If a public agency participates in a pool arrangement which is funded by the health and educational facilities authority pursuant to § 1-24-14, then the obligation to pay premiums and other amounts pursuant to such pool arrangement shall be sufficiently authorized and evidenced by a duly authorized resolution or ordinance approved and filed as provided by §§ 1-24-6 and 1-24-6.1 and no further proceedings, notice or approval may be required to evidence such obligations. On and after the date of such approval and filing, the obligation of any participating public agency to pay premiums or other obligations described in such resolution, ordinance or other instrument relating to the pool arrangement shall be deemed a noncancelable current expense for services rendered to and benefits received by such participating public agency in the year such premium or other obligations shall become payable notwithstanding the year in which such resolution, ordinance or other instrument relating to the pool arrangement was adopted or executed, and whether or not such obligations are supported by an irrepealable tax levy and whether or not such participating public agency has exercised any contractual right to cancel participation in the pool arrangement for any future fiscal year or portion thereof.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 1-24-13

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Source: SL 1991, ch 11, § 4.