2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 54 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
Chapter 13. State Farm Mediation Board
§54-13-2 Agriculture mediation program--Purposes--Administration.
54-13-2. Agriculture mediation program--Purposes--Administration. The Department of Agriculture shall administer an agriculture mediation program to:
(1) Provide assistance to borrowers and creditors who seek to use mediation as a method for resolving loan disputes; and
(2) Provide mediation to persons or organizations seeking to mediate disputes with federal land management agencies concerning decisions made by those federal agencies.
The secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 necessary for mediation, including the establishment of fees, training requirements for mediators and ag finance counselors and their certification, mediation request forms, and any other mediation procedures as may be necessary for the prompt and expeditious mediation of agriculture related disputes, including the receipt of funds pursuant to the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987.
The agriculture mediation program may not, as a condition to mediation, require that the borrower of any creditor waive any respective legal or equitable remedies or rights.
Source: SL 1988, ch 384, § 2; SL 1991, ch 394, § 3; SL 2001, ch 259, § 2; SL 2012, ch 236, § 1.
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