All of the following full-time employees are included as members in the system:

(1) All state employees;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 3-12C-301

  • Magistrate judges: Judicial officers who assist U.S. district judges in getting cases ready for trial, who may decide some criminal and civil trials when both parties agree to have the case heard by a magistrate judge instead of a judge.

(2) All certified school employees;

(3) All justices, judges, and magistrate judges;

(4) All police officers and firefighters of participating municipalities;

(5) All general employees of participating municipalities;

(6) All employees of participating counties;

(7) All classified employees of school districts that are participating with the school districts’ classified employees and all other classified employees;

(8) All employees of the Board of Regents; and

(9) All state law enforcement officers.

Source: SL 1957, ch 142, § 8; SL 1959, ch 84, § 15; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 15.3919 (1), 44.06A08; SL 1961, ch 255, § 17; SL 1963, ch 86, § 1; SL 1965, ch 220, § 13; SL 1967, ch 303, § 4; SDCL §§ 3-12-19, 3-13-12, 9-15-25, 9-15-26, 13-45-21; SL 1968, ch 56, § 1; SL 1968, ch 216, § 1; SDCL Supp, § 3-12-19.2; SL 1974, ch 35, § 19; SL 1975, ch 38, § 8; SL 1976, ch 39, § 7; SL 1981, ch 13, § 1; SL 2012, ch 26, § 8; SDCL § 3-12-62; SL 2019, ch 22, § 1; SL 2020, ch 12, § 5; SL 2021, ch 29, § 9, eff. Apr. 1, 2021.