The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall conserve, protect, improve, develop, and increase trees and forests and wood and timber products on state-owned lands, and cooperate with the United States, any agency of the United States, or with any other department, public corporation, or person of this state in such forestry activities on state-owned lands or on lands of the cooperator.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 41-20-23

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2013, ch 196, § 14; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.