<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 13-7-33 - Joint school-primary elections--Number of vacancies and term years determined by school board.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 13-7-33 - Joint school-primary elections--Number of vacancies and term years determined by school board."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 13-7-33 - Joint school-primary elections--Number of vacancies and term years determined by school board."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-7-33"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-7-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170SENU">13-7-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170SENU">. </span><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170CL">Joint school-primary elections--Number of vacancies and term years determined by school board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont">If a resolution to increase a school board term to four years is approved, pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-8-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont">13-8-2</span></a><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont">, the school board must designate the number of vacancies and the number of years, not exceeding four years, for each vacancy so that all succeeding elections have, insofar as practicable, the same number of vacancies to be filled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont">If a resolution to decrease the length of a school board term from three to two years is approved pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-8-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont">13-8-2</span></a><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont">, each member of the school board must be elected at the regularly scheduled election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s02e76ea12a154ee9995349bd57cfe170SCL">SL 2023, ch 55, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>