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SD Codified L § 58-20-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-26 - Electric utilities authorized to form self-insurance associations.

58-20-26. Electric utilities authorized to form self-insurance associations.Any two or more electric utility employers or their trade associations may form an association for the purpose of providing to members group self-insurance to protect members against losses arising from workers' compensation liability. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-20-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-27 - Application for self-insurance association--Form.

58-20-27. Application for self-insurance association--Form.An association proposing to self-insure its workers' compensation liability shall apply to the department for the authority to self-insure, using forms available from the department. The application shall include:(1)The association's name;(2)The location and mailing address of the association's principal office and where its books and records are kept;(3)The name and address of each member of the association;(4)A copy of the bylaws or plan of operation adopted by the association;(5)Proof of compliance with §58-20-28;(6)A sample copy of the agreement between the association and the members securing the payment of each member's workers' compensation liability;(7)A pro forma financial statement, on a form acceptable to the department, showing the financial ability of the association to pay the workers' compensation liability of its members; and(8)The required application fee. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §3.
SD Codified L § 58-20-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-28 - Requirements to obtain self-insurance certificate.

58-20-28. Requirements to obtain self-insurance certificate.To obtain and maintain its certificate an association shall:(1)Have sufficient assets, net worth, and liquidity to promptly meet all obligations of the association's members under §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, and their workers' compensation liability. In determining whether an association is in sound financial condition, consideration shall be given to the combined net worth of the member companies; the combined long-term and short-term debt to equity ratios of the member companies; other financial data requested by the department or submitted by the group; and the combined workers' compensation experience of the group for the last three years;(2)Furnish to the department security in the form of a bond, cash, certificate of deposit, government securities, irrevocable letter of credit, irrevocable trust, in any combination, in an amount equal to the greater of:(a)Two hundred fifty thousand dollars; or(b)Twenty-five percent of the association's preceding year's gross annual assessments to its members;(3)Obtain specific and aggregate excess insurance by an insurance company licensed to conduct business in South Dakota; and(4)Maintain an indemnity agreement jointly and severally binding the association and each member of the association to meet the workers' compensation liability of each member. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §4.
SD Codified L § 58-20-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-29 - Granting self-insurance application--Revocation.

58-20-29. Granting self-insurance application--Revocation.The department shall grant or deny the association's application to self-insure within sixty days after a complete application has been filed. However, the time may be extended for an additional thirty days upon fifteen days' prior notice to the applicant. The department shall grant a certificate upon a determination that the association has complied with the requirements of §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, or the department shall issue an order denying a certificate setting forth the reasons for such refusal. Approval of the certificate shall remain effective until voluntarily terminated by the request of the association pursuant to §58-20-33 or revoked by order of the department. A certificate may be revoked by the department if the association has failed to comply with §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, rules promulgated hereunder, or for a violation of §58-20-38. If issued by the department, a certificate authorizes the association to provide workers' compensation benefits and establishes compliance by the association's members with §62-5-1. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §5.
SD Codified L § 58-20-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-30 - Examination of self-insurance association's activities and records.

58-20-30. Examination of self-insurance association's activities and records.The department may examine the affairs, transactions, accounts, records, assets, and liabilities of any association created under §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, as deemed reasonably necessary. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §6.
SD Codified L § 58-20-31 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-31 - Promulgation of rules governing self-insurance associations.

58-20-31. Promulgation of rules governing self-insurance associations.The department may promulgate rules governing associations pursuant to chapter 1-26 concerning:(1)Application, financial, annual reports, or other forms to be created by the department under §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive;(2)Financial requirements of the department for approving and maintaining a certificate;(3)Requiring an application fee not to exceed two thousand dollars; and(4)Requiring the association to process and act upon claims in accordance with the guidelines applicable for domestic insurance companies. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §7.
SD Codified L § 58-20-32 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-32 - Voluntary termination of participation in self-insurance association.

