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SD Codified L § 61-1-49 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-49 - Social security tax payments not deemed wages.

61-1-49. Social security tax payments not deemed wages.As used in this title, the term, wages, does not include the payment by an employing unit without deduction from the remuneration of the individual in its employ of the tax imposed upon an individual in its employ under section 3101 of the federal Internal Revenue Code. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0802 (13) (c) as added by SL 1941, ch 82, §4; SL 2008, ch 277, §33; SDCL §61-1-33; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-50 - Dismissal payments not deemed wages.

61-1-50. Dismissal payments not deemed wages.As used in this title, the term, wages, does not include dismissal payments which the employing unit is not legally required to make. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0802 (13) (d) as added by SL 1941, ch 82, §4; SL 2008, ch 277, §34; SDCL §61-1-34; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-1-51 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-51 - Week of unemployment defined.

61-1-51. Week of unemployment defined.For the purposes of this title, an individual is considered unemployed in any calendar week during which the individual performs no service and with respect to which no wages or earnings are payable to the individual, or in any week of less than full-time work, if the wages or earnings payable to the individual, with respect to the week, are less than the individual's weekly benefit amount. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §19; SDC 1939, §17.0802 (10) (a); SL 1939, ch 86, §1; SL 1941, ch 83, §1; SL 1963, ch 122, §1; SL 1979, ch 348, §2; SL 1984, ch 333, §1; SL 2008, ch 277, §35; SDCL §61-1-36; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-1-52 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-52 - Registration at employment office required to commence week of unemployment.

61-1-52. Registration at employment office required to commence week of unemployment.For the purposes of this title, an individual's week of unemployment is deemed commenced only after the individual's registration at an employment office, except as the Department of Labor and Regulation may otherwise prescribe in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §19; SDC 1939, §17.0802 (10) (d); SL 1939, ch 86, §1; SL 1941, ch 83, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §17.0802 (10) (b); SL 1993, ch 375, §17; SL 2008, ch 277, §36; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SDCL §61-1-37; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-1-53 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-53 - Rules covering temporary or partial employment.

61-1-53. Rules covering temporary or partial employment.The Department of Labor and Regulation shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 governing benefit eligibility of individuals whose employment is temporary or is other than full-time. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0802 (10) (a) as added by SL 1941, ch 83, §1; SL 1963, ch 122, §1; SL 1993, ch 375, §18; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SDCL §61-1-38; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-1-54 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-54 - Rules covering seasonal employment.

61-1-54. Rules covering seasonal employment.The Department of Labor and Regulation may, in accordance with rules promulgated by the department pursuant to chapter 1-26, determine whether an industry in this state is of a seasonal nature. The department shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 governing the benefit rights of those workers who are found to be engaged in a seasonal occupation. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0802 (10) (d) as added by SL 1941, ch 83, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §17.0802 (10) (c); SL 1993, ch 375, §19; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SDCL §61-1-39; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-1-55 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 01 - Definitions And General Provisions|Section 61-1-55 - Title inoperative if federal tax inoperative--Disposition of unobligated funds.

61-1-55. Title inoperative if federal tax inoperative--Disposition of unobligated funds.If the tax imposed by title nine of the federal Social Security Act or any other federal tax against which contributions under this title may be credited, shall become inoperative, the provisions of this title shall become inoperative. Any unobligated fund in the state unemployment compensation fund or returned by the United States Treasurer, because the federal Social Security Act is inoperative, shall be refunded to the contributors pro rata to their unexpended contributions. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §20; SDC 1939, §17.0845; SL 2008, ch 277, §38; SDCL §61-1-41; SL 2012, ch 252, §59.
SD Codified L § 61-2-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-1.1 - Department abolished--Performance of functions.

61-2-1.1. Department abolished--Performance of functions.The Department of Employment Security is abolished, and all its functions shall be administered by the Department of Labor and Regulation as provided by §1-37-3. Source: SL 1973, ch 2 (Ex. Ord. 73-1), §§3(c), 90; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-2-7.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-7.1 - Reemployment assistance advisory council--Composition and appointment--Functions--Meetings--Reports.

61-2-7.1. Reemployment assistance advisory council--Composition and appointment--Functions--Meetings--Reports.The Governor shall appoint from a list submitted by the department a state reemployment assistance advisory council, composed of men and women, including an equal number of employer representatives and employee representatives who may fairly be regarded as representative because of their vocation, employment, or affiliations, and of any members representing the general public as the department may designate. The council shall aid the department in reviewing the reemployment assistance program as to the program's content, adequacy and effectiveness and to make recommendations for its improvement. The advisory council shall meet as frequently as the department determines is necessary, but not less than twice each year. The advisory council shall make reports of its meetings which shall include a record of its discussions and its recommendations. The department shall make the reports available to any interested persons or groups. Source: SL 1971, ch 276, §20; SL 2019, ch 216, §7.
SD Codified L § 61-2-7.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-7.2 - Direction and supervision by Department of Labor and Regulation--Independent functions retained by councils.

