S.D. Codified Laws § 36-1C-5

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Option to authorize limited administrative fines for specified violations

Official statutory text

The agency may authorize the administrator to impose an administrative fine upon proof of a violation of specified statutes or rules without additional prior approval. Any action taken pursuant to this section shall be reported to the agency at its next scheduled meeting or within thirty days, whichever is shorter.

Any administrative fine issued under this section may be appealed by requesting a contested case under chapter 1-26 . Notice of appeal must be submitted to the administrator within twenty calendar days of service of the fine.

Any fine issued under this section may not exceed five hundred dollars.

Source: SL 2021, ch 168, § 5.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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