ENTITLED, An Act to  increase the maximum allowable expense for erecting certain veteran's grave markers and headstones.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section 1.  That § 33-19-5 be amended to read as follows:
     33-19-5.   If a headstone is provided by the United States government for the purpose of marking the grave of a veteran who had been a resident of South Dakota for one year preceding entrance into military service or preceding death or if a memorial headstone or marker is provided by the United States government to commemorate any member of the armed forces of the United States dying in the service, whose remains have not been recovered or identified or were buried at sea, the veterans' service officer or field officer shall cause the headstone or memorial headstone or marker to be erected. The expense of erecting the headstone or memorial headstone or marker shall be paid by the state and may not exceed one hundred dollars. No payment for the expense is allowed unless a claim is filed or presented to the Division of Veterans Affairs within one year subsequent to the date the headstone or memorial headstone or marker is erected.

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An Act to increase the maximum allowable expense for erecting certain veteran's grave markers and headstones.

========================= I certify that the attached Act originated in the HOUSE as Bill No. 1031 ____________________________ Chief Clerk =========================      ____________________________ Speaker of the House Attest: ____________________________ Chief Clerk ____________________________ President of the Senate Attest: ____________________________ Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1031 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

========================= Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ , 20____ at ____________ M. By _________________________ for the Governor ========================= The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___ ____________________________ Governor ========================= STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________ , 20___ at _________ o'clock __ M. ____________________________ Secretary of State By _________________________ Asst. Secretary of State