<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-51-9 - Chief defender--Appointment--Duty--Term--Removal.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6Normal { 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.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 23A-51-9 - Chief defender--Appointment--Duty--Term--Removal."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 23A-51-9 - Chief defender--Appointment--Duty--Term--Removal."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/23A-51-9"><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="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-51-9" rel="noopener"><span class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6SENU">23A-51-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6SENU">. </span><span class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6DefaultParagraphFont">Chief defender--Appointment--Duty--Term--Removal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">    The commission shall appoint a chief defender by a majority vote. The chief defender shall head and maintain the Office of Indigent Legal Services. The chief defender shall serve for a term of four years. The commission may reappoint the chief defender to successive terms of four years. There are no term limits. The commission may remove the chief defender during an unexpired term by a two-thirds vote of the commission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sb5c1c5c575eb4e1ab0d603990bbdb0a6SCL">SL 2024, ch 95, § 9, eff. Mar. 18, 2024.</span></p></div></body></html>