2015 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 03 - Law Enforcement Agencies
§ 23-3-28 Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission--Appointment and terms of members.
23-3-28. Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission--Appointment and terms of members.
There is hereby created a Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission in the Office of the Attorney General. This commission shall consist of eleven members, eight of whom shall be appointed by the attorney general as follows: one person from the Division of Highway Patrol; one person who is a duly elected, qualified, and acting sheriff of this state; one person who is a duly appointed, qualified, and acting member of a municipal police department of this state; one member who is an enrolled tribal member and a certified law enforcement officer; one person who is a member of the State Bar of South Dakota; one member recommended by the executive director of the Board of Regents; one member recommended by the South Dakota Municipal League; and one member recommended by the South Dakota County Commissioners Association.
The attorney general on the first appointments shall appoint three members for terms of one year and four members for a term of two years; thereafter all appointments shall be for two years. An appointee is eligible to be reappointed.
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.1603 (6) as added by SL 1966, ch 161, § 2; SDCL § 23-3-21; SL 1970, ch 145, § 3 (a); SL 2011, ch 121, § 1.
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