Terms of board members--Vacancies--Training

The members of the board shall serve for terms of four years. Members are eligible for reappointment. The Governor, the attorney general, and the Supreme Court each shall appoint three members, whose terms shall expire on the third Monday in January of the fourth year after appointment. Each member shall serve until a successor takes office as provided by law. In case of a vacancy, the appointing power shall make an interim appointment to expire at the end of the next legislative session. Each member of the board shall complete annual training developed in consideration of information from the National Institute of Corrections, the Association of Paroling Authorities International, or the American Probation and Parole Association and shall be compensated for the training at a rate to be determined by the Department of Corrections. Each first-time appointee of the board shall, within sixty days of appointment, complete training for first-time parole board members developed in consideration of information from the National Institute of Corrections, the Association of Paroling Authorities, or the American Probation and Parole Association. Training components shall include the use of a validated risk and needs assessment and the use of data guided by evidence-based practices for making parole decisions.

Source: SL 1961, ch 46, § 1; SDCL § 23-58-1; SL 1978, ch 186, § 3; SL 1992, ch 177, § 3; SL 2002, ch 123, § 2; SL 2013, ch 101, § 34.