An Act to establish membership of the Board of Regents.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That   13-49-1 be AMENDED:
13-49-1. Control of educational institutions vested in board--Appointment of members.
The control of the public
postsecondary educational institutions of the state offering college
credit,
which are sustained wholly or in part by the state,
is vested in a board
of nine members,
designated as the
Board of Regents.
The,
appointed by the
Governor shall
appoint the members,
with the
consent of the Senate.
Section 2. That   13-49-2 be AMENDED:
13-49-2. Qualifications of members of board.
Each regent who
is a regular member shall
be a person of probity and wisdom and selected from among the best
known citizens, who are residents of different portions of the state.
No regent may be a resident of a county in which an institution of higher education under the board's control maintains its principal physical presence.
No two regents may be residents
in
of
the same county
and
not more than six may be members of the same political party. One
regent shall be the student regent as provided in    13-49-6.1.
A regent's residence is determined by where the regent is registered to vote.
Section 3. That   13-49-3 be AMENDED:
13-49-3. Term of office of regents.
Each
regent, except the student regent, shall be appointed for a term of
six
The term of each person serving as a regent on June 30, 2020, shall expire on July 1, 2020, and the Governor shall then appoint five members to serve as the Board of Regents.
The Governor shall determine who among the five appointees shall serve for a term of one year, which two among the five appointees shall serve for a term of two years, and which two among the five appointees shall serve for a term of three years. Thereafter, the term of each regent appointed under this section must be three years.
The term shall
expire
expires on the
last day of March
June
or when a
successor is appointed and qualified, unless removed as provided in
   3-17-1.
No regent appointed on
or after July
1, 2018,
and without any previous service on the board
2020, may serve
more than two consecutive three
year 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
An appointment to a term having a duration of less than three years
may not count against the two-term limit.
Section 4. That   13-49-4 be AMENDED:
13-49-4. Filling of vacancies--Failure of senate to confirm--New appointee named.
If a vacancy occurs as provided
in    3-4-1,
the Governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment, and the appointee
shall serve for the balance of the unexpired term. However,
if
If the Senate,
at the next legislative session, fails to confirm the appointee, the
appointee shall only serve until the last day of March.
Then
June. Thereafter,
a new appointee shall be named by the Governor. The subsequent
appointee is subject to the same conditions as set forth in this
section.
Section 5. That   13-49-6.1 be REPEALED.
13-49-6.1. Student regent appointed by Governor--Term of appointment--Voting member.