Park entrance license exemptions.
Effective Nov 27, 202350 SDR 62Source: 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 17 SDR 188, effective June 13, 1991, and July 1, 1991; 18 SDR 223, effective July 13, 1992; 19 SDR 128, effective March 9, 1993; 19 SDR 190, effective June 15, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March 23, 1994; 21 SDR 207, effective June 5, 1995; 23 SDR 87, effective December 3, 1996; 24 SDR 99, effective February 2, 1998; 27 SDR 13, effective August 27, 2000; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 28 SDR 103, effective January 30, 2002; 29 SDR 107, effective February 3, 2003; 31 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2004; 31 SDR 89, effective December 27, 2004; 31 SDR 191, effective June, 7, 2005; 32 SDR 183, effective May 9, 2006; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 33 SDR 225, effective June 25, 2007; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013 ; 43 SDR 131, effective April 19, 2017; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019 ; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019 ; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023 . | General Authority: SDCL 41-17-1.1 (2) (10) , 41-17-13 , 41-17-13 .4. | Law Implemented: SDCL 41-17-1.1 , 41-17-13 , 41-17-13 .2, 41-17-13 .4.
Park entrance license exemptions. Park entrance license exemptions are as follows:
- (1) A person who enters a state park or state recreation area in volunteer service to the park or as a volunteer worker with an assigned role at an event requiring a special permit pursuant to § 41:03:01:04 is exempt from payment of the daily park entrance license fee, if the person has received a special free park entrance license from the secretary;
- (2) A park entrance license is not required at Custer State Park on the day of the fall buffalo roundup or on the day of the annual buffalo auction;
- (3) A recreational motorhome towing one other vehicle is considered one unit and requires only one park entrance license. The second vehicle must be issued a free park entrance license that is dated to expire on the last day of the visitor's stay;
- (4) Enrolled Crow Creek tribal members and their families are not required to purchase a park entrance license to enter the West Bend Recreational Area;
- (5) Enrolled Yankton Sioux tribal members and their families are not required to purchase a park entrance license to enter the North Point Recreation Area, the Fort Randall South Shore Recreation Area, the Randall Creek Recreation Area, or the Fort Randall Spillway Lakeside Use Area;
- (6) A resident nonprofit youth group that enters a state park or state recreation area is not required to purchase a park entrance license, if the group obtains an approved nonprofit youth group permit from the park manager before entering the park. The park manager shall issue a special free park entrance license for any vehicle used by the youth group. The nonprofit youth group shall obtain the permit at least five days prior to entering the park;
- (7) Members and guests of a South Dakota veterans organization or group, members of the South Dakota National Guard or a military reserve unit and their guests, and patients currently admitted to a veterans hospital in this state and their attendants, who enter a state park or state recreation area for a non-competitive special event that is hosted by the organization, group, unit, or hospital, are not required to purchase a park entrance license, if an approved special event permit has been obtained from the park manger at least five days before the special event. The park manager shall issue a special free park entrance license for any vehicle used by a participant of the approved non-competitive special event; and
(8) A park entrance license is not required at any state park, recreation area, or lakeside use area from 6:00 a.m. on Friday through 11:00 p.m. on Sunday of the weekend in May preceding Memorial Day weekend.
A resident of this state who is entitled to a free lifetime park entrance license as provided in SDCL 41-17-13.4 shall fill out a form provided by the Division of Parks and Recreation and mail it to the Pierre office with a photocopy of the veteran's "K" award or a letter from the Veteran's Administration indicating that the veteran receives an allotment for total disability, which is deemed a service-connected injury, or that the veteran was held as a prisoner of war. The lifetime park entrance license allows the licensee and any passenger accompanying the licensee in the vehicle to enter any South Dakota state park, state recreation area, or lakeside use area, which requires a park entrance license.
Source: 11 SDR 22, effective August 9, 1984; 17 SDR 188, effective June 13, 1991, and July 1, 1991; 18 SDR 223, effective July 13, 1992; 19 SDR 128, effective March 9, 1993; 19 SDR 190, effective June 15, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March 23, 1994; 21 SDR 207, effective June 5, 1995; 23 SDR 87, effective December 3, 1996; 24 SDR 99, effective February 2, 1998; 27 SDR 13, effective August 27, 2000; 28 SDR 24, effective August 28, 2001; 28 SDR 103, effective January 30, 2002; 29 SDR 107, effective February 3, 2003; 31 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2004; 31 SDR 89, effective December 27, 2004; 31 SDR 191, effective June, 7, 2005; 32 SDR 183, effective May 9, 2006; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; 33 SDR 225, effective June 25, 2007; 36 SDR 39, effective September 23, 2009; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013 ; 43 SDR 131, effective April 19, 2017; 45 SDR 155, effective June 24, 2019 ; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019 ; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023 .
General Authority: SDCL 41-17-1.1 (2) (10) , 41-17-13 , 41-17-13 .4.
Law Implemented: SDCL 41-17-1.1 , 41-17-13 , 41-17-13 .2, 41-17-13 .4.
Prior versions effective: 2020-09-15, 2019-12-02, 2019-06-24, 2017-04-19, 2013-07-29.