South Dakota Codified Laws 3-12C-1814. Limitation of rights
Neither the establishment or maintenance of the qualified benefit preservation arrangement, nor any amendment to the qualified benefit preservation arrangement, nor any act or omission under the qualified benefit preservation arrangement or resulting from the operation of the qualified benefit preservation arrangement, may be construed:
(1) As conferring upon any participant or any other person a right or claim against the system, board, executive director, trustees, or any employer, except to the extent that the right or claim is specifically expressed and provided in the qualified benefit preservation arrangement;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 3-12C-1814
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(2) As creating any responsibility or liability of any employer for the validity or effect of the qualified benefit preservation arrangement;
(3) As a contract between any employer and any participant or other person;
(4) As being consideration for, or an inducement or condition of, employment of any participant or other person, or as affecting or restricting in any manner or to any extent whatsoever the rights or obligations of any employer or any participant or other person to continue or terminate the employment relationship at any time; or
(5) As giving any participant the right to be retained in the employer’s service or to interfere with the employer’s right to discharge any participant or other person at any time.
Source: SL 2020, ch 14, § 14.