If any municipality is governed by a board consisting of five commissioners, the commissioner of public safety shall supervise the police and fire departments and the departments’ officers and employees. The commissioner of public safety is also in charge of animal control within the municipality, including animal impoundments and shelter.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 45.0806 (2); SL 1991, ch 69, § 2; SL 2000, ch 35, § 1; SL 2018, ch 49, § 20.