SDCL 13-49-31 "Records" Defined For Purposes of Public Access

• Library: South Dakota Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: SDCL 13-49-31

For purposes of public access to records of the Board of Regents and institutions under its control, except such records as are deemed confidential, secret, or privileged under law, the term, records, means:

(1) Records, documents, and instruments that are required to be kept or preserved under law;

(2) Any rules adopted pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1-26, together with all materials, statements, and memoranda received by the board at hearings on such proposed rules;

(3) Any documents and materials received and written decisions or rulings issued by the board in the course of contested case proceedings that, pursuant to § 1-26-21, constitute the record of a contested case;

(4) Agenda, together with attached materials, and minutes of official meetings of the board, except for items properly considered in executive session;

(5) Official statements of board or institutional policy as compiled in policy manuals, handbooks, catalogues or comparable documents adopted by the board or the regental institutions for the internal management of the board or regental institutions;