SDCL § 1-30-3: Designation by state officers of emergency interim successors.

All state officers, subject to such regulations as the Governor (or other official authorized under the Constitution or this chapter to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of Governor) may issue, shall, in addition to any deputy authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, designate by title emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officer shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to this chapter to ensure their current status. The officer will designate a sufficient number of such emergency interim successors so that there will be not less than three, nor more than seven, such deputies or emergency interim successors or any combination thereof, at any time.