<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 7-8-15 - Chair and vice chair--Election--Vacancy--Duties. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2035255Normal { 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.s2035255SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035255CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035255Normal-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.s2035255DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035255Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2035255000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035255SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035255SCL-000003 { 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="s2035255Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=7-8-15"><span class="s2035255SENU">7-8-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035255SENU">. </span><span class="s2035255CL">Chair and vice chair--Election--Vacancy--Duties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035255Normal-000000"><span class="s2035255DefaultParagraphFont">At the first meeting of the board of county commissioners in each year, the board shall elect a chair and vice chair. The chair shall continue to serve as chair until a successor is elected. If there is a vacancy for the chair or vice chair from any cause, the board shall elect another chair or vice chair.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035255Normal-000001"><span class="s2035255DefaultParagraphFont">The chair or, in the chair's absence, the vice chair shall preside at the meetings of the board and sign all orders and claims approved by the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035255Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035255000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035255Normal"><span class="s2035255SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035255SCL-000003"> SL 1874-5, ch 27, §§ 50, 51; PolC 1877, ch 21, §§ 19, 20; CL 1887, §§ 580, 581; RPolC 1903, §§ 818, 819; RC 1919, §§ 5869, 5870; SDC 1939, § 12.0613; SL 1975, ch 76, § 1; SL 2010, ch 34, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>