Section 34-37-11 - Sale or use prohibited in forests, parks and other specified areas--Exception--Violation as misdemeanor. - South Dakota Statutes

34-37-11. Sale or use prohibited in forests, parks and other specified areas--Exception--Violation as misdemeanor. No person may sell or cause to be sold, discharge, or cause to be discharged, any pyrotechnics of any description or any consumer fireworks within the exterior boundaries of the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District, and no person may discharge or cause to be discharged any pyrotechnics or consumer fireworks within a zone that extends three hundred feet beyond the exterior boundaries of the Black Hills Forest Fire Protection District in this state. No person may sell or cause to be sold, discharge, or cause to be discharged, any pyrotechnics of any description or any consumer fireworks within any national forest, national park, state forest, or any land owned or leased by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. However, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks may, by written authorization, permit the discharge of pyrotechnics or consumer fireworks, pyrotechnic displays, sales, or exhibits on land owned or leased by the department unless otherwise prohibited by statute. Any violation of this section which occurs on any land owned or leased by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any subsequent violation of this Section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1957, ch 91, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 20.0506; SL 1963, ch 130, § 1; SL 1964, ch 31, § 10; SL 1977, ch 190, § 106; SL 1981, ch 266; SL 1989, ch 301; SL 1990, ch 279, § 1; SL 2004, ch 238, § 1; SL 2007, ch 198, § 3.