<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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2082474Normal { text-align: center; 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.s2082474HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082474DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082474HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2082474Normal-000000 { 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; } p.s2082474B { margin-left: 1.38in; text-indent: -1.38in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474Normal"><span class="s2082474HG4C">PULSE CROPS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-1"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-2"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    South Dakota Pulse Crops Council--Initial appointment of members. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-3"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Terms of members--Subsequent election of council members--Qualification--Vacancy. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-4"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Election of officers--Quorum--Meetings. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-5"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Compensation of members. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-6"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Pulse crops fund--Collection and expenditure of funds. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-7"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Powers and duties of council. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-8"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Promulgation of rules. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-9"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Effect of chapter on Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources or other agencies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-10"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Assessment on pulse crop--Rate--Reciprocal agreements. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-11"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Collection and remission of assessment. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-12"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    First purchaser of pulse crops--Information required on application or affidavit. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-13"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Record of purchases of pulse crops--Quantity--Rules on report and assessment. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-14"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Pledge or mortgage of pulse crops as security for loan under federal price support program--Procedures for payment of assessment. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-15"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Satisfaction of assessment liability if crops remain in storage for duration of pledge or mortgage--Exception. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-16"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Undercollections or overcollections of one dollar or less--Commodity Credit Corporation not required to collect or refund. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-17"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Enforcement of collection. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-18"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Refund of assessment--Application--Time for refund. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-19"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Information on purpose of assessment and claim of refund--Development and dissemination. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-20"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Referendum on raising or reducing assessment. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082474B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-21"><span class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082474DefaultParagraphFont">    Council may contract with Public Utilities Commission to inspect assessment and checkoff records. </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081941Normal { 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.s2081941SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081941SCL { 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="s2081941Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-1"><span class="s2081941SENU">38-34-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081941SENU">. </span><span class="s2081941CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000000"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000001"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Council," the South Dakota Pulse Crop Council;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000001"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "First purchaser," any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, agent, or broker buying, accepting for sale, or otherwise acquiring pulse crops after harvest from a grower. A grower selling unharvested pulse crops or delivering pulse crops from the farm on which they are produced to storage facilities, packing shed, or processing plant is not a first purchaser;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000001"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Grower," any person who is the legal initial owner of pulse crops harvested from more than ten acres;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000001"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Participating grower," a grower who has not requested a refund from the payment of assessments on pulse crops under this chapter for the current or previous year;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000001"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Pulse crops," lentils, dry peas, chickpeas, and lupines;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal-000001"><span class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081941000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081941DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081941SCL">SL 2005, ch 214, § 1; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3"><span class="s2081941SCL">21-3</span></a><span class="s2081941SCL">), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081941000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081941Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081941000002"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062825Normal { 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.s2062825SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062825CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062825Normal-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.s2062825DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062825000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062825SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062825SCL-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="s2062825Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-2"><span class="s2062825SENU">38-34-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062825SENU">. </span><span class="s2062825CL">South Dakota Pulse Crops Council--Initial appointment of members.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062825Normal-000000"><span class="s2062825DefaultParagraphFont">The South Dakota Pulse Crops Council is composed of five members who are participating growers of dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, or lupines. The secretary shall make the initial appointments to the council and the secretary or a designee may serve as a nonvoting ex officio member. Initial appointments to the council shall include five participating growers, including a dry pea grower, a chickpea grower, a lentil or lupine grower, and two at-large pulse producers. If no grower representing one of these crops is available or willing to serve, then another at-large grower shall be appointed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062825Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062825000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062825Normal"><span class="s2062825SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062825SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062825Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062825000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2082077Normal { 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.s2082077SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082077CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2082077Normal-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.s2082077DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082077000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082077DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2082077SCL { 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="s2082077Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-3"><span class="s2082077SENU">38-34-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082077SENU">. </span><span class="s2082077CL">Terms of members--Subsequent election of council members--Qualification--Vacancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082077Normal-000000"><span class="s2082077DefaultParagraphFont">The term of the members of the council is three years. However, the initial appointments shall be for staggered terms. Succeeding council members shall be nominated by participating growers and appointed by the secretary of agriculture and natural resources. No council member may serve more than four consecutive terms. If a member ceases to be a participating grower, the secretary shall declare the member's office vacant, and the secretary shall appoint a successor for the balance of the term of the office vacated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082077Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082077000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2082077Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082077DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2082077SCL">SL 2005, ch 214, § 3; SL 2013, ch 195, § 1; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3"><span class="s2082077SCL">21-3</span></a><span class="s2082077SCL">), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062827Normal { 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.s2062827SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062827CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062827Normal-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.s2062827DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062827000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062827SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062827SCL-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="s2062827Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-4"><span class="s2062827SENU">38-34-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062827SENU">. </span><span class="s2062827CL">Election of officers--Quorum--Meetings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062827Normal-000000"><span class="s2062827DefaultParagraphFont">The council shall annually elect a chair and vice-chair. A majority of voting members constitutes a quorum. All meetings of the council shall be called by the chair. However, special meetings may be called by three members of the council. The council shall adopt procedures for the calling of special meetings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062827Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062827000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062827Normal"><span class="s2062827SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062827SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 4.