S.D. Codified Laws § 61-1-5
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Successor employers subject to coverage
Official statutory text
As used in this title, the term, employer, includes any individual, group of individuals, or employing unit which acquired the organization, trade, or business, or substantially all the assets thereof, of another which at the time of the acquisition was an employer subject to this title.
Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 19; SDC 1939, § 17.0802 (6) (b); SL 1939, ch 86, § 1; SL 2008, ch 277, § 4.
Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 19; SDC 1939, § 17.0802 (6) (b); SL 1939, ch 86, § 1; SL 2008, ch 277, § 4.
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