<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 13-8-22 - Incumbent continued in office when successor not elected or qualified. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2041550Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2041550SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041550CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2041550Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2041550DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041550000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041550SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2041550SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2041550Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-8-22"><span class="s2041550SENU">13-8-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2041550SENU">. </span><span class="s2041550CL">Incumbent continued in office when successor not elected or qualified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041550Normal-000000"><span class="s2041550DefaultParagraphFont">If for any reason a school district fails to elect any person to succeed a school board member whose term shall have expired or an elected board member fails to qualify, the term shall be deemed vacant, and the incumbent shall continue to act in an official capacity until the vacancy is filled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041550Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2041550000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2041550Normal"><span class="s2041550SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2041550SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, § 26; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2326; SL 1975, ch 128, § 55.</span></p></div></body></html>