S.D. Codified Laws § 53-12-48
With respect to records under its control, and except as otherwise provided in § 53-12-30, the Board of Regents shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the board and the institutions under the board's control shall send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. In administering such records, the board may exercise those powers specified in §§ 53-12-47 and 53-12-50. However, any public records as defined in § 13-49-31 that the board elects to maintain in electronic form shall be accessible to the public in conformity with the rules the commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications promulgates pursuant to §§ 53-12-47 and 53-12-50.
SDCL 53-12-48