SDCL § 5-18D-22: Effect on time deadline in contested case.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an agency that is required to issue a decision in a contested case proceeding in one year or less may increase its statutory deadline for issuing the agency decision by sixty days if the agency seeks to enter into a professional services contract covered by §§ 5-18D-17 to 5-18D-20, inclusive.