The board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall employ or join with another county or counties in employing a county veterans’ service officer who, before such employment takes effect, is approved by the state secretary of veterans affairs. The county veteran’s service officer’s first appointment ends on the first Monday in January of the second year subsequent to the year of the appointment. The county veteran’s service officer may be reappointed for terms of four years for each term. The appointment is subject to removal by the board or boards of county commissioners upon the recommendation of the state secretary of veterans’ affairs or for cause.

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Source: SL 1945, ch 183, § 1; SL 1949, ch 156; SL 1953, ch 218, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 41.0412; SL 1968, ch 161; SL 1976, ch 206, § 2; SL 2007, ch 187, § 157; SDCL § 33-16-24; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 150, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.