Sec 2-72 – Term of Office, Date of Appointment, Compensation.  All members of the Committee on Human Rights shall serve for terms of three (3) years except the student member who shall serve a one (1) year term.  Any members whose term expires may be re-appointed.  …All members of the Committee on Human Rights shall serve without compensation.

Sec 2-73 – Vacancies.  …If a member is absent from three (3) consecutive regular meetings, the member’s seat shall be termed vacant, and a new member shall be appointed.

December Appointment

Filling vacancies – Majority required to act – Ex officio members.  The board of county commissioners of each county may appoint a commission of three or more members, the total membership of which shall always be an uneven number and at least one member of which shall be a member of the board, to be known as the county drainage commission.  If a commission member resigns his position, is unable to fulfill the duties of his position or is removed for cause under the provisions of SDCL 46A-10A-3, the board shall appoint a new member to the commission within thirty days.  A commission may not conduct official business unless all memberships of the commission are filled and unless a majority of the members are present at a meeting of the commission.  Administrative officials of the county may be present as ex officio members of the commission, but shall have no vote in commission matters.

SDCL 46A-10A-3.  Term and removal of members.  The term of office for members of a county drainage commission shall be established by the board of county commissioners.  Any appointed member of a county drainage commission may be removed for cause, after a hearing prior to the expiration of his term, by a majority vote of the elected members of the board of county commissioners.

Article III, Section 2.  Elected Members (as amended, 1980).  One member from each county shall be elected by the municipalities in the county.  Annually, the Governing  Body Chairman shall mail nominating forms to each municipality with instruction that each may nominate an elected municipal official from any municipality in the county.  The nominating forms shall be returned to the District office, and a ballot, if necessary, shall be prepared and mailed to each municipality for its vote.  The individual receiving the highest number of votes shall represent all municipalities of that county.

Article III, Section 3.  Appointed Members (as amended, 1980).  One member shall be selected from each county to serve as a representative-at-large.  This individual shall be active in private or public efforts to promote community development in his or her own county.  The appointed member shall be selected by a caucus of the municipal representative and the full board of county commissioners.

Article III, Section 4.  Terms.  Designated members shall serve during their terms in office; appointed members shall serve for two (2) years.  Elected or appointed members can be replaced on the Governing Body if the designated Governing Body members from the county involved feel that the elected or appointed member is failing to discharge his or her obligations by reason of non-attendance at three (3) consecutive, regularly scheduled Governing Body meetings.

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Brookings code Sec 18-20.  Terms.  The members of the hospital board of trustees shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years; provided, at the first meeting in May of each year, one (1) member shall be appointed.

Pursuant to chapter 1-24, two or more counties may jointly contract to establish a board of mental illness to serve all contracting counties.

SDCL 27A-7-2.  Oaths of office of board members.  Before entering upon the duties of his office, each of the persons constituting a board of mental illness shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitutions of the United States and of this state, and to discharge faithfully his official duties according to law, which oath shall be filed in the office of the county auditor.

SDCL 11-2-3.  Term of office of appointive commission members – Removal for cause – Ex officio members.  The term of each of the appointed members of the county planning commission shall be for three to five years as the board of county commissioners may provide.  However, when the planning commission is first appointed, the lengths of the terms shall be varied so that no more than one-third of the terms shall expire in the same year.  Any appointed member of the county planning commission may be removed for cause, after hearing prior to the expiration of the term by a majority vote of the elected members of the board of county commissioners.  Administrative officials of the county may be appointed as ex officio members of the commission.

Starting January 1, 1997, the length of terms will be four (4) years (Minutes 11/05/96).

*Appointed to fill unexpired term.

SDCL 38-22-23.4.  Subsequent appointment or election of weed board.  After the initial county weed and pest board has been appointed or elected, the board of county commissioners shall appoint or provide for the election of members to fill expired terms or vacancies.  Each board member shall assume office at the first regular meeting of the board following appointment or election.

SDCL 38-22-23.5.  Board member to be appointed or elected from first or second class municipality.  In any county containing a first or second class municipality with a population of five thousand (5,000) or more, at least one county weed and pest board member shall be appointed or elected from within the limits of the municipality.

SDCL 38-22-23.6.  Removal of board members.  The board of county commissioners may remove a member for repeated failure to attend meetings or for refusal or incapacity to act as a county weed and pest board member.

Appointed by Commission within the City limits.