Meetings of stockholders or members of a domestic insurer shall be held in the municipality of its home office or principal office or place of business in this state. However, the director may waive the provisions of this section if a wholly owned subsidiary or a company is located in a small municipality without sufficient facilities to accommodate such a meeting and such subsidiary or company can demonstrate, to the director’s satisfaction, a need for such waiver. The director may also waive the provisions of this section if one percent or less of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote are owned by South Dakota residents.

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 16, § 18(1); SL 1988, ch 388; SL 1990, ch 391.