Title: SD Migratory Bird Ass'n v. SD GAME, ETC.

State: south-dakota

Issuer: South Dakota Supreme Court

Document:

312 N.W.2d 374 (1981) The SOUTH DAKOTA MIGRATORY BIRD ASSOCIATION, By and Through O.R. BRANCEL and Francis Downes, Members of the Board of Directors of Said Association and Gary Baumberger and William Zimmerman, Members of Said Association, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. The SOUTH DAKOTA GAME, FISH AND PARKS COMMISSION, David Brost, Robert Reder, John Cimpl, Harvey Thayer, Walter Black, Robert Ingle, Owen Wipf, and Marvin Thielsen, Game, Fish and Parks Commissioners; the State Department of Game, Fish and Parks, its Director, Jack Merwin, and its Agents and Employees; Governor William J. Janklow; Attorney General Mark Meierhenry; and the State of South Dakota, Defendants and Appellees, and The South Dakota Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation, a non-profit corporation, Intervenors and Appellees. No. 13413. Supreme Court of South Dakota. Argued September 30, 1981. Decided November 18, 1981. *375 Brent Wilbur of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for plaintiffs and appellants. Mikal Hanson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for defendants and appellees; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief. James R. McCurdy, Vermillion, for intervenors and appellees. PER CURIAM. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission (Commission) promulgated a "steel shot rule" (Administrative Rule 41:06:04:05(4)). This rule in effect bans the use of lead shotgun pellets in certain geographical areas where the Commission concluded lead pellets would present a health hazard to migratory waterfowl. The circuit court issued a declaratory judgment determining that the "steel shot rule" was properly enacted by the Commission. This appeal addresses the narrow issue of whether there was a proper delegation to the Commission of rule-making authority to enable the Commission to adopt a "steel shot rule." In order to find a proper delegation there must be: Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict v. Janklow, 308 N.W.2d 559 (S.D.1981); Bjornson v. City of Aberdeen, 296 N.W.2d 896 (S.D. 1980); State, Div. of Human Rights v. Prudential Ins., 273 N.W.2d 111 (S.D.1978); Application of Kohlman, 263 N.W.2d 674 (S.D.1978); Boe v. Foss, 76 S.D. 295, 77 N.W.2d 1 (1956). Cf. Affiliated Distillers Brands Corp. v. Gillis, 81 S.D. 44, 130 N.W.2d 597 (1964). The prerequisites must be found, if they exist, in SDCL 41-2-18 and SDCL 41-2-32 which provide: We believe that SDCL 41-2-32 is the clearly expressed legislative will to delegate the power to adopt the particular rule. Furthermore, we believe that SDCL 41-2-18, which describes the purpose of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks which must act through its Commission, provides the sufficient guide or standard to guide the agency. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. HEEGE, Circuit Judge, sitting for DUNN, J., disqualified.