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062827Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062827000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062828Normal { 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.s2062828SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062829SCL-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="s2062829Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-6"><span class="s2062829SENU">38-34-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062829SENU">. </span><span class="s2062829CL">Pulse crops fund--Collection and expenditure of funds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062829Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062829DefaultParagraphFont">Funds collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited with the state treasurer in a special fund known as the pulse crops fund. Expenditures of these funds shall be made in accordance with the provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=4-7"><span class="s2062829DefaultParagraphFont">4-7</span></a><span class="s2062829DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062829Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062829000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062829Normal"><span class="s2062829SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062829SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 6.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062829Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062829000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062830Normal { 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.s2062830SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062830CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062830Normal-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.s2062830DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062830Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2062830000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062830SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062830SCL-000003 { 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="s2062830Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-7"><span class="s2062830SENU">38-34-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062830SENU">. </span><span class="s2062830CL">Powers and duties of council.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal-000000"><span class="s2062830DefaultParagraphFont">The council shall promote the development, marketing, processing, and production of pulse crops in South Dakota. In the administration of this chapter, the council may:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal-000001"><span class="s2062830DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Contract and cooperate with any person or with any governmental department or agency for research, education, promotion, and transportation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal-000001"><span class="s2062830DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Expend the funds collected pursuant to this chapter and appropriated for its administration;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal-000001"><span class="s2062830DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Appoint, discharge, fix compensation for, and prescribe the duties of personnel as necessary, subject to approval of the secretary;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal-000001"><span class="s2062830DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Accept donations of funds, property, services, or other assistance from public or private sources for the purpose of furthering the objectives of the council.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062830000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal"><span class="s2062830SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062830SCL-000003"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 7.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062830000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062830Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062830000002"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062831Normal-000001"><span class="s2062831DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The record-keeping and reporting requirements of first purchasers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062831Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062831000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062831Normal"><span class="s2062831SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062831SCL-000003"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 8.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062831Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062831000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062831Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062831000002"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081942Normal { 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.s2081942SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081942CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2081942Normal-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.s2081942DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081942000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081942DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081942SCL { 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="s2081942Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-9"><span class="s2081942SENU">38-34-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081942SENU">. </span><span class="s2081942CL">Effect of chapter on Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources or other agencies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081942Normal-000000"><span class="s2081942DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this chapter abrogates or limits the rights, powers, duties, and functions of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources or any other agency of the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081942Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081942000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081942Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081942DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081942SCL">SL 2005, ch 214, § 9; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3"><span class="s2081942SCL">21-3</span></a><span class="s2081942SCL">), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081942Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081942000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081942Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081942000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062833Normal { 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.s2062833SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062833CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062833Normal-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.s2062833DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062833000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062833SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062833SCL-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="s2062833Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-10"><span class="s2062833SENU">38-34-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062833SENU">. </span><span class="s2062833CL">Assessment on pulse crop--Rate--Reciprocal agreements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062833Normal-000000"><span class="s2062833DefaultParagraphFont">An assessment at the rate of one percent of the net market price is levied and imposed on any pulse crop grown or sold in South Dakota to a first purchaser. The council may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states that also have a pulse checkoff to remit the assessment to the state where the crop is grown. This assessment is due on any identifiable lot or quantity of a pulse crop.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062833Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062833000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062833Normal"><span class="s2062833SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062833SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 10.