AMENDMENT FOR HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ENGROSSED BILL
1047rf
___________________ moved that HB 1047 be amended as follows:
On the House Judiciary Committee engrossed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause
and insert:
"
Section 1. That chapter 29A-5 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding any other statutory provision to the contrary, if the State of South Dakota is the
conservator of a protected person and if the assets of the conservatorship are less than two thousand
dollars, upon the death of the protected person, the conservator may elect to provide notice pursuant
to § 29A-5-410 and obtain court approval to pay the debts and distribute the assets of the protected
person to the heirs and devisees of the protected person pursuant to chapter 29A-2."