2011 South Dakota Code
Title 3 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Chapter 12. South Dakota Retirement System
§3-12-57.1 Grievance procedure--Administrative and judicial review.

3-12-57.1. Grievance procedure--Administrative and judicial review. Any person aggrieved by a determination made by the system's staff may request review of the determination and a decision by the administrator. The person, if then aggrieved by the administrator's decision, may appeal the decision, if the person files a written notice of appeal with the administrator within thirty days of the date of the decision. The notice shall identify the person appealing and the decision appealed. The appeal shall be conducted by a hearing examiner in accordance with chapter 1-26. The hearing examiner, after hearing the evidence in the matter, shall make proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, and a proposed decision. The administrator shall accept, reject, or modify those findings, conclusions, and decision. The administrator may arrange for the assistance of private counsel throughout the administrator's review of the proposal. The administrator's action constitutes the final agency decision. The final agency decision may be appealed to circuit court pursuant to chapter 1-26.

Source: SL 2008, ch 22, § 1.