Termination charges or fees for early termination of a state contract for automatic data processing equipment, not to exceed five thousand dollars, may be authorized by the commissioner of information and telecommunications if the requesting agency can pay the charges from its operating budget. If the charges or fees needed exceed five thousand dollars, they shall be paid from a special legislative appropriation for the purpose of paying the termination charges or fees for a particular contract.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 1-33-55

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Source: SL 1978, ch 7, § 2; SDCL, § 1-14-12.7; SL 1994, ch 412 (Ex. Ord. 94-4), § 21.