The board may use board staff or employ or contract with an agent or investigator to assist in enforcing this chapter or any rule promulgated by the board.

If it appears to the board that a person is violating any provision of this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter, the board may, in the board’s name or in the name of the state, bring an action in the circuit court of any county in which jurisdiction is proper, to enjoin the action, practice, or violation, and to enforce compliance with this chapter, or any rule promulgated under this chapter. Criminal proceedings shall be prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General or by a person designated by the attorney general and retained by the board as provided in this chapter.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-32-62

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2020, ch 165, § 16.

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