CHAPTER 50:03:02
STATE AND COUNTY VETERANS' DIVISIONS
Section
50:03:02:01 Definitions.
50:03:02:02 Personnel utilization.
50:03:02:03 Representation of veterans by department employees.
50:03:02:04 Duties of county veterans' service officers.
50:03:02:01. Definitions.
Terms defined in SDCL 33A-2-1 have the same meaning when used in this chapter. In addition, dependents include an unremarried spouse, unmarried children under 18 years of age or to their 23rd birthday if attending a full-time course of instruction at an accredited school, and dependent parents of a veteran who died while in the military service or as a result of service connected illness or injury.
Source:
2 SDR 4, effective July 27, 1975; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1,
1986; 38 SDR 58, effective October 19, 2011.
General
Authority: SDCL 33A-1-8.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 33A-1-8.
50:03:02:02. Personnel
utilization. The secretary shall establish representation at the United
States Department of Veterans' Affairs facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The secretary may, within budgetary limitations, assign employees to handle
claims for veterans' organizations with the consent of such organizations.
Source:
2 SDR 4, effective July 27, 1975; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1,
1986; 38 SDR 58, effective October 19, 2011.
General
Authority: SDCL 33A-1-8.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 33A-1-8, 33A-1-13.
50:03:02:03. Representation
of veterans by department employees. Employees of the S. D. Department
of Veterans' Affairs accredited with the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs shall act as agents of any veteran of the state or any eligible dependent
or survivor having a claim against the United States arising from military
service. Veterans' services field representatives shall conduct continuous
training of county veterans' service officers. Veterans' services field
representatives may certify eligibility requirements for claims against the
state for burial benefits and headstone placements.
Source:
2 SDR 4, effective July 27, 1975; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1,
1986; 38 SDR 58, effective October 19, 2011.
General
Authority: SDCL 33A-1-8.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 33A-1-13, 33A-1-15, 33A-1-16, 33A-2-4, 33A-5-2, 33A-5-4.
50:03:02:04. Duties of county veterans' service officers. County veterans' service officers shall certify eligibility requirements of claimants having claims against the state for burial benefits and headstone placement.
Source: 2 SDR 4, effective July 27, 1975; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 154, effective July 1, 1986; 38 SDR 58, effective October 19, 2011; 45 SDR 45, effective October 9, 2018.
General Authority: SDCL 33A-1-8.
Law Implemented: SDCL 33A-1-15, 33A-1-16, 33A-1-24, 33A-2-4, 33A-5-2, 33A-5-4.
