33A-1-12. Qualifications of employees--Duties.
All employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs below the level of secretary shall be selected as provided by chapter 3-6D. However, any employee that holds the title of state veterans service officer or state fieldmen veterans service officer shall be a veteran who has served in the armed forces of the United States and is a citizen of the United States. All other employees shall be veterans, if available. These employees shall perform duties assigned to them by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Source: SL 1944 (SS), ch 3, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §41.0404; SL 2007, ch 187, §152; SDCL §33-16-13; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §147, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2015, ch 176, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01 - State And County Veterans' Agencies
Section 33A-1-1 - Veteran defined.
Section 33A-1-2 - Department assistance to veterans and dependents.
Section 33A-1-3 - Office space for department.
Section 33A-1-8 - Promulgation of rules on procedures and standards.
Section 33A-1-10 - Office and personnel.
Section 33A-1-11 - Annual report.
Section 33A-1-12 - Qualifications of employees--Duties.
Section 33A-1-13 - Representation of veterans.
Section 33A-1-15 - Burial of veterans.
Section 33A-1-19 - Assistant attorney general assigned to department.
Section 33A-1-20 - Investigative authority of department--Access to records.
Section 33A-1-21 - Department records as confidential--Exceptions.
Section 33A-1-23 - County commissioners to assist service officer.
Section 33A-1-24 - Duties of county veterans' service officer--Direction by department.
Section 33A-1-25 - Qualifications of county veterans' officer.
Section 33A-1-28 - Salary and expenses of county service officer--Office space and equipment.
Section 33A-1-29 - Tribal veterans' service officers.
Section 33A-1-31 - State aid for salaries of county service officers--Maximum reimbursement.
Section 33A-1-32 - Basic salary schedule for county service officers.
Section 33A-1-33 - Training of county officer required for state reimbursement.