28-13-20. Services required of applicant--Contract for repayment of assistance.

Whenever financial assistance is requested under the provisions of this chapter, the board of county commissioners may require the applicant to perform labor or other services of a public nature commensurate with the amount of aid desired or granted. In addition, the board may require the recipient of assistance to enter into a contract for the repayment of all or part of the assistance he receives.

Source: SDC 1939, § 50.0202; SL 1976, ch 173, § 11; SL 1982, ch 213, § 1.

28-13-20.1. Regular county employees not replaced by poor relief applicants--Maximum hours of work.

No person required to perform labor or other services under § 28-13-20 shall be used to replace any regular employee of the county. No such person shall be required to work more than eight hours in a day nor more than forty hours in a week.

Source: SL 1976, ch 173, § 12.

28-13-20.2. Refusal to work without just cause--Eligibility for assistance terminated.

Any person who without just cause refuses to report for work to which he has been assigned by the board of county commissioners, or by a welfare worker employed pursuant to § 28-13-22, shall thereupon become ineligible for further assistance under this chapter until such work is commenced.

Source: SL 1976, ch 173, § 13.