State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

723T0386   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1205  

Introduced by:    Representatives Stricherz, Conzet, Cronin, Fargen, Hickey, Hoffman, Hunt, Killer, Kirkeby, Kloucek, Lucas, Nelson (Stace), Olson (Betty), Solum, Tornow, and Verchio and Senators Nygaard, Begalka, Maher, and Rhoden
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to exempt federal veterans' disability benefits from certain support obligations and other claims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. Federal disability benefits awarded to veterans for service-connected disabilities pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 38 of the United States Code, as amended to January 1, 2012, may not be used to determine a person's income in calculating a support obligation or to satisfy any support obligation. Such benefits are exempt from creditor claims and are not liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process. This section does not apply to that portion of service-connected disability benefits that are subject to child and spousal support enforcement under Title 42 United States Code section 659(h) (1) (A) (ii) (V), as amended to January 1, 2012.

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