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062833Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062833000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062834Normal { 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.s2062834SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062834CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062834Normal-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.s2062834DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062834000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062834SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062834SCL-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="s2062834Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-11"><span class="s2062834SENU">38-34-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062834SENU">. </span><span class="s2062834CL">Collection and remission of assessment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062834Normal-000000"><span class="s2062834DefaultParagraphFont">Each first purchaser of pulse crops shall collect the assessment imposed by this chapter by charging and collecting from the seller the assessment at the prescribed rate by deducting the assessment from the purchase price of the crops subject to the assessment and purchased by the first purchaser. The assessments shall be paid to the department within thirty days of the end of each calendar quarter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062834Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062834000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062834Normal"><span class="s2062834SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062834SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 11.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062834Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062834000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062835Normal { 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.s2062835SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062835CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062835Normal-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.s2062835DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062835000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062835SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062835SCL-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="s2062835Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-12"><span class="s2062835SENU">38-34-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062835SENU">. </span><span class="s2062835CL">First purchaser of pulse crops--Information required on application or affidavit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062835Normal-000000"><span class="s2062835DefaultParagraphFont">Each first purchaser of pulse crops shall file an application or affidavit with the council on forms prescribed and furnished by the council which contain the name under which the first purchaser is transacting business within the state, the place of business, and the location of loading places of the first purchaser.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062835Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062835000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062835Normal"><span class="s2062835SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062835SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 12.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062835Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062835000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062836Normal { 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.s2062836SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062836CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062836Normal-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.s2062836DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062836000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062836SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062836SCL-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="s2062836Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-13"><span class="s2062836SENU">38-34-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062836SENU">. </span><span class="s2062836CL">Record of purchases of pulse crops--Quantity--Rules on report and assessment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062836Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062836DefaultParagraphFont">Each first purchaser shall keep a permanent record of all purchases of pulse crops, which may be examined by the council at any reasonable time. The first purchaser shall report to the council the quantity of pulse crops received by the first purchaser. The report and remittance of the assessment shall be made at the times and in the manner prescribed by the council in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2062836DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2062836DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062836Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062836000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062836Normal"><span class="s2062836SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062836SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 13.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062836Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062836000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062837Normal { 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.s2062837SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062837CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062837Normal-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.s2062837DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062837000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062837SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062837SCL-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="s2062837Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-14"><span class="s2062837SENU">38-34-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062837SENU">. </span><span class="s2062837CL">Pledge or mortgage of pulse crops as security for loan under federal price support program--Procedures for payment of assessment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062837Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062837DefaultParagraphFont">In the case of a pledge or mortgage of pulse crops as security for a loan under the federal price support program, the assessment established under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-10"><span class="s2062837DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062837DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be deducted from the proceeds of the loan at the time the loan is made, or be deducted thereafter by agencies of the federal government. The producer's note and loan agreement, producer's note and supplemental loan agreement, or delivery instructions issued by the federal agency to the grower fulfill the requirements for invoices, and these documents constitute proof of payment of the assessment on the pulse crops. Forms supplemental or alternate to those approved in this section that are provided by the Commodity Credit Corporation of the United States Department of Agriculture and contain the necessary information may be used for the purposes of this section. Identification numbers created by the Commodity Credit Corporation for use in lieu of the name of the grower from whom the assessment was collected are approved, if authorized officials of the State of South Dakota have access at all reasonable times to records in the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency county offices showing the names of growers to whom such identification numbers have been assigned.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062837Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062837000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062837Normal"><span class="s2062837SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062837SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 14.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062837Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062837000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062838Normal { 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.s2062838SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062838CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062838Normal-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.s2062838DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062838000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062838SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062838SCL-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="s2062838Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-15"><span class="s2062838SENU">38-34-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062838SENU">. </span><span class="s2062838CL">Satisfaction of assessment liability if crops remain in storage for duration of pledge or mortgage--Exception.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062838Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062838DefaultParagraphFont">If pulse crops described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-14"><span class="s2062838DefaultParagraphFont">38-34-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062838DefaultParagraphFont"> remain in farm storage for the duration of the pledge or mortgage, the assessment paid at the time the loan was made completely satisfies the assessment liability unless upon subsequent actual delivery of the pulse crop from farm storage in satisfaction of the pledge, or mortgage in the amount of one dollar or more, any underpayment is due solely to the necessity of estimating the quantity of the pulse crops placed in farm storage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062838Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062838000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062838Normal"><span class="s2062838SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062838SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 15.