3-8-8. Accrued compensation payable to spouse and children of deceased employee if estate exempt from creditors' claims.
It shall be lawful for the disbursing officers of the state or any of its political subdivisions to pay, or cause to be paid, any lawful claim for salaries, wages, compensation, fees, and expenses due from the state or any of its political subdivisions to any deceased employee thereof, to the spouse or minor children of such employee. Provided, that such claim for salaries, wages, compensation, fees, or expenses has accrued within sixty days prior to the death of such deceased employee. The provisions of this section shall apply only in cases where such deceased employee died possessed of no property, real or personal, except such as is exempt from claims of the creditors of such deceased employee.
Source: SL 1953, ch 491, §§1, 2; SDC Supp 1960, §55.2919 (1), (2).
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 3 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 08 - Compensation Of Officers And Employees
Section 3-8-1.13 - Compensation defined.
Section 3-8-2 - Annual appropriation for salaries of constitutional officers.
Section 3-8-2.1 - Adjustment of salaries of constitutional officers and judges.
Section 3-8-2.3 - Additional adjustment of the salaries of justices and circuit judges.
Section 3-8-3 - Salaried state officer retaining money received as theft.
Section 3-8-4 - Dual salaries prohibited.
Section 3-8-4.3 - Compensation permitted for other state employment during unpaid leave of absence.
Section 3-8-6 - Time of payment of compensation and expenses of state officers and employees.
Section 3-8-9 - Information required for payment to spouse or children of deceased employee.
Section 3-8-11 - Cancellation and replacement of warrant payable to deceased employee.
Section 3-8-12 - Salary increase of full-time elected official who may vote on own salary delayed.