South Dakota § 5-5-10.4 - Minimum annual rental for grazing lands--Formula.
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§ 5-5-10.4. Minimum annual rental for grazing lands--Formula.
The commissioner of school and public lands shall establish the minimum annual rental rate per acre of all grazing lands which are administered by the commissioner. The minimum annual rental rate per acre shall be at the rate at which bidding shall start.
In fixing the minimum annual rental per acre, the following formula shall be used:
The rental rate shall be divided by the annual animal carrying capacity.
The carrying capacity of the land, to be used in the above formula, shall be in accordance with the determination of the commissioner of school and public lands made pursuant to the appraisal of grazing lands provided in § 5-5-10.2.
The average price per pound of all calves sold in South Dakota shall be taken from statistics published by the South Dakota Crop and Livestock Reporting Service of the United States Department of Agriculture current at the time of computation of the rental.
Source: SL 1969, ch 33, § 4; SL 1970, ch 35; SL 1977, ch 46, § 5.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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