<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE 3-16 MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 3-16 MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 3-16"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 3-16 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=3-16-1">3-16-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Willful failure to perform official duty as misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=3-16-2">3-16-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Keeping office or property at unauthorized place as misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=3-16-3">3-16-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=3-16-4">3-16-4</A>, 3-16-5. 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CL 1887, § 6416; RPenC 1903, § 220; RC 1919, § 3806; SDC 1939, § 13.1301; SL 1980, ch 24, § 44.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2033548Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2033548SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033548CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2033548Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; 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Any state, county, township, or precinct officer violating this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033548Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033548000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033548Normal"><span class="s2033548SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033548SCL-000002"> SL 1883, ch 90, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1401, 1402; RPolC 1903, §§ 1820, 1821; RC 1919, §§ 7022, 7023; SDC 1939, § 48.9901; SL 1980, ch 24, § 45.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE 3-16-3 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 3-16-3 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 3-16-3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 3-16-3. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158, &#167;&nbsp;11-25.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE 3-16-4 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 3-16-4 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 3-16-4"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 3-16-4, 3-16-5. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158, &#167;&nbsp;30A-18.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE 3-16-6 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 3-16-6 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 3-16-6"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 3-16-6. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1976, ch 158, &#167;&nbsp;42-23.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033552SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2033552Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-16-7"><span class="s2033552SENU">3-16-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033552SENU">. </span><span class="s2033552CL">Officer's interest in public contract as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033552Normal-000000"><span class="s2033552DefaultParagraphFont">No public officer who is authorized to sell or lease any property, or make any contract in the officer's official capacity may become voluntarily interested individually in any sale, lease, or contract, directly or indirectly with such entity. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor unless the act is exempted by law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033552Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033552000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033552Normal"><span class="s2033552SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033552SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 499; CL 1887, § 6700; RPenC 1903, § 521; RC 1919, § 3816; SDC 1939, § 13.1308; SL 1980, ch 24, § 46; SL 2014, ch 44, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2033553Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2033553Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-16-8"><span class="s2033553SENU">3-16-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033553SENU">. </span><span class="s2033553CL">Self-dealing in award or terms of agency contract prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033553Normal-000000"><span class="s2033553DefaultParagraphFont">A state officer or employee may not solicit nor accept any gift, favor, reward, service, or promise of reward, including a promise of future employment, in exchange for recommending, influencing, or attempting to influence the award of or the terms of a contract by the state agency the officer or employee serves.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033553Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033553000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033553Normal"><span class="s2033553SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033553SCL-000002"> SL 2015, ch 30, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033554SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2033554Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-16-9"><span class="s2033554SENU">3-16-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033554SENU">. </span><span class="s2033554CL">Retaliation prohibited for reporting violations, abuse, or danger to public.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033554Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033554DefaultParagraphFont">No department, bureau, board, or commission of the state or any of its political subdivisions may dismiss, suspend from employment, demote, decrease the compensation of, or take any other retaliatory action against an employee because the employee reports in good faith to an appropriate authority a violation or suspected violation of a law or rule, an abuse of funds or abuse of authority, or substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, unless the report is specifically prohibited by law. The provisions of this section do not apply to any employee who knows the report is false or was made in a reckless disregard for the truth. A state employee who is the subject of retaliation under this section may file a grievance with the Civil Service Commission pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-6D-22"><span class="s2033554DefaultParagraphFont">3-6D-22</span></a><span class="s2033554DefaultParagraphFont">. For purposes of an employee of a political subdivision, an appropriate authority includes any human resources department of that political subdivision, if any, any state's attorney, or the attorney general.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033554Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033554000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033554Normal"><span class="s2033554SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033554SCL-000002"> SL 2017, ch 25, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-16 - MALFEASANCE, MISFEASANCE AND NONFEASANCE IN OFFICE </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2033555Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2033555SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033555CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2033555Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2033555DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033555000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033555SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2033555SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2033555Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=3-16-10"><span class="s2033555SENU">3-16-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033555SENU">. </span><span class="s2033555CL">Retaliation prohibited for reporting public official's misuse of public funds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033555Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033555DefaultParagraphFont">An employee may file a grievance with the appropriate governmental entity if the employee believes that there has been retaliation, because of reporting a violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-30A-46"><span class="s2033555DefaultParagraphFont">22-30A-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033555DefaultParagraphFont"> through the chain of command of the employee's department, to the Office of the Attorney General, or to the Department of Legislative Audit. If no grievance process exists, a civil action may be filed in circuit court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033555Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033555000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2033555Normal"><span class="s2033555SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2033555SCL-000002"> SL 2017, ch 98, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>