Section 54-13-2 - Agriculture mediation program--Purposes--Administration. - South Dakota Statutes

54-13-2. Agriculture mediation program--Purposes--Administration. The Department of Agriculture shall administer an agriculture mediation program to provide assistance to borrowers and creditors who seek to use mediation as a method for resolving loan disputes.
The secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 necessary to carry out the general purposes of this chapter, including the establishment of fees, training requirements for mediators and ag finance counselors and their certification, mediation request forms, and any other procedures as may be necessary for the prompt and expeditious implementation of this chapter, including the receipt of funds pursuant to the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987.
The agriculture mediation program may not, as a condition to mediation, require that the borrower of any creditor waive any respective legal or equitable remedies or rights.

Source: SL 1988, ch 384, § 2; SL 1991, ch 394, § 3; SL 2001, ch 259, § 2.