<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:79:01:01"><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000000">20:79:01:01</span></a><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000001">.  Definitions.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">Words and phrases defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-1"><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002">36-37-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-2"><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002">36-37-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0"> have the same meaning when used in this article.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">    </span><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0"> 39 SDR 220, effective June 27, 2013</span><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">; 50 SDR 23, effective September 3, 2023</span><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">    </span><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-12"><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002">36-37-12</span></a><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">    </span><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-1"><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002">36-37-</span><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002">1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-2"><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0-000002">36-37-2</span></a><span class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5acca329-c157-4597-b7ea-92e4309ab385000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>