SDCL § 3-12C-307: Coverage of joint employees of participating and nonparticipating political subdivisions.

If a participating unit and a nonparticipating South Dakota political subdivision or public corporation agree to provide certain public services on a joint basis, they may agree to consider persons employed pursuant to the agreement as if they were solely employees of the participating unit for the exclusive purposes of the system created in this chapter. The total compensation paid a person because of the employment shall be considered compensation paid by the participating unit and services rendered by the person because of the employment shall be considered service rendered by the employee to the participating unit.