13-49-3. Term of office of regents.
Each regent, except the student regent, shall be appointed for a term of six years. The term shall expire on the last day of March or when a successor is appointed and qualified, unless removed as provided in §3-17-1. No regent appointed after July 1, 2018, and without any previous service on the board, may serve more than two consecutive terms. However, after serving two consecutive terms, a regent may be reappointed after at least two years have passed since the expiration of the regent's last term. Any partial term to fill a vacancy on the board may not count against the two-term limit.
Source: SDC 1939, §15.0701; SL 1955, ch 38, §§1, 2; SDC Supp 1960, §15.0701-1; SL 1975, ch 128, §326; SL 1976, ch 126, §3; SL 1979, ch 125, §3; SL 1988, ch 154, §2; SL 2007, ch 109, §3; SL 2018, ch 104, §1.