38-11-1. Appointment and terms of board members--Vacancies.

The State Seed Certification Board shall consist of five members appointed by the secretary of agriculture and natural resources, with terms of office so arranged that one and only one expires each year, and as each expires the succeeding term shall be for a period of five years and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. Vacancies may be filled by appointment by the secretary of agriculture and natural resources for the balance of the unexpired term.

Source: SL 1947, ch 18, § 1; SL 1949, ch 12; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.10B01; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.

38-11-1.1. Direction and supervision by College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences--Independent functions retained by board.

The Seed Certification Board shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University and the dean of the college, but shall retain the quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative, advisory, other nonadministrative and special budgetary functions, as defined in §  1-32-1, otherwise vested in it and shall exercise those functions independently of the dean and the college.

Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 192; SL 2006, ch 205, § 2.