Whenever any school district in this state shall default and shall be delinquent in the payment of any interest or principal payments to the State of South Dakota on account of any bond or bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by such school district and which have been purchased with funds belonging to the permanent school fund, or whenever any school district shall permit any fund created or established for the retirement of such bonds to become impaired or depleted, the commissioner of school and public lands may in his discretion, direct the county treasurer of the county in which such school district is situated to withhold the distribution of the apportionment moneys provided for in § 13-13-2 until such delinquent principal and interest is paid or until such fund is restored, as the case may be.
SDCL 13-13-3