<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 49-7A-21 - Complaint and order prerequisites for penalty--Time limit. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2069976Normal { 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.s2069976SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069976CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2069976Normal-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.s2069976DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069976000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069976SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069976SCL-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="s2069976Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-7A-21"><span class="s2069976SENU">49-7A-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976SENU">. </span><span class="s2069976CL">Complaint and order prerequisites for penalty--Time limit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069976Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">No penalty may be imposed pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-7A-18"><span class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">49-7A-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-7A-19"><span class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">49-7A-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont"> except by order following a complaint pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-7A-17"><span class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">49-7A-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">. A complaint alleging a violation of any statute, except § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-7A-12"><span class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">49-7A-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">, or alleging a violation of any rule of the Statewide One-Call Notification Board shall be brought not later than ninety days after the discovery of the alleged violation, but in no case may the complaint be brought more than one year after the date of the alleged violation. Any complaint alleging a violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=49-7A-12"><span class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont">49-7A-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be brought within one year of discovery of the alleged violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069976Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069976Normal"><span class="s2069976SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069976SCL-000002"> SL 2002, ch 211, § 15; SL 2010, ch 220, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>