24.375.13 99th Legislative Session 61
Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Department of Public Safety
An Act to repeal the Visitation Grant Advisory Group.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That § 1-36-35 be REPEALED:
There is hereby created
the Visitation Grant Advisory Group to allocate funds received by the
Department of Public Safety through Part D of Title IV (U.S.C.
651-669). The advisory group shall be composed of three circuit court
judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, two
members in good standing of the South Dakota Bar Association with
experience in the law of domestic relations, custody, and visitation
appointed by the Governor, two at large members appointed by the
Governor, and two legislators, one appointed by the speaker of the
House of Representatives and one appointed by the president pro
tempore of the Senate. The terms of the members of the first advisory
group shall be:
(1) One-third selected
for one-year terms;
(2) One-third selected
for two-year terms; and
(3) One-third selected
for three-year terms.
The term of each
appointment to the advisory group is three years. No member may serve
more than two consecutive three-year terms. The members may elect a
chair from among the members. The advisory group shall be staffed by
the Department of Public Safety.
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