<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 23A-50-5 - Fund for assisting counties with cost of court-ordered competency evaluations of defendants.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8c000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cNoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 23A-50-5 - Fund for assisting counties with cost of court-ordered competency evaluations of defendants."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 23A-50-5 - Fund for assisting counties with cost of court-ordered competency evaluations of defendants."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-50-5"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-50-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cSENU">23A-50-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cSENU">. </span><span class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cCL">Fund for assisting counties with cost of court-ordered competency evaluations of defendants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cDefaultParagraphFont">The Association of County Commissioners, formed pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=7-7-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cDefaultParagraphFont">7-7-28</span></a><span class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cDefaultParagraphFont">, may create and administer a fund for the purpose of assisting counties with the cost of competency evaluations for defendants for whom an evaluation has been ordered by the court. The Department of Social Services may contract with the association to reallocate funds used at the Human Services Center on contractual services for forensic evaluations to be administered through this fund. The fund may also receive and distribute money from any other source. The association board of directors shall provide procedures for the equitable distribution of money from this fund to the counties utilizing court-ordered competency evaluations and provide for the payment of an administrative fee and other reasonable expenses related to the administration of the fund. The association shall report to the Department of Social Services the amount distributed annually in total and by county and the number of competency evaluations completed with funds from the program. The liability of the association related to the administration of this fund shall be limited to the money as is available for such purposes in the fund.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8c000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1bcc1f93e20d4b789edf89e79095bc8cSCL">SL 2017, ch 109, § 15; SL 2023, ch 79, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>