<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 23A-51-11 - Chief defender--Authority.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5Normal { 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.scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5Normal-000000 { margin-left: 1.00in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5Normal-000000"><span class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">(10)    Perform other duties as may be prescribed by the commission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="scda013bebcb940cfbe7932e31ceeb8d5SCL">SL 2024, ch 95, § 11, eff. Mar. 18, 2024.</span></p></div></body></html>