61-2-7.2. Direction and supervision by Department of Labor and Regulation--Independent functions retained by councils.The reemployment assistance advisory council shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Department of Labor and Regulation and the secretary thereof, but shall retain the respective quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative, advisory, other nonadministrative and special budgetary functions (as defined in §1-32-1) otherwise vested in the council and shall exercise those functions independently of the secretary of labor and regulation. Source: SL 1973, ch 2, §§91, 92; SL 1989, ch 30, §85; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2019, ch 216, §8.
SD Codified L § 61-2-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-8 - Meetings and functions of advisory council.

61-2-8. Meetings and functions of advisory council.The reemployment assistance advisory council appointed pursuant to §61-2-7.1 shall meet on call of the department and shall aid the department in formulating policies and discussing problems relating to the administration of this title and in assuring impartiality and freedom from political influence in the solution of such problems. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11; SDC 1939, §17.0806; SL 1943, ch 77, §2; SL 1945, ch 78, §2; SL 1971, ch 276, §21; SL 1989, ch 30, §86; SL 2019, ch 216, §9.
SD Codified L § 61-2-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-13 - Political activity of employees--Prohibited and permitted activity.

61-2-13. Political activity of employees--Prohibited and permitted activity.The department may not appoint or employ any person who holds or is a candidate for any elective office in a partisan election. However, nothing in this section prevents an employee from being a candidate for or holding a nonpartisan office or being a candidate for or holding a political party office. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11; SDC 1939, §17.0805; SL 1957, ch 87; SL 1961, ch 104; SL 1993, ch 377, §3.
SD Codified L § 61-2-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-16 - Administration of title by secretary--General powers.

61-2-16. Administration of title by secretary--General powers.The secretary of labor and regulation shall administer this title. The secretary shall employ such persons, make such expenditures, require such reports, make such investigations, and take such other action as may be necessary or suitable to that end. The secretary shall determine the department's organization and methods of procedure in accordance with the provisions of this title. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11; SDC 1939, §17.0807; SL 1951, ch 94, §4; SL 1978, ch 359, §19; SL 1993, ch 375, §21; SL 2008, ch 277, §44; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-2-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-18 - Recommendations to Governor and Legislature.

61-2-18. Recommendations to Governor and Legislature.If the secretary of labor and regulation believes that a change in contribution or benefit rates will become necessary to protect the solvency of the fund, the secretary shall promptly so inform the Governor and the Legislature, and make recommendations with respect thereto. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11; SDC 1939, §17.0807; SL 1951, ch 94, §4; SL 2008, ch 277, §46; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-2-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 02 - Employment Security Divisions|Section 61-2-19 - Representation of state to congressional delegation--Cooperation with agencies of other states.

61-2-19. Representation of state to congressional delegation--Cooperation with agencies of other states.If, in the judgment of the secretary of labor and regulation, the interests of the Department of Labor and Regulation established by this title are involved in any proposed or pending change in federal law or administrative policy pertaining to the program, the secretary may represent these interests to the delegation of this state in the federal Congress. The secretary may co-operate with the other state labor agencies through any association of such state agencies which has been or may hereafter be organized, when the interests of the states generally in their reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation program are similarly involved. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0807 as added by SL 1955, ch 61; SL 2008, ch 277, §47; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2019, ch 216, §10.
SD Codified L § 61-3-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-1 - General purposes of departmental programs--Assistance, investigations, and research.

61-3-1. General purposes of departmental programs--Assistance, investigations, and research.The secretary of labor and regulation, with the advice and aid of the advisory councils, and through the department's appropriate divisions, shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depression and unemployment; to promote the re-employment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry on and publish the results of investigations and research studies. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (f); SDC 1939, §17.0810; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-2 - Work record maintained by employing unit--Inspection by department.

61-3-2. Work record maintained by employing unit--Inspection by department.Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records containing information needed to administer this title according to rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the secretary of labor and regulation. The records shall be kept for four years and shall be open to inspection and be subject to being copied by the Department of Labor and Regulation at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (g); SDC 1939, §17.0814; SL 1939, ch 84, §10; SL 1983, ch 22, §8; SL 1993, ch 375, §22; SL 2008, ch 277, §48; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-3 - Report required of employers by secretary.

61-3-3. Report required of employers by secretary.The secretary of labor and regulation may require from any employing unit any sworn or unsworn reports, with respect to persons employed by it, which the secretary deems necessary for the effective administration of this title. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (g); SDC 1939, §17.0814; SL 1939, ch 84, §10; SL 1943, ch 80; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-4 - Information confidential--Use by claimant at hearing--Violation as misdemeanor.

