<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.sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043a000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000003 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=62:01:03:04"><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000000">62:01:03:04</span></a><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000001">.  Independent status of the surviving spouse benefit if the member was retired or of retirement age.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0"> </span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0">Repealed</span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0">    </span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0"> 34 SDR 297, effective June 2, 2008; 35 SDR 82, effective October 22, 2008</span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0">; 45 SDR 45, effective October 8, 2018</span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000003">; 45 SDR 142, effective July 1, 2019</span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0-000003">; 52 SDR 10, effective August 5, 2025</span><span class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5eec446-aa6b-44f4-9506-6220c103043a000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>