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transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:59:02:07"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">20:59:02:07</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">, 4 SDR 82, effective June 6, 1978; 10 SDR 138, effective June 20, 1984; 12 SDR 186, effective May 25, 1986; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 22 SDR 57, effective October 16, 1995; 29 SDR 92, effective December 24, 2002</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-29"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-29</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-14"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-14</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">(2), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-15"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-15</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">(2), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-15"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-15</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">.1(2), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-16"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-16</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">(2), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-17"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-17</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">(3), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-21"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0-000003">36-26-21</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s64084173-005d-4c79-8c13-4eda6dd459f1000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>