Section 23-3-28 - Law enforcement officers standards commission created--Appointment andterms of appointive members.
23-3-28. Law enforcement officers standards commission created--Appointment and terms of appointive members. There is hereby created a Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission in the Office of the Attorney General. This commission shall consist of ten members, seven of whom shall be appointed by the attorney general as follows, to wit: 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 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 such members for terms of one year and four such members for a term of two years; thereafter all such appointments shall be for two years. Any such appointee shall be eligible to succeed himself in office.
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.1603 (6) as added by SL 1966, ch 161, § 2; SDCL, § 23-3-21; SL 1970, ch 145, § 3 (a).