Section 1-27-25 - Common language requirements not applicable to private activities. - South Dakota Statutes

1-27-25. Common language requirements not applicable to private activities. Sections 1-27-20 to 1-27-26, inclusive, may not be construed in any way to infringe upon the rights of citizens under the State Constitution or the Constitution of the United States in the use of language in any private activity. No agency or officer of the state nor any political subdivision of the state may place any restrictions or requirements regarding language usage in any business operating in the private sector other than official documents, forms, submissions, or other communications directed to government agencies and officers, which communications shall be in the common language as recognized in §§ 1-27-20 to 1-27-26, inclusive.

Source: SL 1995, ch 9, § 6