On March 1, the South Dakota governor signed H.B.1082, amending South Dakota’s money lending licenses statute. Pursuant to H.B. 1082, engagement in the “business of lending money,” for which a license is required, is expressly defined not to include engagement in: (i) “any seller-financed transaction for the sale of assets to a purchaser”; or (ii) “any seller-financed transaction for the sale of real estate through a contract for deed,” so long as the interest rate for such transactions does not exceed the rate permitted under S.D. Code Ann. § 54-4-44.