40-18-14. Employment of law enforcement officers--Enforcement of marking and branding laws--Hiring of additional inspectors.

The board may employ four certified law enforcement officers for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of chapters 40-19 to 40-22, inclusive, and chapter 40-29. This section does not restrict the board from hiring inspectors, who are not law enforcement officers.

Source: SL 1947, ch 179; SDC Supp 1960, § 40.1201-2; SL 1967, ch 158; SL 1969, ch 167, § 3; SL 1977, ch 321, § 5; SL 1984, ch 269, § 1; SL 1988, ch 328, § 16; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 160, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2020, ch 178, § 2, eff. Mar. 9, 2020.