The director may not adopt the NAIC valuation manual of instruction until all of the following have occurred:

(1) The valuation manual is adopted by the NAIC by an affirmative vote of at least forty-two members, or three-fourths of the members voting, whichever is greater;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-26-92

  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) The Standard Valuation Law, as amended by the NAIC in 2009, or legislation including substantially similar terms and provisions, is enacted by states representing greater than seventy-five percent of the direct premiums written as reported in the following annual statements submitted for 2008: life, accident, and health annual statements; health annual statements; or fraternal annual statements;

(3) The Standard Valuation Law, as amended by the NAIC in 2009, or legislation including substantially similar terms and provisions, is enacted by at least forty-two of the following fifty-five jurisdictions: The fifty states of the United States, American Samoa, the American Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Source: SL 2015, ch 254, § 26.