<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 38-1-3 - Oath of secretary.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081989Normal { 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.s2081989SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081989CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2081989Normal-000000 { 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.s2081989DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081989000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081989DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081989SCL { 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="s2081989Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=38-1-3"><span class="s2081989SENU">38-1-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081989SENU">. </span><span class="s2081989CL">Oath of secretary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081989Normal-000000"><span class="s2081989DefaultParagraphFont">The secretary of agriculture and natural resources shall qualify by taking and filing the constitutional oath of office with the secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081989Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081989000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081989Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081989DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081989SCL">SL 1921, ch 190, § 1; SL 1925, ch 115, ch I, art I, § 6; SL 1933, ch 58; SDC 1939, § 4.0102; SL 1943, ch 3; SL 2015, ch 203, § 3; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3"><span class="s2081989SCL">21-3</span></a><span class="s2081989SCL">), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>