61-3-4. Information confidential--Use by claimant at hearing--Violation as misdemeanor.No information obtained under §61-3-2 or 61-3-3 may be published or open to public inspection other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties in any manner revealing the employing unit's identity, but any claimant at a hearing before the Department of Labor and Regulation shall be supplied with information from such records to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of the claimant's claim. Any employee or officer of the Department of Labor and Regulation who violates any of the provisions of this section commits a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (g); SDC 1939, §§17.0814, 17.9903; SL 1943, ch 80; SL 1978, ch 359, §2; SL 2008, ch 277, §49; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-5 - Reports and communications privileged in actions for defamation.

61-3-5. Reports and communications privileged in actions for defamation.No letter, report, communication, or other matter, whether oral or written, from the employer, the employer's agents, representatives or employees, to each other or to the secretary of labor and regulation, the secretary's agents, representatives or employees, which have been written or made in connection with the requirements and administration of this title or any rules promulgated pursuant to this title, may be made subject matter or basis for any action, whether civil or criminal, for slander or libel. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0814 as added by SL 1943, ch 80; SL 1993, ch 375, §23; SL 2008, ch 277, §50; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-6 - Preservation and destruction of departmental records.

61-3-6. Preservation and destruction of departmental records.The department shall maintain any record relating to benefit claims for a period of two years and any record relating to employer contributions for a period of five years. In order to conserve filing and storage space, the secretary may thereafter order such a record destroyed. The secretary may order other records destroyed after a period of one year. Source: SDC 1939, §17.0847 as enacted by SL 1945, ch 78, §4; SL 1951, ch 94, §11; SL 2008, ch 277, §51.
SD Codified L § 61-3-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-7 - Powers of departmental personnel in conduct of investigations and hearings.

61-3-7. Powers of departmental personnel in conduct of investigations and hearings.In the discharge of the duties imposed by this title, the secretary of labor and regulation and any duly authorized representative of the secretary may administer oaths and affirmations, take depositions, certify to official acts, and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with a disputed claim or the administration of this title. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (h); SDC 1939, §17.0815; SL 2008, ch 277, §52; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-8 - Disobedience of subpoena not excused by privilege against self-incrimination--Immunity from prosecution after claim of privilege.

61-3-8. Disobedience of subpoena not excused by privilege against self-incrimination--Immunity from prosecution after claim of privilege.No person may be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records before the Department of Labor and Regulation or in obedience to the subpoena of the secretary or any duly authorized representative of the secretary in any cause or proceeding before the department, on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a penalty or forfeiture. However, no person may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person is compelled, after having claimed privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except that the person so testifying is not exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (j); SDC 1939, §17.0816; SL 2008, ch 277, §53; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-9 - Disobedience of departmental subpoena--Misdemeanor--Separate offenses.

61-3-9. Disobedience of departmental subpoena--Misdemeanor--Separate offenses.Any person who without just cause fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records, if it is in the person's power to do so, in obedience to a subpoena issued pursuant to the provisions of §61-3-7 is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (i); SDC 1939, §17.9904; SL 1976, ch 158, §43-6; SL 2008, ch 277, §54.
SD Codified L § 61-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-10 - Judicial enforcement of departmental subpoena--Disobedience as contempt.

61-3-10. Judicial enforcement of departmental subpoena--Disobedience as contempt.In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person pursuant to §61-3-7, any court of this state within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the secretary of labor and regulation or the secretary's duly authorized representative, may issue to the person an order requiring the person to appear before the secretary or the secretary's duly authorized representative, there to produce evidence if so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (i); SDC 1939, §17.0815; SL 2008, ch 277, §55; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 61-3-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-14 - Availability of laws, rules, and reports.

61-3-14. Availability of laws, rules, and reports.The secretary of labor and regulation shall make available for the public the text of this title, administrative rules promulgated pursuant to this title, annual reports to the Governor, and any other material the secretary deems relevant and suitable and shall furnish the same to any person upon application therefor. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §11 (c); SDC 1939, §17.0809; SL 1993, ch 375, §24; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §33, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2012, ch 252, §55.
SD Codified L § 61-3-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 61 - Reemployment Assistance|Chapter 03 - Administration And Enforcement|Section 61-3-16 - Criminal prosecutions by attorney general or state's attorney.

61-3-16. Criminal prosecutions by attorney general or state's attorney.Any criminal action for violation of any provision of this title or of any rule promulgated pursuant to this title shall be prosecuted by the attorney general of the state; or, at the attorney general's request and under the attorney general's direction, by the state's attorney of any county in which the employer has a place of business or the violator resides. Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, §17; SDC 1939, §17.0841; SL 1993, ch 375, §25; SL 2008, ch 277, §56.