Section 16-19-24 - Disciplinary board of State Bar--Appointment and terms of members--Vacancies.
16-19-24. Disciplinary board of State Bar--Appointment and terms of members--Vacancies. The President of the State Bar of South Dakota and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint a seven member board to be known as "the disciplinary board of the State Bar of South Dakota" (hereinafter referred to as the "board"), which shall consist of six active members of the State Bar and one lay member who shall be a resident of South Dakota of twenty-one years of age or more, appointed by the Chief Justice. Attorney vacancies shall be filled by the President of the State Bar, and a lay vacancy shall be filled by the Chief Justice.
The term of service for all members shall be one term of five years. Except as provided herein, no member shall serve for more than five years. An appointment to fill an unexpired term shall not constitute an appointment prohibiting an appointment for a subsequent term provided that the appointment for an unexpired term does not exceed three years. It is the intent of this rule to provide for the orderly and systematic rotation of board members such that only one lawyer member completes the member's term each calendar year. In the event of death, disability or resignation, resulting in multiple members completion of terms in a single calendar year and in order to restore the orderly and systematic rotation of board membership, the term of appointment by the appointing person may be either shortened or extended, not to exceed two years deviation from a five year term.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule IV (a); SL 2008, ch 285 (Supreme Court Rule 07-06), eff. Jan. 1, 2008.