2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 46A WATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 14. Watershed Districts
§46A-14-13 Time and place for hearing on initiating petition--Publication of notice--Contents.

46A-14-13. Time and place for hearing on initiating petition--Publication of notice--Contents. When it has been made to appear to the conservation district supervisors that a sufficient initiating petition has been filed, the conservation district supervisors shall within ten days, thereafter, by their order, fix a time and place, for a hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given by the conservation district supervisors by publication once each week for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area covered by the proposed district; the last notice shall occur within ten days before the hearing which notice shall contain the following:

(1) That an initiating petition has been filed with the conservation district supervisors and a copy thereof with the county auditor of the county or counties affected;

(2) A general description of the purpose of the contemplated improvement and the territory to be included in the proposed district;

(3) The date, time, and place of hearing;

(4) That all persons affected thereby or interested therein may appear and be heard.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, § 6; SL 1959, ch 452, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1506; SDCL, § 46-24-13; SL 1972, ch 239, § 8.