38-8-42. Terms of office of district supervisors.
For the purpose of staggering terms, at the first general election, the three at-large candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected for a four-year term, and the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two-year terms. In succeeding elections all supervisors shall be elected for four-year terms commencing the following January first.
Source: SL 1937, ch 19, §7; SDC 1939, §4.1509; SL 1947, ch 12; SL 1953, ch 7, §1; SL 1957, ch 4, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §4.1509 (1); SDCL §38-8-38; SL 1968, ch 1, §6; SL 1994, ch 316, §23; SL 2017, ch 179, §2.