All employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs below the level of secretary shall be selected as provided by chapter 3-6D. However, any employee that holds the title of state veterans service officer must be a veteran who has served in the armed forces of the United States and is a citizen of the United States. All other employees must be veterans, if available. These employees shall perform duties assigned to them by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Source: SL 1944 (SS), ch 3, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 41.0404; SL 2007, ch 187, § 152; SDCL § 33-16-13; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 147, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2015, ch 176, § 1; SL 2023, ch 111, § 4.