch 333, § 1; SL 1978, ch 299, § 1; SL 1980, ch 289, § 1; SL 1983, ch 27, § 8; SL 1984, ch 29, § 8; SL 1984, ch 273, § 4; SL 1984, ch 275, § 1; SL 1988, ch 341, § 1; SL 1990, ch 338; SL 1991, ch 346; SL 1994, ch 325; SL 1997, ch 238, § 2; SL 1999, ch 215, § 1; SL 2000, ch 211, § 1; SL 2002, ch 196, § 1; SL 2004, ch 334, § 9; SL 2005, ch 228, § 1; SL 2024, ch 174, § 1.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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