FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to establish provisions that certain bonds paid by, or on
behalf of, certain persons with child support arrearages shall be paid to the Department of
Social Services to pay any child support the defendant owes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 25-7 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 23A-43 to the contrary, any cash bond deposited
with the court, whether or not personally posted by the defendant, to assure appearance of an
individual charged with nonsupport of a child under § 25-7-15 or 25-7-16 or subject to civil
proceedings to enforce child support obligations, may, at the discretion of the court, be ordered
paid to the Department of Social Services or the support obligee and applied to child support
arrearages either as a condition imposed by the court or as a result of the individual's failure to
appear as required by the court.
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