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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; 35 SDR 48, effective September 10, 2008</span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">; 43 SDR 56, effective October 17, 2016</span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">    </span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-21-5"><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0-000003">37-21-5</span></a><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">    </span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-20-2"><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0-000003">37-20-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0"> </span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">through</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=37-20-4"><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0-000003">37-20-4</span></a><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">    </span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0"> NIST Handbook 44, 20</span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">20</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, issued </span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">October 2019</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">. Copies may be viewed or downloaded at no cost on the National Institute of Science and Technology website located at: </span><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC2">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="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC2">2-2</span></a><span class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s43434509-db7c-4edf-9a7b-f344fe8f221a000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>