3-11-4. Administrator and employees of the division. The state auditor shall appoint an administrator and other such employees as may be necessary and fix their bonds, salaries, and compensation. The administrator shall:

(1) Serve as a liaison between the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service and all state and local government employers in the state;

(2) Administer and maintain the Section 218 Agreement that governs voluntary social security and medicare coverage by state and local government employers in the state;

(3) Prepare Section 218 modifications to include additional coverage groups, correct errors in other modifications, identify additional political subdivisions that join a covered retirement system, and obtain medicare coverage for public employees whose employment relationship with a public employer has been continuous since March 31, 1986;

(4) Provide the Social Security Administration with notice and evidence of the legal dissolution of covered state or political subdivision entities;

(5) Conduct referenda for social security and medicare coverage for services performed by employees in positions under a public retirement system;

(6) Resolve coverage and taxation questions associated with Section 218 Agreements and modifications with the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service;

(7) Advise public employers on social security, medicare, and other tax withholding matters;

(8) Provide information to state and local public employers as appropriate and in accordance with the state's enabling legislation, policies, procedures and standards;

(9) Provide advice on Section 218 optional exclusions applicable to either the state or individual modifications, or both, and advice on state and local laws, rules, regulations and compliance concerns;

(10) Maintain physical custody of the state's Section 218 Agreement, modifications, dissolutions and intrastate agreements; and

(11) Deposit and report social security tax and federal income tax to the Internal Revenue Service.Source: SL 1951, ch 100, § 12; SDC Supp 1960, § 17.1211 (2); SL 1980, ch 30, § 3; SL 2006, ch 16, § 3.