At any one time or from time to time, all or any portion of the right, title, and interest of the State of South Dakota in, to, and under the master settlement agreement, including the right to receive and collect tobacco settlement revenues, may be sold, conveyed, or otherwise transferred by the state to the authority or to a corporation established by the authority under §§ 5-12-48 to 5-12-61, inclusive, in exchange for the net proceeds of bonds and a right to the residual interest in tobacco settlement revenues. The net proceeds of bonds and the residual interest in tobacco settlement revenues shall be deposited to the education enhancement trust fund established pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. XII, § 6. Any sale, conveyance, or other transfer authorized by this section shall be evidenced by an instrument or agreement in writing signed on behalf of the state by the Governor. The Governor shall file a certified copy of the instrument or agreement with the Legislature promptly upon execution and delivery thereof. The instrument or agreement may include an irrevocable direction to the master settlement escrow agent to pay all or a specified portion of amounts otherwise due to the State of South Dakota under or in connection with the master settlement agreement, including, without limitation, all or any portion of tobacco settlement revenues directly to or upon the order of the authority or corporation, as the case may be, or to any escrow agent or any trustee under an indenture or other agreement securing any bonds issued, incurred, or created under §§ 5-12-48 to 5-12-61, inclusive. The irrevocable direction to the master settlement escrow agent may include the direction to pay any residual interest in tobacco settlement revenues initially to or upon the order of the authority or corporation or to any escrow agent or any trustee under an indenture or other agreement securing any bonds. Upon the filing of a certified copy of the instrument or agreement by the Governor, the sale, conveyance, or other transfer of rights under or with respect to the master settlement agreement, including the right to receive the tobacco settlement revenues, shall, for all purposes, be a true sale and absolute conveyance of all right, title, and interest therein described in accordance with the terms thereof, valid, binding, and enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof and such instrument or agreements and any related instrument, agreement, or other arrangement, including any pledge, grant of security interest, or other encumbrance made by the corporation or the authority to secure any bonds issued, incurred, or created by the corporation or the authority, are not subject to disavowal, disaffirmance, cancellation, or avoidance by reason of insolvency of any party, lack of consideration, or any other fact, occurrence, or rule of law. The procedures and requirements set forth in this section shall be the sole procedures and requirements applicable to the sale of the state’s rights under the master settlement agreement, including the sale of tobacco settlement revenues, and it is not necessary to satisfy or comply with any other existing law which would otherwise apply to the sale of assets of the state or impose procedures or restrictions with respect thereto.

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Source: SL 2001, ch 27, § 2; SL 2013, ch 28, § 2.