<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.sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0 { 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.sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003 { 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="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:05:34"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000000">67:12:05:34</span></a><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000001">.  Use of earned income exemption in determining eligibility and computing the assistance payment.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> In determining eligibility and computing the assistance payment, the earned income exemption </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> applied as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    (1)  Initial eligibility for a new applicant </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> determined without using the earned income exemption. If eligibility for a money payment can be established, the amount of the assistance payment </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> computed using the earned income exemption;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    (2)  When determining continuing eligibility and the amount of assistance, the earned income exemption </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> applied according to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:05:14"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">67:12:05:14</span></a><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    (3)  If a recipient is penalized for failing to report earned income or for terminating employment, reducing earned income, or refusing an offer of employment, the earned income exemption may not be applied for the month the penalty is in effect; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    (4)  The earned income exemption </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> applied as follows in determining initial eligibility for a former recipient who is reapplying:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">        (a)  </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">A thirty-dollar</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> plus one-third </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">of the remaining income </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">exemption </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> applied if the former recipient is eligible under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:05:14"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">67:12:05:14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> and received </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">aid to families with dependent children</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> in one or more of the four preceding months;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">        (b)  </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">A thirty-dollar</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> exemption </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> applied if the former recipient is eligible under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:05:14"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">67:12:05:14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">; </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">        (c)  Eligibility </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> determined according to subdivision (1) of this section if the former recipient does not qualify under </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">subsection </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">(a) or (b) of this </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">section</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> but is otherwise eligible under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:05:14"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">67:12:05:14</span></a><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 2 SDR 88, effective July 1, 1976; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 8 SDR 82, effective January 13, 1982; 12 SDR 4, effective July 21, 1985</span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">; 52 SDR 55, effective December 2, 2025</span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">28-</span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">6-1</span></a><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">28-</span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">6-1</span></a><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">    </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0"> Earned income exemption for </span><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">aid to families with dependent children</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:05:14"><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0-000003">67:12:05:14</span></a><span class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb450ab59-d26a-475a-bf24-1f022d3511a2000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>