South Dakota Codified Laws 16-1A-2. Commission membership–Terms of office
There is hereby created a Commission on Judicial Qualifications which shall consist of seven members:
(1) Two judges of the circuit court, elected by the judicial conference;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 16-1A-2
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(2) Three members of the bar practicing law in this state, no more than two of whom may be of the same political party, appointed by a majority vote of the state bar commissioners; and
(3) Two citizens who are not of the same political party, appointed by the Governor.
The term of office for a commission member is four years. No person may serve more than two terms as a member of the commission.
Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §§ 2, 3; SL 1978, ch 148, § 1; SL 1997, ch 114, § 1; Supreme Court Rule 97-23; SL 1998, ch 307; ch 308; ch 309; SL 2000, ch 264 (Supreme Court Rule 00-10); SL 2013, ch 99, § 1.