There is hereby established the South Dakota special pay retirement program. It is the intent of the Legislature that the special pay retirement program shall become a qualified plan under § 401(a) of the code and that the program shall be treated as a governmental plan under § 414(d) of the code. It is the further intent of the Legislature that special pay transmitted to the fund is picked up by the participating unit and thus shall be designated as an employer contribution under § 414(h)(2) of the code.
SDCL 3-13A-1