<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:25"><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000000">67:12:01:25</span></a><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000001">.  Beginning of eligibility when only year of birth known.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0"> If the age verification establishes the year but not the month and day of birth, the applicant is eligible for payment effective July </span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">first</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">. If the applicant claims a birth date after July </span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">first</span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">, eligibility for payment begins the first day of the month following the stated month of birth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">    </span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 3 SDR 52, effective January 27, 1977; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981</span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">    </span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000003">28-</span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000003">6-1</span></a><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">    </span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000003">28-</span><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0-000003">6-1</span></a><span class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8179aa36-d2bc-4cf7-ae07-ba5dc89f4b65000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>