SDCL § 16-1A-2: Commission membership--Terms of office.

There is hereby created a Commission on Judicial Qualifications which shall consist of seven members:

(1) Two judges of the circuit court, elected by the judicial conference;

(2) Three members of the bar practicing law in this state, no more than two of whom may be of the same political party, appointed by a majority vote of the state bar commissioners; and

(3) Two citizens who are not of the same political party, appointed by the Governor.

The term of office for a commission member is four years. No person may serve more than two terms as a member of the commission.