58-20-32. Voluntary termination of participation in self-insurance association.A member may voluntarily terminate its participation in an association by giving written notice to the other members of the association and the department at least ninety days before the desired termination date. The voluntary termination shall be approved by the department if it finds that the terminating member and the remaining members of the association are in good standing and have met all requirements of §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §8.
SD Codified L § 58-20-33 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-33 - Involuntary termination of membership in self-insurance association.

58-20-33. Involuntary termination of membership in self-insurance association.A member may be involuntarily terminated as a member of the association if the department finds, after due notice and hearing, that the member:(1)Has failed to pay any contribution or assessment due to the association;(2)Has failed to comply with §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, or the rules promulgated pursuant to §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive; or(3)Has failed to comply with the bylaws, loss control policies or discharge any other obligation it owes to the association.A hearing may be initiated by the department on its own initiative or upon the request of the association's board of directors. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §9.
SD Codified L § 58-20-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-34 - Liability for contractual obligations subsequent to termination in self-insurance association.

58-20-34. Liability for contractual obligations subsequent to termination in self-insurance association.Any member who voluntarily terminates its membership in the association, or who is involuntarily terminated as a member of the association, shall nevertheless remain liable subsequent to the date of termination for all contractual obligations it entered into with the association during its membership in the association. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §10.
SD Codified L § 58-20-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-35 - Annual report of affairs of self-insurance associations.

58-20-35. Annual report of affairs of self-insurance associations.Each year after an association has been granted a certificate, the association shall file with the department an annual report of its affairs and operations during the last preceding calendar year. The report shall be made in such form and shall contain such information as the department may require in order to protect the public interest and the interests of the members of the association. An association shall provide a copy of its last fiscal year CPA audit of its operations to the department if requested. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §11.
SD Codified L § 58-20-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-36 - Dissolution of self-insurance association to be approved by department.

58-20-36. Dissolution of self-insurance association to be approved by department.No association may be voluntarily dissolved or otherwise cease to function without written approval by the department after the department has determined that all claims and other legal obligations of the association have been paid or that adequate provisions for such payment have been made. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §12.
SD Codified L § 58-20-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-37 - Deficiency of self-insurance associations made up by members.

58-20-37. Deficiency of self-insurance associations made up by members.If the assets of an association are at any time insufficient to enable the association to discharge its liabilities and obligations, the association's members shall make up the deficiency or the department may order the association to levy an assessment upon its members in an amount necessary to make up the deficiency. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §13.
SD Codified L § 58-20-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-38 - Revocation of self-insurance association's certificate.

58-20-38. Revocation of self-insurance association's certificate.If an association fails to make up a deficiency or to make the required assessment of its members pursuant to §58-20-37 within thirty days after the department orders it to do so, or if the deficiency is not fully made up within sixty days after the date on which the assessment is made, or within a longer period of time as may be specified by the department, the department shall revoke the association's certificate. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §14.
SD Codified L § 58-20-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-39 - Self-insurance association not an insurance company.

58-20-39. Self-insurance association not an insurance company.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any association organized pursuant to §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, is not an insurance company or insurer under the laws of this state; any agreement forming an association does not constitute insurance or the conduct of an insurance business; and no association organized pursuant to §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive, may be a member of the South Dakota Insurance Guaranty Association. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §15.
SD Codified L § 58-20-40 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 20 - Workers' Compensation Insurance|Section 58-20-40 - Proceedings or investigations by department.

58-20-40. Proceedings or investigations by department.The provisions of chapter 1-26 govern all proceedings or investigations of the department pursuant to §§58-20-25 to 58-20-40, inclusive. Source: SL 1995, ch 282, §16.
SD Codified L § 58-21-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 21 - Surety Insurance|Section 58-21-1 - Qualifications of sole surety on official bonds.

58-21-1. Qualifications of sole surety on official bonds.Whenever any bond, undertaking, recognizance, or other obligation is by law, or the charter, ordinances, rules, or regulations of any municipality, board, body, organization, court, judge, or public officer, required or permitted to be made, given, tendered, or filed, with surety or sureties, and whenever the performance of any act, duty, or obligation, or the refraining from any act, is required or permitted to be guaranteed, such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance, or guaranty may be executed by a surety insurer qualified to act as surety or guarantor as provided in this chapter. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 28, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-21-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 21 - Surety Insurance|Section 58-21-2 - Certificate of authority as evidence of qualifications.

