The business and affairs of a cooperative shall be managed by a board of directors. Each director shall be a member or a representative of a member who is an entity member. The bylaws shall prescribe any other qualifications for directors and may provide that directors be from specified territorial districts.

Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1123 (1) as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23, § 1; SL 2018, ch 260, § 8.