ENTITLED, An Act to  include viatical settlements in the definition of securities under the Uniform Securities Act and to provide an exemption from registration for viatical settlements issued by certain companies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That subsection (m) of § 47-31A-401 be amended to read as follows:

             (m)      "Security," means any note; stock; treasury stock; bonds; debentures; evidence of indebtedness; certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement; collateral-trust certificates; preorganization certificate or subscription; transferable shares; investment contracts; voting-trust certificates; certificate of deposit for a security; certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease; viatical settlement; or, in general, any interests or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing. Security does not include any insurance or endowment policy or annuity contract under which an insurance company promises to pay a fixed sum of money either in a lump sum or periodically for life or some other specified period.

     Section  2.  That subsection (a)(5) of § 47-31A-402 be amended to read as follows:

             (5)      Any security issued by and representing an interest in or a debt of, or guaranteed by, any insurance company organized under the laws of any state and authorized to do business in this state, and any viatical settlement offered by any company in compliance with Title 58; but this exemption does not apply to an annuity contract, investment contract, or similar security under which the promised payments are not fixed in dollars but are substantially dependent upon the investment results of a segregated fund or account

invested in securities;

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An Act to include viatical settlements in the definition of securities under the Uniform Securities Act and to provide an exemption from registration for viatical settlements issued by certain companies.

========================= I certify that the attached Act originated in the SENATE as Bill No. 48

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Secretary of the Senate

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President of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 48
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______     =========================
Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,

19___ at _____ M.

By _________________________
for the Governor

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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 19___

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Governor

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 19___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State