2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 1 - STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT
Chapter 55 - Obligation Recovery Center
§ 1-55-1 Definitions.

1-55-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Account receivable cycle," the period of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty days, during which the center may attempt to collect on a debt before the debt is forwarded to a collection agency or agencies pursuant to § 1-55-14;

(2) "Center," the obligation recovery center;

(3) "Debt," a legal obligation to pay money, including any principal, any interest that has accrued or will accrue until the debt is paid, any penalties, any costs, and any other charges permitted by law. The term, debt, includes any obligation of any kind referred to the obligation recovery center for collection by any state government agency, by the Unified Judicial System, by the Board of Regents, or by a constitutional office;

(4) "Debtor," a person who is indebted to the state or a state agency for any delinquent accounts, charges, fees, loans, taxes, or other indebtedness due the state, or any person that owes any obligation being collected by the obligation recovery center;

(5) "Bad debt," any debt due a state executive branch agency, the Board of Regent's system, or a constitutional office that is no longer subject to an administrative appeal or judicial review following an administrative appeal, or any costs, fines, fees, or restitution ordered in any adult criminal proceeding through the Unified Judicial System no longer subject to direct appeal pursuant to § 23A-32-2;

(6) "Final notification," the notification provided by § 1-55-7; and

(7) "Referring entity," the entity referring the debt to the state obligation recovery center for collection.
Source: SL 2015, ch 14, § 2.