The board shall hold an election of trustees annually. The executive director may designate a third party to conduct the election. Any designated third party shall keep all information it obtains from any source confidential, and any employee, agent, or representative of that third party is prohibited from disclosing that information to anyone other than the executive director.

The ballots for the election are due on May 25. Each represented group that has a trustee whose term expires June 30 is entitled to elect a trustee. The board shall announce the results of the election each year at its first meeting following the ballot due date.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, ballot, is a printed or electronic method of voting.

Source: 3 SDR 13, effective August 25, 1976; transferred from § 47:07:05:01, effective July 1, 1979; 6 SDR 87, effective March 2, 1980; 7 SDR 56, effective December 14, 1980; 9 SDR 81, 9 SDR 124, effective July 1, 1983; 10 SDR 58, effective December 11, 1983; 15 SDR 139, effective March 22, 1989; 20 SDR 109, effective January 19, 1994; 31 SDR 191, effective May 22, 2005; 36 SDR 21, effective August 17, 2009 ; 43 SDR 57, effective October 17, 2016 ; 45 SDR 142, effective July 1, 2019.

General Authority: SDCL 3-12 C - 211 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 3-12 C - 20 4.

Prior versions effective: 2016-10-17, 2009-08-17.