Enforcement of this chapter shall be implemented in an equitable and uniform manner throughout the state so as to ensure the eligibility for and receipt of any federal funds or grants that the state now receives or may receive relating to the provisions of this chapter. For the purposes of equitable and uniform regulation and implementation, the Legislature through this chapter is the exclusive regulator of all matters relating to the distribution, marketing, promotion, and sale of tobacco products.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-46-6

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts

Source: SL 1994, ch 280, § 8.