<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cP0 { 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.se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; 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1 SDR 26, effective September 11, 1974; 3 SDR 22, effective September 23, 1976; 5 SDR 19, effective September 14, 1978; 6 SDR 14, effective August 23, 1979; 7 SDR 21, effective September 15, 1980; 8 SDR 19, effective August 31, 1981; 9 SDR 30, effective September 13, 1982; 10 SDR 12, effective August 17, 1983; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 30, effective August 30, 1984; 12 SDR 22, effective August 21, 1985; 13 SDR 26, effective September 10, 1986; 14 SDR 40, effective September 23, 1987; 15 SDR 24, effective August 14, 1988; 16 SDR 32, effective August 20, 1989; 17 SDR 23, effective August 16, 1990; 18 SDR 33, effective August 19, 1991; 23 SDR 20, effective August 13, 1996; 32 SDR 31, effective August 29, 2005; 35 SDR 47, effective September 8, 2008; 47 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2020</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">; 48 SDR 14, effective August 22, 2021; 52 SDR 9, effective August 4, 2025</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">(2)(17).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-2-18"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000002">41-2-18</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">(2)(17), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=41-8-20"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0-000002">41-8-20</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9cP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="se877e553-1125-44fc-8021-9b32f05fbf9c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>