South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 01 - State Library Office
Section 14-1-55 - State Library Board--Appointment--Terms.

14-1-55. State Library Board--Appointment--Terms.
The Governor shall appoint a State Library Board to perform all functions of the former State Library Commission. The board shall consist of six members appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. The members may not be of all the same political party. The initial terms of the members of the board shall be set by the Governor in such a manner that no more than two members' terms expire in the same year. One member shall be the executive director of the Board of Regents or the executive director's designee. The members shall represent, as nearly as practical, all geographic areas of the state.
The terms of members begin on October thirty-first of the calendar year in which the Governor appoints the member, unless otherwise designated by the Governor. The appointee's term expires on October thirtieth in the third year of appointment.
Any member's term ending June 30, 2013, or thereafter is extended to October thirtieth in the year the term is to expire.

Source: SDC 1939, §29.0301; SL 1943, ch 111, §1; SL 1957, ch 145, §1; SDCL §14-1-2; SL 1975, ch 155, §5; SL 1980, ch 21, §§4, 5; SL 1988, ch 439 (Ex. Ord. 88-1), §17; SL 1996, ch 8, §31; SL 2012, ch 16, §26; SL 2013, ch 176, §19.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 14 - Libraries

Chapter 01 - State Library Office

Section 14-1-39 - Definition of terms.

Section 14-1-40 - State policy on libraries.

Section 14-1-41 - Free use of all public libraries.

Section 14-1-42 - State Library Office as official agency for library services.

Section 14-1-44 - Execution of state library policy--Duties of library office.

Section 14-1-45 - Services to state government.

Section 14-1-46 - Advice and assistance to libraries and governmental agencies.

Section 14-1-47 - Collections maintained by state office.

Section 14-1-48 - Network to make library resources available to citizens.

Section 14-1-49 - State participation in interstate networks and systems.

Section 14-1-50 - Services for visually and physically impaired.

Section 14-1-51 - Libraries in special schools.

Section 14-1-53 - Acceptance of gifts for library.

Section 14-1-54 - State office to receive federal and private funds--Purposes--Disbursement.

Section 14-1-55 - State Library Board--Appointment--Terms.

Section 14-1-56 - Office of state board.

Section 14-1-59 - Policy-making functions of board.

Section 14-1-60 - General powers of board.

Section 14-1-61 - Appointment and compensation of state librarian.

Section 14-1-62 - Professional qualifications of state librarian.

Section 14-1-64 - Advisory function of board--Administrative functions of state librarian.

Section 14-1-66 - Publisher to provide electronic versions of textbooks--Cost--Legacy defined--Duty of Department of Education.