This chapter shall not be construed to affect or repeal any statute of this state or any ordinance of any municipality relating to fire prevention or control of arson, but the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and of the attorney general as to fire prevention and the control of arson in a municipality shall be concurrent with that of the municipal and county authorities.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-32A-9

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Source: SL 1979, ch 240, § 8; SL 2003, ch 272, §§ 20, 121.

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