The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Department of Corrections but shall retain the quasijudicial, quasilegislative, advisory, and other nonadministrative functions otherwise vested in it, and shall exercise those functions independently of the Department of Corrections. The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall submit records, information, and reports in the form and at such times as required by the secretary of corrections, except that the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall report at least annually. The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall also coordinate programs under its jurisdiction with related programs under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 24-13-3

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 85; SL 1977, ch 198, § 13; SDCL Supp, § 23-58-1.1; SL 1978, ch 186, § 1; SL 1989, ch 20, § 169.