Section 33-17-1 - Veteran defined. - South Dakota Statutes

33-17-1. Veteran defined. For the purposes of all statutes relating to rights, privileges, exemptions, and benefits (except a state bonus) of veterans and their orphans and other dependents, the term, veteran, means any person who:
(1) Has performed qualifying military service as defined in § 33-17-2; and
(2) Has been separated or discharged from the armed forces honorably or under honorable conditions or has been released to any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States.

Source: New section implementing direction to Revisor of Statutes in SL 1967, ch 174, § 2, to provide for a single and uniform definition; SL 1994, ch 267, § 1; SL 2007, ch 187, § 160.