S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-2-32
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Oaths and bonds of commissioners, director, deputy director, examiners and special examiners, and other division personnel
Official statutory text
Before entering upon his duties, each of the persons hereinafter mentioned, and such other persons in positions of trust named by the commission, shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, and each shall give to the state a corporate surety bond to be approved, recorded, and filed as the official bonds of other state officers, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Such bonds may be in individual, schedule, or blanket form and shall be in the following sums: the director, twenty - five thousand dollars; the deputy director, twenty - five thousand dollars; examiners and special examiners, each, twenty - five thousand dollars; all other persons, in an amount fixed by the commission. The premium for the bond of all such officers shall be paid as provided by law for the bonds of other public officers.
Source: SL 1909, ch 222, art 1, § 2; SL 1911, ch 256, § 2; SL 1915, ch 102, art 1, § 2; SL 1917, ch 140, § 1; RC 1919, § 8918; SL 1921, ch 135; SL 1933, ch 47, § 3; SL 1933, ch 56; SDC 1939, § 6.0202; SDCL, §§ 51-2-11, 51-2-13; SL 1969, ch 11, § 2.22; SL 1989, ch 408; SDCL, § 51-16-32.
Source: SL 1909, ch 222, art 1, § 2; SL 1911, ch 256, § 2; SL 1915, ch 102, art 1, § 2; SL 1917, ch 140, § 1; RC 1919, § 8918; SL 1921, ch 135; SL 1933, ch 47, § 3; SL 1933, ch 56; SDC 1939, § 6.0202; SDCL, §§ 51-2-11, 51-2-13; SL 1969, ch 11, § 2.22; SL 1989, ch 408; SDCL, § 51-16-32.
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