33A-5-11. State veterans cemetery operating fund--Fee for burial--Promulgation of rules.
There is hereby created in the state treasury the South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery operating fund, into which shall be deposited disbursements from the endowment fund created in §33A-5-12, donations to the cemetery, and revenues generated by the South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery. The Department of Veterans Affairs may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish a fee for burial of an eligible spouse or dependent at the South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery. The fee may not exceed the United States Department of Veterans Affairs maximum plot allowance for a non-service connected death of a veteran.
Source: SL 2018, ch 201, §1, eff. Mar. 23, 2018; SL 2021, ch 138, § 1, eff. Mar. 21, 2021.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 05 - Burial of Veterans
Section 33A-5-1 - Authority of county veterans' service officer or field officer.
Section 33A-5-5 - Procedure for payment of expenses.
Section 33A-5-6 - Appropriation for expenses.
Section 33A-5-7 - County appropriations to purchase burial plots--Conditions.
Section 33A-5-8 - County purchase of burial plots--Perpetual care--Title to plots.
Section 33A-5-9 - Conditions for county payment of burial expense.
Section 33A-5-10 - Retention of federal memorial pending payment for funeral or burial prohibited.
Section 33A-5-11 - State veterans cemetery operating fund--Fee for burial--Promulgation of rules.
Section 33A-5-12 - State veterans cemetery endowment fund.
Section 33A-5-13 - Minimum principal balance of fund.
Section 33A-5-14 - Annual report of veterans council.
Section 33A-5-15 - Donation of land for state cemetery