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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 3-12C-1606 - Members of consolidated systems--Entitled to prior benefits--Retention of Code."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 3-12C-1606 - Members of consolidated systems--Entitled to prior benefits--Retention of Code."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/3-12C-1606"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-12C-1606" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aSENU">3-12C-1606</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aSENU">. </span><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aCL">Members of consolidated systems--Entitled to prior benefits--Retention of Code.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the repeal on July 1, 1974, of chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">3-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">3-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">9-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-45" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">13-45</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, certain provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">16-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-11A" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">16-11A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, and certain provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=33-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">33-13</span></a><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">, all members of systems established thereunder are entitled to retire at the age, with the length of service and the benefits available to the members, under those provisions or the provisions of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aStatute"><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, the executive director shall retain as part of the permanent files all volumes of the South Dakota Codified Laws.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368a000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s537510e82e094c80936ea9da4288368aSCL">SL 1974, ch 35, § 83; SL 1975, ch 39, § 7; SL 2016, ch 31, § 27; SDCL § 3-12-127; SL 2019, ch 22, § 1; SL 2025, ch 27, § 62.</span></p></div></body></html>