S.D. Codified Laws § 1-32-2

Principal departments established

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Application of Koch Exploration Co. (1986)

Most recently applied in THOM & MILLER v. BARNETT/ELECTION CONTEST AS TO AMENDMENT A (November 2021)

Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 6; SL 1973, ch 264, § 6; SL 1975, ch 5, § 13; SL 1977, ch 226, § 10; SL 1978, ch 290, § 1; SL 1979, ch 351, §§ 26, 35; SL 1979, ch 352, § 15; SL 1979, c…

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For the purposes of achieving reorganization under the terms of S. D. Const., Art. IV, § 8, the following principal departments are established:

(1) Department of Executive Management;

(2) Department of Public Safety;

(3) Department of Social Services;

(4) Department of Labor and Regulation;

(5) Department of Education;

(6) Department of Game, Fish and Parks;

(7) Department of Health;

(8) Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;

(9) Department of Transportation;

(10) Department of the Military;

(11) Department of Revenue;

(12) Department of Human Services;

(13) Department of Tourism;

(14) Department of Veterans Affairs;

(15) Department of Tribal Relations;

(16) Department of Corrections.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.