25.857.14 100th Legislative Session 1221
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1221
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AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. There is appropriated $5,000,000 from the general fund, to the Department of
Public Safety, for the purpose of providing grants to nonprofit organizations that assist:
(1) Children who have been abused or neglected;
(2) Victims of domestic violence;
(3) Victims of sexual assault;
(4) Victims of commercial sexual exploitation; or
(5) Victims of human trafficking.
Section 2. The Department of Public Safety shall annually provide grants in accordance with
section 1 of this Act on the basis of applications received during the period beginning July first
and ending August thirty-first, of each year.
Recipients may use the grants for:
(1) The provision of emergency and transitional services, including food, lodging, and
transportation;
(2) The provision of counseling services;
(3) The support of a crisis line;
(4) Case management and facility staffing needs;
(5) Training, certification, or employment of a sexual assault nurse examiner; and
(6) Services provided through a child advocacy center.
The department may award grants for any request not receiving full funding from
any other agency of this state. The department shall consider the financial situation of the
applicant and prioritize awarding grants to an applicant who demonstrates a financial need 25.857.14 2 1221
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or inability to raise sufficient moneys for the services or uses in subdivisions (1) to (6),
inclusive, of this section.
Grants may not be used to establish a new program or organization, or for the
provision of legal services.
The Department of Public Safety may expend moneys from the appropriation
provided in section 1 of this Act for the administrative costs necessary to provide the
grants.
Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety shall approve vouchers and the
state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 4. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated shall
revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 5. This Act is effective beginning June 30, 2025. 25.857.14 3 1221
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An Act to make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.
I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:
House as Bill No. 1221
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1221
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______
Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,
2025 at ____________M.
By
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2025
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2025
at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By
Asst. Secretary of State