<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.s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7P0 { 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.s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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4 SDR 26, effective October 27, 1977; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=05:02:07:02"><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000004">5:02:07:02</span></a><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">, 6 SDR 25, effective September 24, 1979; 10 SDR 27, effective September 26, 1983; 25 SDR 8, effective August 3, 1998; 35 SDR 306, effective July 1, 2009</span><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">; 49 SDR 47, effective November 21, 2022</span><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">    </span><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000004">12-1-9</span></a><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">(2).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">    </span><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-1-9"><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000004">12-1-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-16-30"><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0-000004">12-16-30</span></a><span class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s22d4b7fb-e578-46e3-831b-853b07265eb7000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>