S.D. Codified Laws § 41-17-13 (2026)
Park license--Lakeside use and state recreation areas--Fees--Promulgation of rules.
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.
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.