South Dakota Codified Laws 42-7A-50. Confidentiality of lottery records
Information and records of the South Dakota Lottery are confidential, except for official purposes, and may not be disclosed except to officers, employees, or legal representatives of the Department of Revenue for the purpose of and only to the extent necessary in the investigation and audit procedures authorized by Title 10 or in accordance with a judicial order. No person may use a subpoena, discovery, or other applicable statutes to obtain such information or records. Information and records considered confidential include:
(1) Applications, credit, and security checks of lottery retailers, licensees, and persons seeking or doing business with the lottery;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 42-7A-50
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(2) Marketing, financial, or sales data, the disclosure of which may be harmful to the competitive position of the South Dakota Lottery, its retailers, licensees, or persons seeking or doing business with the lottery;
(3) Audit work papers, worksheets, and auditing procedures used by the lottery, its agent, or employees; and
(4) Tax returns of individual licensees.
However, this section may not be construed to make confidential the name of any video lottery operator including, if the video lottery operator is a partnership, the name of any partner and, if the video lottery operator is an association or corporation, the name of any director, any officer, and any stockholder who owns five percent or more of the stock in the association or a parent or subsidiary corporation.
Source: SL 1989, ch 368, § 30; SL 1992, ch 70, § 2; SL 2001, ch 239, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.