{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-3-6c-34","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 3-6C-34","heading":"Reporter safeguards--Protection against adverse employment action--Exclusion.","body":"No state agency may take adverse employment action against a reporter because the reporter:\n(1) Made a good faith report of improper governmental conduct or a crime to an appropriate authority;\n(2) Filed a complaint;\n(3) Instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding;\n(4) Requested or participated in an audit;\n(5) Testified, or will testify, in a proceeding; or\n(6) Exercised any other right or obligation imposed by this chapter or any law of this state.\nThe provisions of this section do not apply to a state employee who made a report knowing the report was false or who made a report in a reckless disregard for the truth.","path":["TITLE 3. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 3-6C. STATE EMPLOYMENT GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/3-6C-34","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"05b52906a1dad6fd16934c4a03c9150399b89623bd1e32b9e8ac9bbc179f67de","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-3-6c-33","next":"us-sd/sdcl-3-6c-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}