Title 3 — PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Individual test results and medical information collected pursuant to this chapter are confidential. This information may be revealed only as authorized by the human resources commissioner. An applicant or employee may have access to the information or test results upon written r…

Except as provided in § 3-6F-3 , any person responsible for recording, reporting, or maintaining medical information required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, who knowingly or intentionally discloses or fails to protect medical information declared to be confidential p…

The human resources commissioner may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter with regard to: (1) Listing of positions whose primary duty includes patient or resident care or supervision; safety-sensitive positions; and po…

Repealed by SL 1980, ch 29 , § 7.

Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

Repealed by SL 1980, ch 29 , § 9.

Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

Repealed by SL 1980, ch 29 , § 11.

Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

3-7-16 to 3-7-18. Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

3-7-20 to 3-7-25. Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

3-7-5 to 3-7-7.1. Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

Repealed by SL 1980, ch 29 , § 5.

Repealed by SL 2012, ch 23 , § 10.

The Governor, justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the circuit courts, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, and commissioner of school and public lands shall devote full time to the duties of their respective offices and such officers shall no…

The term, compensation, for state employees, means total compensation, which includes direct salary and fringe benefits. Fringe benefits includes employer paid retirement programs, social security, health insurance, life insurance, and any other programs offering a benefit to the…

No probate proceeding of any kind, nor the appointment of an administrator or agent shall be required and the presentation of a sworn statement by such spouse or circuit court judge shall be sufficient authority for the disbursing officer to pay or to cause to be paid such claims…

In case a warrant has already issued, payable to such deceased employee, which has not been paid on account of the death of such employee, such disbursing officer shall be authorized to request the return of such warrant to his office by cancellation, and such disbursing officer …

If the salary of any full - time elected official who may vote on his own salary is increased, the increase for that elected official may not commence until the expiration of the term for which such official was elected, or until two years after the passage of such increase, whic…

Any state employee who is employed in a position that is eligible for longevity pay and has at least seven years of employment with the State of South Dakota is entitled to longevity compensation. The longevity compensation for years of employment seven to ten, inclusive, is one …

Any employee of the State of South Dakota who, as a member of the South Dakota National Guard or any other reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, is ordered into Title 10 and Title 32 service, after January 1, 2002, other than for training purposes, shall rec…

There is hereby annually appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated the sums necessary to meet the expenditures authorized by § 3-8-1 , and payments shall be made therefrom upon approved vouchers filed in the Office of the State Auditor. Source…

The annual salaries of the Governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state auditor, the state treasurer, the attorney general, the commissioner of school and public lands, each justice of the Supreme Court and each circuit judge shall be adjusted annually by …

On July 1, 2023, prior to the adjustment required pursuant to § 3-8-2.1 , the base annual salaries of the following constitutional officers shall be set to the following values: (1) The secretary of state, the state auditor, the state treasurer, and the commissioner of school and…

The base annual salary of each justice of the Supreme Court and each circuit judge shall be adjusted upward six percent on July 1, 2021, and the subsequent base annual salary shall be adjusted upward an additional six percent on July 1, 2022. Each adjustment is based on the justi…

Any officer receiving a salary from the state who shall keep or retain any money, emolument, fee, or perquisite, paid to or received by him for the performance of any duty or duties connected with his office, or in any manner paid to him as such officer or by reason of his holdin…

Except as provided in §§ 3-8-4.1 to 3-8-4.3 , inclusive, no person receiving a salary payable out of the state treasury or from the funds of any state institution or department, may, during the period for which such salary has been or is to be paid, receive any other salary from …

No employee of the state including any institution thereof serving on a board, commission, committee, or council of the state may receive salary or per diem compensation for serving on such body. Allowable expense reimbursement shall be paid pursuant to §

Any state employee, with the approval of the department head, agency head, or head of the state institution involved, may use annual leave, military service leave, weekends, legal holidays, and hours after normal working hours for performing compensable services to a state instit…

Any state employee who takes leave of absence without pay from his or her primary employment with the state may accept payment from the funds of other state institutions, departments, offices, or agencies for services rendered to such other institution, department, office, or age…

3-8-5.1 to 3-8-5.4. Repealed by SL 1997, ch 23 , §§ 2 to 5.

Repealed by SL 1971, ch 28 , § 2.

The Bureau of Finance and Management, at the direction and under the control of the Governor, shall develop, maintain, and administer a central payroll system for the efficient compensation payment of officials and employees of the State of South Dakota. The commissioner of the B…

3-8-7. Repealed by SL 2014, ch 17 , § 1.

3-8-8 Accrued compensation payable to spouse and children of deceased employee if estate exempt from creditors' claims. 3-8-9 Information required for payment to spouse or children of deceased employee. 3-8-10 Probate proceedings not required for payment to spouse or children of …

It shall be lawful for the disbursing officers of the state or any of its political subdivisions to pay, or cause to be paid, any lawful claim for salaries, wages, compensation, fees, and expenses due from the state or any of its political subdivisions to any deceased employee th…

The disbursing officers shall be authorized to issue and pay such claim by the issuance of a warrant upon presentation to, and filing with the disbursing officers of the state or any of its political subdivisions of a verified claim, executed by such surviving spouse or circuit c…

If an Office of Fleet and Travel Management or a Department of Transportation pool motor vehicle is available within ten miles of an individual's place of residence or headquarters station, but the individual uses a privately owned vehicle instead for state business, the mileage …

Upon written request of the head of a state agency or institution, the state auditor may reimburse a person using a motor vehicle on state business for mileage within a designated city area if the required travel is not compensated through the person’s salary. For the purposes of…

Each officer or employee who may be entitled to an allowance under § 3-9-9 or 3-9-12 shall submit a claim voucher to the state auditor with an application for payment of the household moving allowance and a copy of the offer letter of the department, institution, board, commissio…

The State Board of Finance shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 necessary to implement the provisions of §§ 3-9-9 , 3-9-10 , and

For the purpose of assisting in the recruitment of new state employees, a person being recruited, if the person is not a current state employee, may receive a household moving allowance for moving greater than fifty miles to the person's headquarter duty station in the same manne…

All budget units of the state are authorized to advance moneys to their officers and employees for authorized travel expenses. Source: SL 1974, ch 45 , § 1.

Such advances shall be made from appropriated funds of the budget units in the manner provided for under the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to §

Each person receiving a travel advance shall submit an itemized statement meeting the requirements of §§ 3-9-8 , 4-9-4 , and the rules promulgated pursuant to §

If a person's position with the state is terminated the repayment or statement required by § 3-9-15 shall become due immediately. Source: SL 1974, ch 45 , § 4.

The state auditor or the business manager of a state institution not on central payroll is authorized to withhold an amount not to exceed the total amount of travel expense advanced from any moneys due a person who fails to comply with § 3-9-15 or §

However, general fund advances, or any portion thereof, which transcend a fiscal year revert to the general fund and become an obligation of the following fiscal year's appropriations. Source: SL 1974, ch 45 , § 3; SL 1975, ch 37 , § 2; SL 1984, ch 30 , § 81.

Any budget unit of the state may recommend that an employee be issued a bank card. If the employee is issued a bank card by an issuing authority, the budget unit recommending the issuance shall be responsible for any annual fee for the bank card. No bank card may be issued unless…

The State Board of Finance may authorize reimbursement of the actual costs of lodging and meals, excluding any alcoholic beverage as defined in subdivision 35-1-1(1), but including a gratuity incurred by a state officer or employee in the performance of his or her duties, regardl…