SDCL 1-24A-1. Consulting contracts filed with state auditor -- Time. A
copy of all consulting contracts entered into by a state agency with a
non-governmental
party shall be filed by the agency with the state auditor within five days after such
contract is entered into and finally approved by the contracting parties.
SDCL 1-24A-2. "State agency" defined. The term "state
agency," as used in § 1-24A-1, means any association, authority, board,
commission, committee, council, department, division, office, officer, task force, or
other agent of the state vested with the authority to exercise any portion of the state's
sovereignty.
SDCL 1-24A-3. "Consulting contract" defined. The term
"consulting contract," as used in § 1-24A-1, means a written contract or
written agreement for consulting services to the state paid out of contractual services
accounts as defined by the state accounting manual, in effect as of January 1, 1980.
SDCL 5-18-21.
Order by state auditor to stop letting or execution
of improper contract.
The state auditor is authorized to stop the letting
or the execution of any contract with the state, or with any state officer,
commission, board, institution, or agency by serving a written notice of such
order, stating the grounds on which he has determined that such contract is
illegal, unauthorized, or improper, on the officer, commission, or board
involved, the secretary of state, the attorney general, and on the contractor,
if any.