Title 3 — PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

There is hereby established the South Dakota special pay retirement program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the special pay retirement program shall become a qualified plan under § 401(a) of the code and that the program shall be treated as a governmental plan under § 4…

A participant who elects an immediate total lump-sum distribution from the program shall be guaranteed payment of the entire amount of the participant's special pay, plus any earnings, and less any mandatory income tax withholding and fees established by the board, within a perio…

Each participant may elect to have the participant's funds invested in one or more of the investment alternatives selected by the state investment officer pursuant to §

If a contract between the state investment officer and a vendor is terminated and a participant fails to notify the executive director or third-party administrator of the participant's new investment selection before the contract terminates, the executive director or third-party …

The total investment return on any offered investment shall be allocated to the account of each participant based on the proportion the participant's account bears to all other accounts which have been invested in the same investment alternative. Allocations shall be made on each…

Each offered investment alternative shall be valued on each accounting date. The valuation shall be at market value. Any charges against the value shall be explicitly disclosed. Each participant shall be provided with a statement of the participant's account by no later than fort…

A participant may designate a beneficiary to receive the participant's benefits under the program in case of the death of the participant. If no beneficiary is designated or the beneficiary has predeceased the participant, the participant's benefits shall be paid as follows: (1) …

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 3-13A-15 , no participant may assign or otherwise alienate any right to any payment or benefit under the program. The right of a participant to any payment or benefit is not subject to the rights of the participant's or any beneficiary's credit…

The executive director shall administer the program and shall determine all questions arising under or in connection with the program. The executive director may hire additional employees as may be required and shall set the remuneration of the employees. In addition, the executi…

Any public employer that is a participating unit of the system established under chapter 3-12C may become a participating unit under this chapter at any time on or after July 1, 2004. The decision to become a participating unit shall be made by the elected official, the appointed…

For the purpose of acquiring credited service in a qualified governmental defined-benefit retirement plan as identified under § 401(a) and defined in § 414(d) of the code, a participant may transfer a portion or all of the participant's account in the program by trustee-to-truste…

The definitions contained in chapter 3-12C , apply to this chapter, unless otherwise specified. Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Account," the record for each participant reflecting the amount of the participant's special pay transmitted to the fund, allocated investment gai…

The board shall establish by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 the parameters under which a participant, a participant's surviving spouse, or a participant's beneficiary may transfer a portion or all of the participant's account by rollover to a plan which is an eligible …

To the extent permitted by law, a participant may transfer a portion or all of the participant's account in another plan which is eligible under § 401(a), 403(b), 408, or 457 of the code into this program by rollover. The program shall account for such amounts separately. Source:…

A participant is entitled to receive a distribution from the participant's account upon written application to the executive director or third-party administrator. The participant may elect, on forms prescribed by the executive director or third-party administrator, the time dist…

A participant who does not take a total lump-sum distribution, transfer funds by rollover pursuant to § 3-13A-20 , or transfer funds by trustee-to-trustee transfer pursuant to § 3-13A-19 may begin annuity distributions by selecting a retirement date, as set out in §

If the eligible designated beneficiary does not elect a method of distribution, the participant's account must be distributed in accordance with paragraph (ii) of this subsection; or (c) Upon either the death of an eligible designated beneficiary before distribution of the partic…

If a participant dies after the required distribution of benefits has begun, the remaining portion of the participant's interest shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the same method of distribution before the participant's death. Source: SL 2021, ch 28 , § 15.

If a participant died on or before December 31, 2021, and before required distribution of the participant's benefits commenced, the participant's interest must be distributed as follows: (1) If the participant has a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse must receive benefits ove…

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 3-13A-23 to 3-13A-23 .1, inclusive, or the provisions of the treasury regulations, benefit options may continue so long as the option satisfies § 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code based on a reasonable and good faith interpretation of tha…

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions, effective for any participant death after December 31, 2021, the following distribution provisions shall take effect subject to any regulations or other guidance issued under the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECUR…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of chapter 3-13A , the participant or beneficiary who would have been required to receive required minimum distributions (RMD) for 2020 (or paid in 2021 for the 2020 calendar year for a participant with a required beginning date of April 2, 20…

The state investment officer shall be held to the standard of conduct of a fiduciary and shall carry out all functions solely in the interests of the participants and benefit recipients and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits and defraying reasonable expenses incurred…

Neither the program nor any participating unit is liable to any participant for losses arising out of any decrease in the value of any investments held under the program. The liability of the program to any participant is limited to the value of the participant's account on the d…

The South Dakota special pay fund is hereby established. All compensation transmitted to the fund pursuant to §§ 3-13A-1 to 3-13A-25 , inclusive, shall be deposited in the fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be paid on warrants drawn by the state auditor and supported by vouch…

For purposes of participation in the program, the first day of the month in which a member's birthday falls is the member's birthday. Source: SL 2025, ch 27 , § 135.

Pursuant to § 3-13A-20 , a participant or a participant's surviving spouse may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the third-party administrator, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid in a direct rollover to an eligible retirement plan speci…

The program shall be under the authority of the board. The board shall be held to the standard of conduct of a fiduciary and shall carry out its functions solely in the interest of the participants and benefit recipients and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits and def…

Upon a participant's termination of employment, the participating unit shall transmit the gross amount of the participant's special pay to the fund. However, except to the extent permitted under § 414(v) of the code, if applicable, a contribution allocated to a participant's acco…

A participant's compensation, for purposes of the application of § 3-13A-5 , paid or made available during a plan year, must include: (a) Any elective deferral, as defined in § 402(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (b) Any amount that is contributed or deferred by the parti…

For the proper administration of the accounts of participants, all amounts of compensation subject to this chapter shall be transferred to the trust not later than fifteen business days after the end of the month in which the compensation otherwise would have been paid to the par…

An account shall be established for each participant. The account shall be the basis for any distribution to the participant or to the participant's beneficiary, surviving spouse, surviving children, or estate pursuant to §

A participant's account is fully vested in the program at any time on or after the date the participant begins participation in the program. A participant's account is not subject to any forfeiture pursuant to the provisions of the program. A loss as described in § 3-13A-25 is no…

Any costs associated with such a transfer shall be borne by the participant and shall be deducted from the participant's account. If, due to a payroll error, a participant's deferral is deposited in an investment alternative other than the one selected by the participant, the exe…