SDCL § 13-51A-23: Prohibition against obligating state.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the board or any institution to contract a debt on behalf of, or in any way to obligate, the State of South Dakota, or to pledge, assign, or encumber in any way, or to permit the pledging, assigning or encumbering in any way, of appropriations made by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota.