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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 38 - AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
Chapter 18 - APIARIES
Section 38-18-16 - Written order by secretary to treat or destroy apiary, regulated pests or exotic bees-Action by secretary if order not obeyed-Secretary authorized to sell salvageable equipment and bees

S.D. Codified Laws § 38-18-16

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Section 38-18-16 - Written order by secretary to treat or destroy apiary, regulated pests or exotic bees-Action by secretary if order not obeyed-Secretary authorized to sell salvageable equipment and bees

If any regulated pest is found to exist in an apiary, the secretary shall issue a written order to the person owning or in charge of the bees that the apiary or regulated pest shall be treated, destroyed or removed in a manner and time specified by the secretary. If the specified actions in the order are not performed, the secretary may destroy the apiary or regulated pest and may claim and utilize or sell all salvageable equipment and bees to recover the costs accrued to the department as a result of the destruction activities.

SDCL 38-18-16

SL 1909, ch 221, § 2; RC 1919, § 8051; SL 1927, ch 62, § 1; SL 1931, ch 93; SDC 1939, § 4.1102; SL 1947, ch 6, § 3; SL 1959, ch 2, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1103; SL 1976, ch 243, § 11; SL 1986, ch 330, § 18; SL 1992, ch 280, § 7.