There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 33 MILITARY AFFAIRS
Chapter 09. Active Service Of National Guard
§33-9-2 Absence of Governor--Authority of National Guard commanders.
SD Codified L § 33-9-2 (through 2011) What's This?
33-9-2. Absence of Governor--Authority of National Guard commanders. If the Governor is absent or cannot be immediately communicated with, any civil officer named in § 33-9-1 may, if the civil officer deems the occasion sufficiently urgent, apply electronically, telephonically, or in writing to the commanding officer of any unit of the National Guard, who may, upon approval by the adjutant general, if the danger is great and imminent, order out of the unit such South Dakota National Guard members as the commanding officer deems necessary to the assistance of the civil officer.
Source: SL 1903, ch 185, § 27; SL 1917, ch 297, § 37; RC 1919, § 10597; SDC 1939, § 41.0149; SL 1951, ch 206; SL 2007, ch 187, § 78.
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