If, after due notice, any employer defaults in any payment of contributions or interest thereon, the amount due may be collected by a civil action by the attorney general in the name of the state of South Dakota, and the employer adjudged in default shall pay the cost of such action. Civil actions brought under this section to collect contributions or interest thereon from any employer shall be heard by the court at the earliest possible date and shall be entitled to preference upon the calendar of the court over all other civil actions except petitions for judicial review under this title and cases arising under the worker's compensation law of this state.
SDCL 61-5-66