Section 9-9-21 - Public safety commissioner's area of responsibility in five-commissionermunicipality.
9-9-21. Public safety commissioner's area of responsibility in five-commissioner municipality. In a municipality governed by a board consisting of five members, the public safety commissioner shall supervise the enforcement of all police regulations of the municipality and general supervision of the police and fire departments and their officers and employees. The public safety commissioner shall supervise employees and all other departments assigned or apportioned by resolution of the governing board, adopted by a majority thereof at the first meeting of the board in the month following the election each year. The public safety commissioner shall have charge of all apparatus and personal property used by these departments. The public safety commissioner shall also have charge of the municipal pound and supervision of the public weigher and measurer.
Source: SDC 1939, § 45.0806 (2); SL 1991, ch 69, § 2; SL 2000, ch 35, § 1.