If the balance of the petroleum release compensation fund falls below two million dollars and has additional accounts payable that exceed projected monthly deposits pursuant to § 34A-13-20, a transfer shall be made from the state highway fund to the petroleum release compensation fund in an amount that brings the balance of the petroleum release compensation fund to five million dollars.

Any balance in the petroleum release compensation fund in excess of six million dollars, after any monthly deposit made pursuant to § 34A-13-20, shall be transferred to the state highway fund.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34A-13-20.1

  • Release: is a ny unintentional spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of petroleum from a tank into the environment occurring in South Dakota, but does not include discharges or designed venting allowed under adopted rules or under federal or state law or discharges arising out of war, invasion, act of a foreign enemy, hostilities, revolution, earthquake, flood, or other catastrophic disaster occurring due to nature. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34A-13-1

Source: SL 2018, ch 124, § 2.