For the purposes of achieving reorganization under the terms of S. D. Const., Art. IV, § 8, the following principal departments are established:

(1) Department of Executive Management;

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(2) Department of Public Safety;

(3) Department of Social Services;

(4) Department of Labor and Regulation;

(5) Department of Education;

(6) Department of Game, Fish and Parks;

(7) Department of Health;

(8) Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;

(9) Department of Transportation;

(10) Department of the Military;

(11) Department of Revenue;

(12) Department of Human Services;

(13) Department of Tourism;

(14) Department of Veterans Affairs;

(15) Department of Tribal Relations;

(16) Department of Corrections.

Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 6; SL 1973, ch 264, § 6; SL 1975, ch 5, § 13; SL 1977, ch 226, § 10; SL 1978, ch 290, § 1; SL 1979, ch 351, §§ 26, 35; SL 1979, ch 352, § 15; SL 1979, ch 354, §§ 17, 18; SL 1982, ch 17, § 61; SL 1989, ch 21, §§ 1, 26; SL 1991, ch 17 (Ex. Ord. 91-4), § 17; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82, eff. Apr. 17, 2003; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 93, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2012, ch 4, § 12; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 41, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.