Trustees--Board created--Composition

There is created a governing authority of the system known as the Board of Trustees. Voting representation on the board must be the following: (1) Two state employee members; (2) Two certified school employee members; (3) A participating municipality member; (4) A participating county member; (5) A participating classified employee member; (6) A current contributing Class B public safety member; (7) A Class B judicial member; (8) One head of a principal department established pursuant to § 1-32-2 , or one head of a bureau under the Department of Executive Management established pursuant to § 1-33-3 , appointed by the Governor; (9) An individual appointed by the Governor; (10) A county commissioner of a participating county; (11) A school district board member; (12) An elected municipal official of a participating municipality; (13) A retiree; and (14) A faculty or administrative member employed by the Board of Regents and not subject to the provisions of chapter 3-6D . A representative of the State Investment Council shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member. Source: SL 1967, ch 303 , § 3; SDCL § 3-12-4; SL 1968, ch 216 , § 1; SL 1973, ch 25 ; SL 1974, ch 35 , § 3; SL 1975, ch 38 , § 7; SL 1976, ch 39 , § 8; SL 1977, ch 28 , § 4; SL 1979, ch 27 , § 1; SL 1994, ch 33 ; SL 2018, ch 33 , § 7; SDCL § 3-12-48; SL 2019, ch 22 , § 1; SL 2020, ch 12 , § 2; SL 2025, ch 27 , § 13.