PIERRE, (KCCR) — South Dakota state law mandates that counties provide a Veterans Service Officer to address the needs of any service veteran in a county. It’s an area that gained a lot of discussion as the Study Committee on County Funding and Services examined what counties provide for its citizens and who pays for it. Senator David Johnson is drafting a bill to put the mandate on the state….
Johnson says some counties would want to maintain the hiring of V-S-O’s while the state pays for them. Senator Jim Mehlhaff says it should be one or the other…
Representative John Mills veteran service officers should stay local…
The Commission voted to move the idea forward on a 10 to three vote. The vote of Representative Tim Reisch, a part-time V-S-O in Miner County was abstained.
