Section 34A-13-9.2 - Subrogation of fund--Right to recover. - South Dakota Statutes

34A-13-9.2. Subrogation of fund--Right to recover. The fund shall be subrogated to any insurer, risk retention group, or third-party payor. The fund has the right to recover, under any pollution liability insurance contract available to a covered party, any applicable contract involving the covered party, or from any tort-feasor liable to a covered party for a release or an intentional release, or any third-party payor and that right may not be waived by contract. In any action by the fund to recover under this section, the fund may recover all its costs and, in the discretion of the court, its reasonable attorney's fees involved in the action provided demand for payment has been made at least thirty days prior to commencement of an action. Demand for payment under this section shall stay the running of any statute of limitations for thirty days. This section applies to any claim filed after April 1, 1988.

Source: SL 1990, ch 292, § 5; SL 1992, ch 260, § 12.