authorize boards of county commissioners to adopt policies for investigating allegations of misconduct of county departments, employees, and officers.

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authorize boards of county commissioners to adopt policies for investigating allegations of misconduct of county departments, employees, and officers.

authorize boards of county commissioners to adopt policies for investigating allegations of misconduct of county departments, employees, and officers.

What This Bill Does

• authorize boards of county commissioners to adopt policies for investigating allegations of misconduct of county departments, employees, and officers.
• Official keyword topics: Counties Official sponsor note: Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4754/Detail">Gosch</a> (prime)

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Official Summary Text

authorize boards of county commissioners to adopt policies for investigating allegations of misconduct of county departments, employees, and officers.
Official keyword topics:
Counties
Official sponsor note: Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4754/Detail">Gosch</a> (prime)

Current Bill Text

26.850.9 101st Legislative Session 1226

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1226

Introduced by: Representative Gosch

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to authorize boards of county commissioners to adopt policies for 1
investigating allegations of misconduct of county departments, employees, 2
and officers. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 4
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 7-8: 5
A board of county commissioners may adopt investigatory and oversight policies 6
related to any department, employee, or officer of the county. If the board adopts a policy 7
pursuant to this section, the policy must: 8
(1) Establish procedures for investigating county employees and officers alleged to 9
have committed or engaged in abuse of authority, chronic absenteeism, conflicts 10
of interest, insubordination, neglect of duties, nepotism, or any of the conduct 11
constituting grounds for removal of an officer pursuant to § 3-17-6; 12
(2) Designate which employees, officers, and third persons may conduct investigations 13
under the policy, and require that at least one investigator is from outside the 14
department that is the subject of the complaint; 15
(3) Provide standards for confidentiality and due process; and 16
(4) Comply with the process set forth in §§ 3-17-6 to 3-17-11, inclusive. 17