Changes to Existing Law

13-54-11. Immediately after the boards a board of county commissioners have voted votes to establish cooperative extension work under the provisions of this chapter, they the board shall appoint a county extension board consisting of five to or seven members. At At, at least two members shall be of whom are farmers and one. At least one member of the county extension board must be a member of the board of county commissioners commissioners, who may also be one of the farmer representatives. No representatives.No person shall An individual may not be denied membership on the grounds of sex, race, color, creed, or national origin. origin, race, or sex. The membership shall must be representative of the racial population mix in the county and of the various interest groups served by extension. The members of this the county extension board shall be must be appointed for a period staggered terms of one year and their terms shall expire one-to-three years, expiring on the tenth of January each year. This This. The county extension board shall, at its first meeting after January tenth each year, organize and elect from their membership the members a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer. Source: SDC 1939, § 4.0504; SL 1965, ch 2; SDCL, § 38-3-4; SL 1973, ch 252, § 1; SL 1974, ch 253, § 1. 17