{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-1-41-25.3","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 1-41-25.3","heading":"Use of environmental audit as defense.","body":"An environmental audit may not be used as a defense to a civil or criminal action if a regulated entity:\n(1) Has willfully and with knowledge violated state or federal environmental law, rule, regulation, or permit;\n(2) Has established a pattern of repeatedly violating environmental law, rule, regulation, permit, order, or compliance schedule within the two years prior to the date of the disclosure;\n(3) Has not corrected the violations within sixty days of discovery or according to the negotiated compliance schedule described in §§ 1-41-25 to 1-41-25.4, inclusive; or\n(4) Has been issued a notice of violation resulting in the assessment of a civil penalty within two years before the date of disclosure.","path":["TITLE 1. STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 1-41. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/1-41-25.3","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"8bf803e1b43f4903625dbf4558f715b27860da5b9f393826d496922700e150c5","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-1-41-25.2","next":"us-sd/sdcl-1-41-25.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}