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 Governor shall appoint the members with the consent of the Senate.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.0701; SL 1955, ch 38 , § 1; SL 1971, ch 129 ; SL 1976, ch 126 , § 1; SL 1979, ch 125 , § 1; SL 2007, ch 109 , § 1.