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11 SDR 50, effective October 14, 1984; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 16 SDR 84, effective November 9, 1989; 18 SDR 198, effective June 4, 1992; 26 SDR 33, effective September 16, 1999; 35 SDR 48, effective September 10, 2008</span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">; 43 SDR 56, effective October 17, 2016; 48 SDR 18, effective August 30, 2021</span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">    </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-39-7"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">34-39-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-20-34"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">37-20-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-21-5"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">37-21-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-21A-11"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">37-21A-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-22-3"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">37-22-3</span></a><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">    </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-21-6"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">37-21-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-22-1"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000003">37-22-1</span></a><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118bad000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">    </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0"> NIST Handbook 44, 20</span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">20</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, issued </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">October 2019</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">. Copies may be viewed or downloaded at no cost on the </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">National Institute of Science and Technology</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0"> website located at: </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC2">https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/publications/nist-handbooks/other-nist-handbooks/other-nist-handbooks-</span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=2-2"><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC2">2-2</span></a><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118bad000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0">    </span><span class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0-000001">Note:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badC0"> The National Bureau of Standards was renamed the National Institute of Standards and Technology by Pub. L. No. 100-418, § 5111, 102 Stat. 1427 (1988).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118badP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa2d8d13a-090f-4f20-b8b7-b38073118bad000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>