36-20B-4. South Dakota Board of Accountancy--Members--Auditor General as ex officio member--Terms--Vacancies--Removal. The South Dakota Board of Accountancy, which has responsibility for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, consists of six members, all of whom shall be residents of this state. Five members shall be appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. Four of the appointed members shall be holders of active certificates and three of these shall be in the practice of public accountancy. One appointed member shall be a lay member who is not a holder of a certificate under this chapter but shall have had professional or practical experience in the use of accounting services and financial statements, so as to be qualified to make judgments about the qualifications and conduct of persons and firms subject to regulation under this chapter. The auditor general shall serve as an ex officio member. The Governor shall, by appointment, fill any vacancy occurring during a term for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any member of the board whose certificate is revoked or suspended shall automatically cease to be a member of the board. The Governor may remove any member of the board for cause. The Governor may stagger the terms to enable the board to have different terms expire each year. No member may serve more than three consecutive full terms. However, appointment to fill an unexpired term is not considered a complete term for this purpose.

The terms of members begin on October thirty-first of the calendar year in which the Governor appoints the member, unless otherwise designated by the Governor. The appointee's term expires on October thirtieth in the third year of appointment. Any member's term ending June 30, 2013, or thereafter is extended to October thirtieth in the year the term is to expire.

Source: SL 2002, ch 179, § 5; SL 2005, ch 199, § 53; SL 2012, ch 16, § 1; SL 2013, ch 176, § 1.