<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.s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60P0 { 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.s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60000002 { 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="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=62:01:02:08"><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0-000000">62:01:02:08</span></a><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0-000001">.  Active membership defined by period of contributions -- Quarter of service based on contribution.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0"> </span><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0">Repealed</span><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0">    </span><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0"> 33 SDR 212, effective June 4, 2007; 36 SDR 21, effective August 17, 2009; 45 SDR 142, effective July 1, 2019</span><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0">; 52 SDR 10, effective August 5, 2025</span><span class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5aa9c0c3-74ff-4981-a9ce-8f62dba0bb60000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>