<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 3-5-5.1 - Blanket or individual bonds for state officers and employees.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 3-5-5.1 - Blanket or individual bonds for state officers and employees."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 3-5-5.1 - Blanket or individual bonds for state officers and employees."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/3-5-5.1"><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="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-5-5.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701SENU">3-5-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701SENU">. </span><span class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701CL">Blanket or individual bonds for state officers and employees.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701Normal-000000"><span class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701DefaultParagraphFont">The Bureau of Human Resources and Administration, with the approval and advice of the attorney general and director of the division of insurance, shall purchase a blanket bond or individual bonds, issued to the state as the insured, covering the honesty and faithful performance of all state employees, officers, members of state boards and commissions, and appointees of the Governor. The terms of bonds authorized under this section may be up to five years. If the bureau purchases a blanket bond pursuant to this section no officer or employee of the state shall be required to furnish an individual bond to qualify for office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s36689464755745368a07e098b5d32701SCL">SL 1970, ch 22; SL 1972, ch 17; SL 1988, ch 28; SL 2024, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 24-1), § 34, eff. Apr. 8, 2024.</span></p></div></body></html>