4-11-16. Attorney general to oversee or institute civil actions--Criminal prosecutions not affected.
It shall be the duty of the Governor and of the attorney general to see that the provisions of §§4-11-14 and 4-11-15 are faithfully complied with and upon refusal or neglect of the proper legal officer to institute a civil action as herein provided, the attorney general shall have the power to institute and prosecute such action to final determination at the expense of the subdivision or agency involved. Nothing contained in §§4-11-14 to 4-11-16, inclusive, shall in any manner bar or prejudice any criminal actions or prosecutions which may be applicable.
Source: SL 1943, ch 258, §9; SDC Supp 1960, §55.2909.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 4 - Public Fiscal Administration
Chapter 11 - Post-Audit Of Accounts
Section 4-11-2 - Annual audit of state accounts--Scope.
Section 4-11-2.1 - Charitable or nonprofit corporations to comply with certain audit requirements.
Section 4-11-3 - Special audit of state accounts on Governor's order--Report of audit.
Section 4-11-4.1 - Internal control review for certain municipalities.
Section 4-11-7 - Audit by private accountant--Acceptance in lieu of required audit.
Section 4-11-7.1 - School district audit by private auditing firm.
Section 4-11-7.2 - Publication of school district audit results.
Section 4-11-8 - Period of transactions covered by audit--Exceptions.
Section 4-11-9 - Reports of audits--Place of filing.
Section 4-11-10 - Contents of audit reports.
Section 4-11-11 - Filing of audit reports--Open to public inspection.
Section 4-11-13 - Copies of audit reports received in evidence.
Section 4-11-14 - Civil action to recover misappropriated funds disclosed by audit report.
Section 4-11-15 - Notice to attorney general of civil actions--Compromise of actions.
Section 4-11-17 - Attorney general to assist and supervise prosecutions.
Section 4-11-19 - Deposit and crediting of reimbursed amounts.
Section 4-11-20 - Audit of vouchers, claims, and accounts of Department of Legislative Audit.
Section 4-11-21 - Confidential identity of person supplying information to department.