FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise the procedure for cooperatives giving notice to persons whose records are missing regarding ownership of securities, apportionment of equity interest, money, or property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 47-16-32 be amended to read as follows:
    47-16-32. When If records of a cooperative showing ownership of securities or apportionment of equity interest in the assets are missing and the information therein contained in such records is necessary to a proposed redemption of the interest, the cooperative may give notice and redeem as follows:

            (1)    The cooperative shall set aside an amount equal to the value of the interests to be redeemed;

            (2)    The cooperative shall give notice of such redemption to all owners of interests of which the cooperative has knowledge;

            (3)    If there are interests, the ownership of which is unknown to the cooperative, it shall

publish notice of the redemption at least once a month for four months both in a publication circulated among members of cooperatives in the area, if any, and in a newspaper of general circulation in the area; week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of this state in which is located the last known address of each person to be named in the notice. If no address is listed or the address is outside this state, the notice shall be published in the county in which the holder of the property has its principal place of business within this state; and

            (4)    Any unclaimed outstanding interest represented by the missing records may then be terminated in accordance with §§ 47-16-54 to 47-16-59, inclusive.
    Section 2. That § 47-16-57 be amended to read as follows:
    47-16-57. If the names or addresses of the person or persons name or address of any person entitled to receive the money or property described in § 47-16-54 are is not shown upon the records of the cooperative, or if the names or addresses so shown are name or address is known by its the cooperative's secretary to be incorrect, then and in that event said notice may be published as provided by § 47-16-32 and it the cooperative shall publish a notice at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of this state in which is located the last known address of each person to be named in the notice. If no address is listed or the address is outside this state, the notice shall be published in the county in which the holder of the property has its principal place of business within this state. The notice may state that the forfeiture shall become becomes effective six months after the first publication.