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Does the student member of the South Dakota Board of Regents have to satisfy the rule that no two regents may reside in the same county, where student regents typically register to vote in the college town like other students?
No. The student regent's qualifications are set by SDCL 13-49-6.1, not by the general regents statute SDCL 13-49-2. The specific student-regent statute controls, and it does not impose a one-regent-pe…
In the late 1970s, could a South Dakota National Guard member taking a Board of Regents extension course off-campus get the reduced-tuition benefit, and did the 'C average' requirement mean the average for the most recent semester or the cumulative average across all college work?
Yes on the extension course. The reduced tuition benefit under SDCL 33-6-5 reached any undergraduate course in a state institution, not just on-campus courses. And the 'C average' requirement was cumu…
If a state construction contract was advertised to be opened at one place (Springfield, SD), but the bidder instructions told contractors to mail bids to a different place (Pierre), and a contractor submitted his bid at Pierre instead of Springfield, can the State still accept his low bid?
Yes. The advertisement and the bidder instructions contained conflicting addresses, which created the confusion. The State Engineer's workaround (open the Pierre-delivered bid in Pierre, telephone the…
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Attorney general opinions in South Dakota are written by the South Dakota Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.