Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) “Disabled,” persons receiving or having qualified to receive monetary payments, pursuant to Title II, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, as amended, and in effect on January 1, 1974, for all or part of the year for which a refund is claimed;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-6B-1

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(2) “Head of household,” a married person, a single person, a widow or widower, or a divorced person;

(3) “Household,” the association of persons who live in the same dwelling, sharing its furnishings, facilities, and accommodations, but not including bona fide lessees, tenants, or roomers and boarders on contract;

(4) “Household income,” all income received by all persons of a household while members of the household;

(5) “Income,” the sum of adjusted gross income as defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code, as defined by § 10-1-47, and all nontaxable income, including the amount of capital gains excluded from adjusted gross income, alimony, support money, nontaxable strike benefits, cash, public assistance and relief, not including relief granted under this chapter, the gross amount of any pension or annuity, including Railroad Retirement Act benefits and veterans’ disability pensions, all payments received under the federal social security and state reemployment assistance or unemployment insurance laws, nontaxable interest received from the federal government or any of its instrumentalities, workers’ compensation, and the gross amount of loss of time insurance, but not including gifts from nongovernmental sources, food stamps, or surplus foods or other relief in kind provided by a public agency less real estate taxes payable on the applicant’s principal residence for the year in which application is made;

(6) “Single-family dwelling,” a house, condominium apartment or manufactured home as defined in § 32-3-1 which is assessed and taxed as a separate unit including the platted lot upon which the structure is situated or one acre, whichever is less, and the garage, whether attached or unattached;

(7) “Tax year” or “taxable year,” the year in which real property is assessed and the taxes levied thereon.

Source: SL 1987, ch 86, § 1; SL 2008, ch 46, § 2; SL 2009, ch 39, § 7; SL 2010, ch 45, § 7; SL 2011, ch 48, § 7; SL 2012, ch 59, § 7; SL 2013, ch 42, § 7; SL 2014, ch 54, § 7; SL 2015, ch 62, § 7; SL 2016, ch 54, § 8; SL 2019, ch 216, § 25.