<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.se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0 { 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.se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670c000003 { 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="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=31:02:01:09"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000000">31:02:01:09</span></a><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000001">.  Remedies.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0"> If there is a default pursuant to the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=31:02:01:08"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">31:02:01:08</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">, the grantee </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">or recipient of a fuel tax refund payment </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">shall repay </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">the full amount of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">the grant </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">or payment </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">to GOED within thirty days of a written demand from GOED. GOED may retain counsel and commence a civil action to recover any funds that a grantee </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">or recipient of a fuel tax refund payment </span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">is required to repay. GOED may forgive a default under this chapter if any of the following conditions are met:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    (1)  There are fuel shortages that make compliance impractical;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    (2)  There are changes in fuel market conditions that make compliance impractical;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0"> or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    (3)  There are changes in state or federal regulations that make compliance impractical.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    For any grant involving the installation of ethanol blender pumps and a default pursuant to the provisions of subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=31:02:01:08"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">31:02:01:08</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">(4), the amount sought </span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">as repayment</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0"> may be prorated based upon the number of months less than twenty-four that ethanol blends were sold.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    </span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0"> 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012</span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">; 52 SDR 49, effective November 17, 2025</span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    </span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=10-47B-164.1"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">10-47B-164.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=10-47B-164.2"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">10-47B-164.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=10-47B-192"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">10-47B-192</span></a><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">    </span><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=10-47B-164.1"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">10-47B-164.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=10-47B-192"><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0-000002">10-47B-192</span></a><span class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5bc963c-dbdd-475a-bfdc-7aa82274670c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>