<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 37-5-12 - Waiver of law void. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2061436Normal { 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.s2061436SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061436CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2061436Normal-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.s2061436DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061437SCL-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="s2061437Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-12.1"><span class="s2061437SENU">37-5-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061437SENU">. </span><span class="s2061437CL">Dealer defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061437Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061437DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-1"><span class="s2061437DefaultParagraphFont">37-5-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061437DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-12"><span class="s2061437DefaultParagraphFont">37-5-12</span></a><span class="s2061437DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, the term, dealer, means any person, or the person's successor who, for commission or with intent to make a profit or gain, sells, exchanges, rents, leases with the option to purchase, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange any merchandise as defined by this chapter from manufacturer authorized facilities in this state, or who is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling any such merchandise from manufacturer authorized facilities in this state. The term does not include any person with total annual gross sales in this state and elsewhere of one hundred million dollars or more of industrial and construction equipment, attachments, replacement parts, and service related to the equipment, from any one manufacturer or supplier of such equipment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061437Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061437000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061437Normal"><span class="s2061437SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061437SCL-000002"> SL 2004, ch 254, § 1; SL 2012, ch 197, § 3.</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 37-5-12 - Waiver of law void. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2061438Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061438Normal-000001"><span class="s2061438DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    An auxiliary idle reduction and temperature management system or auxiliary power unit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061438Normal-000002"><span class="s2061438DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of this section, the term, temperature control unit, means a piece of equipment that is mounted on a titled vehicle (trailer, rail car, or container) for the temperature management of temperature sensitive cargo.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061438Normal-000002"><span class="s2061438DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of this section, the term, auxiliary idle reduction and temperature management system, means a piece of equipment that is mounted on a titled vehicle, usually a semi-tractor, to enable the driver to turn off the engine yet have access to air conditioning, heat, and electric power inside the vehicle's cab.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061438Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061438000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061438Normal"><span class="s2061438SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061438SCL-000004"> SL 2004, ch 254, § 2; SL 2008, ch 202, § 2; SL 2010, ch 156, § 21, eff. Mar. 9, 2010.</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 37-5-12 - Waiver of law void. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2061439Normal { 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.s2061439SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061439CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2061439Normal-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.s2061439DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061439000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061439SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2061439SCL-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="s2061439Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-12.3"><span class="s2061439SENU">37-5-12.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061439SENU">. </span><span class="s2061439CL">Contract defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061439Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061439DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-1"><span class="s2061439DefaultParagraphFont">37-5-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061439DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-12"><span class="s2061439DefaultParagraphFont">37-5-12</span></a><span class="s2061439DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, the term, contract, means any written franchised agreement, sales agreement, dealer agreement, or security agreement, or other form of agreement or arrangement of like effect and its successor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061439Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061439000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2061439Normal"><span class="s2061439SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2061439SCL-000002"> SL 2004, ch 254, § 3.</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 37-5-12 - Waiver of law void. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2080172Normal { 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.s2080172SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080172CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2080172Statute { 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.s2080172DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080172000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080172DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080172SCL { 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="s2080172Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-12.4"><span class="s2080172SENU">37-5-12.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080172SENU">. </span><span class="s2080172CL">Merchandise manufacturer or supplier compensation of dealer for diagnostic and warranty work.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080172Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080172DefaultParagraphFont">Any manufacturer or supplier of merchandise as defined in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=37-5-12.2"><span class="s2080172DefaultParagraphFont">37-5-12.2</span></a><span class="s2080172DefaultParagraphFont">(5), (8), or (9) that authorizes a dealer of such merchandise to perform the warranty work is obligated to provide that dealer reasonable compensation for diagnostic work, as well as repair service, parts, and labor to the dealer. Time allowances for diagnostic and performance of warranty work and service shall be adequate for the work to be performed. The hourly labor rate paid to the dealer for warranty services may not be less than the rate charged by the dealer for like service to nonwarranty customers for nonwarranty service. Reimbursement for parts used in the performance of warranty repair may not be less than the current retail rate customarily charged by the dealer for the part or parts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080172Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080172000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080172Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080172DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2080172SCL">SL 2010, ch 156, § 22, eff. Mar. 9, 2010; SL 2020, ch 172, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>