If for any reason a school district fails to elect any person to succeed a school board member whose term shall have expired or an elected board member fails to qualify, the term shall be deemed vacant, and the incumbent shall continue to act in an official capacity until the vacancy is filled.
S.D. Codified Laws § 13-8-22
Incumbent continued in office when successor not elected or qualified
Source: SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, § 26; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2326; SL 1975, ch 128, § 55.
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