58-21-2. Certificate of authority as evidence of qualifications.A valid subsisting certificate of authority or duly certified copy thereof issued by the director to a surety insurer shall be accepted as evidence of qualification to become sole surety on all bonds, undertakings, recognizances, and obligations required or permitted by law, or in the charter, ordinances, rules, or regulations of any municipality, board, organization, court, judge, or public officer, without further proof or qualification regarding solvency, credit, or financial sufficiency to act as surety. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 28, §3.
SD Codified L § 58-21-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 21 - Surety Insurance|Section 58-21-3 - Execution by insurer of official bonds--Compliance with law, rule, or regulation.

58-21-3. Execution by insurer of official bonds--Compliance with law, rule, or regulation.Execution by such insurer of such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance, or guaranty shall be in all respects a full and complete compliance with every requirement of every law, charter, ordinance, rule, or regulation, that such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance, or guaranty shall be executed by one surety or by one or more sureties, or that such surety shall be a resident, or householder, or freeholder, or either or both, or possess any other qualifications; and all courts, judges, heads of departments, boards, bodies, municipalities, and public officers of every character shall accept and treat accordingly such bond, undertaking, obligation, recognizance, or guaranty when so executed by such insurer, as conforming to and fully and completely complying with every such requirement of every such law, charter, ordinance, rule, or regulation. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 28, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-21-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 21 - Surety Insurance|Section 58-21-4 - Forfeitures for unauthorized business--Amount--Action to recover.

58-21-4. Forfeitures for unauthorized business--Amount--Action to recover.Any such insurer doing business in this state without a valid certificate of authority shall forfeit one hundred dollars for every day it neglects to procure such certificate. Any insurance producer making assurance or soliciting applications for any insurer having no such certificate shall forfeit the sum of three hundred dollars, and any person acting for an insurer authorized to transact business in this state without having the required insurance producer's certificate in the person's possession shall be liable to pay twenty-five dollars for each day's neglect to procure such certificate. Such penalties may be recovered in a civil action in the circuit court of any county in this state. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 28, §4; SL 2001, ch 286, §130.
SD Codified L § 58-21-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 21 - Surety Insurance|Section 58-21-5 - Release from liability on official bonds.

58-21-5. Release from liability on official bonds.A surety insurer may be released from its liability on a bond referred to in §58-21-1 upon the same terms and conditions as are by law prescribed for the release of individual sureties. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 28, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-22-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-1 - Definition of terms.

58-22-1. Definition of terms.Terms used in this chapter mean:(1)"Bail bond," cash, property or surety given to obtain a defendant's release;(1A)"Bail bondsman," a surety bondsman, professional bondsman, or a property bondsman;(1B)"Cash," the coins and bills issued by the government of the United States and does not include the transfer of funds electronically;(2)"Insurer," any domestic, foreign, or alien surety company which has qualified generally to transact surety business and specifically to transact bail bond business in this state;(3)"Professional bondsman," any person who has been approved by the director and who pledges cash or approved unregistered bonds as security for a bail bond in connection with a judicial proceeding and receives or is promised money or other things of value;(4)"Property bondsman," a person who pledges real or other property as security for a bail bond in a judicial proceeding and who receives or is promised money or other things of value therefor;(5)"Runner," a person employed by a bail bondsman for the purpose of assisting the bail bondsman in presenting the defendant in court when required or to assist in apprehension and surrender of defendant to the court, or keeping defendant under necessary surveillance. This does not affect the right of a bail bondsman to hire counsel or to ask assistance of law enforcement officers;(6)"Surety bondsman," any person who has been approved by the director and appointed by an insurer by power of attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds for the insurer in connection with judicial proceedings and who receives or is promised money or other things of value therefor. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §1; SL 2013, ch 250, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-22-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-2 - Qualifications of surety for release of person on bail.