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062838Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062838000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062839Normal { 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.s2062839SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062839CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062839Normal-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.s2062839DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062839000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062839SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062839SCL-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="s2062839Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-16"><span class="s2062839SENU">38-34-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062839SENU">. </span><span class="s2062839CL">Undercollections or overcollections of one dollar or less--Commodity Credit Corporation not required to collect or refund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062839Normal-000000"><span class="s2062839DefaultParagraphFont">In connection with the collection of the pulse crop assessment on Commodity Credit Corporation pulse loans disbursed and purchase agreement settlement made, undercollections or overcollections of the pulse crop assessment amounting to one dollar or less as a result of errors do not require collection of the underpayment or refund of the overpayment by the Commodity Credit Corporation, and its responsibility in such cases is waived.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062839Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062839000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062839Normal"><span class="s2062839SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062839SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 16.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062839Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062839000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062840Normal { 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.s2062840SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062840CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062840Normal-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.s2062840DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062840000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062840SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062840SCL-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="s2062840Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-17"><span class="s2062840SENU">38-34-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062840SENU">. </span><span class="s2062840CL">Enforcement of collection.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062840Normal-000000"><span class="s2062840DefaultParagraphFont">If any first purchaser fails to pay the assessment provided in this chapter, the council may enforce collection in any appropriate court within this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062840Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062840000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062840Normal"><span class="s2062840SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062840SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 17.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062840Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062840000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062841Normal { 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.s2062841SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062841CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062841Normal-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.s2062841DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062841000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062841SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062841SCL-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="s2062841Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-18"><span class="s2062841SENU">38-34-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062841SENU">. </span><span class="s2062841CL">Refund of assessment--Application--Time for refund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062841Normal-000000"><span class="s2062841DefaultParagraphFont">Any grower subject to the assessment provided in this chapter, within sixty days following the assessment, may apply to the council for a refund of the assessment. Upon return of the refund application accompanied by a record of the assessment by the first purchaser, the grower shall, within sixty days, be refunded the net amount of the assessment collected. Additionally, a grower, who for any reason, pays the assessment more than once on the same pulse crops, upon furnishing proof of this to the council, is entitled to a refund of the overpayment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062841Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062841000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062841Normal"><span class="s2062841SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062841SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 18.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062841Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062841000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062842Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2062842Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-19"><span class="s2062842SENU">38-34-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062842SENU">. </span><span class="s2062842CL">Information on purpose of assessment and claim of refund--Development and dissemination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062842Normal-000000"><span class="s2062842DefaultParagraphFont">The council shall develop and disseminate information and instructions relating to the purpose of the pulse crop assessment and manner in which refunds may be claimed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062842Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062842000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062842Normal"><span class="s2062842SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062842SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 19.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062842Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062842000001"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062843Normal { 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.s2062843SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062843CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062843Normal-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.s2062843DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062843Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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The referendum may be conducted only among participating growers who have paid all assessments pursuant to this chapter for the preceding year, and the ballots shall be prepared by the council and mailed to each participating grower at least thirty days before the last date for filing ballots. In addition, each ballot shall be accompanied by a notice to each participating grower:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal-000001"><span class="s2062843DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Of the date of the filing of the petition by the growers for the referendum and the number of signatures contained on the petition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal-000001"><span class="s2062843DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Of the date and place where the council will open and tabulate the ballots. The date may be not less than five days after the last date for filing the ballots;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal-000001"><span class="s2062843DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Of the last date upon which ballots may be filed with the council, or postmarked if delivered to the council by mail; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal-000001"><span class="s2062843DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    That any participating grower may attend the meeting of the council at the time the ballots are opened and the votes tabulated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal-000002"><span class="s2062843DefaultParagraphFont">If a majority of the participating growers voting upon the question are in favor of the proposed change, the council shall certify the result to the secretary with the request that the secretary prepare a bill to submit to the next legislative session to modify this chapter accordingly. The results of the referendum are advisory only, and the Legislature is not obligated to adopt legislation enacting the proposals contained in the referendum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062843000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal"><span class="s2062843SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062843SCL-000004"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 20.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062843000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062843Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062843000003"> </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 38-34 - PULSE CROPS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2062844Normal { 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.s2062844SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062844CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2062844Normal-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.s2062844DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062844000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062844SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2062844SCL-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="s2062844Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-34-21"><span class="s2062844SENU">38-34-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062844SENU">. </span><span class="s2062844CL">Council may contract with Public Utilities Commission to inspect assessment and checkoff records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062844Normal-000000"><span class="s2062844DefaultParagraphFont">The council may contract with the Public Utilities Commission to inspect the records of licensed grain buyers to determine compliance with the assessment and checkoff requirements of this chapter. The contract shall cover the grain buyers to be inspected and the amount the council shall reimburse the Public Utilities Commission for the inspections.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062844Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062844000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2062844Normal"><span class="s2062844SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2062844SCL-000002"> SL 2005, ch 214, § 21; SL 2009, ch 196, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>