ENTITLED An Act to increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 33A-5-4 be AMENDED:
33A-5-4. If a headstone is provided by the United States government for the purpose of marking the grave of a veteran who had been a resident of South Dakota for one year preceding entrance into military service or preceding death or if a memorial headstone or marker is provided by the United States government to commemorate any member of the armed forces of the United States dying in the service, whose remains have not been recovered or identified or were buried at sea, the veterans' service officer or field officer shall cause the headstone or memorial headstone or marker to be erected. The expense of erecting the headstone or memorial headstone or marker must be paid by the state and may not exceed two hundred dollars. No payment for the expense is allowed unless a claim is filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs within one year of the date the headstone or memorial headstone or marker is erected.
An Act to increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2023 at ____________M.
By for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2023
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2023 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By Asst. Secretary of State
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