58-22-2. Qualifications of surety for release of person on bail.Each and every surety for the release of a person on bail shall be qualified as:(1)An insurer and represented by a surety bondsman or bondsmen; or(2)A professional bondsman properly qualified and approved by the director; or(3)A natural person who has reached the age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the United States and a bona fide resident of South Dakota for a period of one year immediately last past and who holds record title to property in South Dakota acceptable to the proper authority approving the bail bond. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §4.
SD Codified L § 58-22-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-3 - Persons disqualified as bail bondspersons or runners--Violation as felony.

58-22-3. Persons disqualified as bail bondspersons or runners--Violation as felony.The following persons or classes may not be bail bondspersons or runners and may not directly or indirectly receive any benefits from the execution of any bail bond: jailers, police officers, committing magistrates, magistrate court judges, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and constables, any person having the power to arrest or having anything to do with the control of federal, state, county, or municipal prisoners. Violation of this section is a Class 6 felony. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §§17, 27; SDCL, §58-22-48; SL 1978, ch 359, §2; SL 1998, ch 296, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-22-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-4 - License required to act as bail bondsperson or runner--Exception--Violation as felony or misdemeanor.

58-22-4. License required to act as bail bondsperson or runner--Exception--Violation as felony or misdemeanor.No person may act in the capacity of a bail bondsperson or runner or perform any of the functions, duties, or powers prescribed for bail bondsperson or runners under the provisions of this chapter unless that person is qualified and licensed as provided in this chapter. However, none of the provisions of this section prohibit any person, from pledging real or other property as security for a bail bond in judicial proceedings if that person does not receive, or is not promised, money or other things of value therefor. Acting in the capacity of a bail bondsperson or runner without being licensed is a Class 6 felony. Receipt of money or other things of value by any person not acting in the capacity of a bail bondsperson is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §§5, 27; SDCL, §58-22-48; SL 1978, ch 359, §2; SL 1998, ch 296, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-22-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-5 - Licenses to individuals only--Examination waived for persons previously acting--Exemptions.

58-22-5. Licenses to individuals only--Examination waived for persons previously acting--Exemptions.No license may be issued except in compliance with this chapter and none may be issued except to an individual. However, any person performing the functions of a bail bondsperson or runner, within the definition of this chapter, on July 1, 1966, is not required to take an examination, but shall be issued a license upon making the application required by this chapter, and renewals shall be granted subject to the provisions of §§58-22-6, 58-22-19, and 58-22-21. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the holder of a valid all lines fire and casualty insurance producer's license held prior to July 1, 1998.A firm, partnership, association, or corporation, as such need not be licensed. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §5; SL 1998, ch 296, §3; SL 2001, ch 286, §131.
SD Codified L § 58-22-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-6 - Application for license--Affirmative showing of qualifications.

58-22-6. Application for license--Affirmative showing of qualifications.The application for license, in addition to the other matters set out in this chapter to serve as a bail bondsperson shall affirmatively show that the applicant is a natural person who has reached the age of twenty-one years, is a citizen of the United States, has been a bona fide resident of the state for the preceding year, will actively engage in the bail bond business, and has not been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude or any crime involving moral turpitude. The director of the Division of Insurance may waive the restriction relating to the conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony if three years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence imposed by the court in connection with the violation. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §7; SL 1998, ch 296, §4.
SD Codified L § 58-22-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 22 - Bail Bondspersons|Section 58-22-7 - License fee submitted to director--Fingerprints and photograph of applicant.

58-22-7. License fee submitted to director--Fingerprints and photograph of applicant.A license fee of thirty dollars shall be submitted to the director with each application for license as bail bondsperson.The applicant shall also furnish with the application, a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints and a recent credential-size full face photograph of the applicant. The applicant's fingerprints shall be certified by an authorized law enforcement officer. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 31, §8; SL 1998, ch 296, §5.