2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 46A WATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 14. Watershed Districts
§46A-14-47 General improvement plan within district--Adoption by managers, consultation with advisory committee and district supervisors of conservation district--Contents--Estimated benefits--Method of financing--Examination by board, report of recommendations.

46A-14-47. General improvement plan within district--Adoption by managers, consultation with advisory committee and district supervisors of conservation district--Contents--Estimated benefits--Method of financing--Examination by board, report of recommendations. The managers shall within a reasonable length of time after qualifying, adopt an overall plan for improvements within the district for reclamation, drainage, erosion, and flood control, and improvement of lands, soils, waters, forests, wildlife, and all other authorized purposes. The plan finally adopted shall be made in conjunction with the advisory committee and in consultation with the district supervisors of the conservation district or districts in the watershed district, but the managers have final authority and full responsibility. This plan shall be designated the general improvement plan for the watershed district. The general improvement plan shall consist of a map, on which is shown the area to be benefited, the location of the proposed works of improvement, and the location of buildings, roads, streams, and such other topographic features as are pertinent to show the relation of the proposed works of improvement to the area of the district, and a narrative in which are stated the estimated benefits that will result and the proposed method of financing and accomplishing the work to be done. Upon receipt of a copy of the general improvement plan, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall examine the plan and within thirty days transmit a report of their recommendations to the managers.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, § 21; SL 1959, ch 452, § 16; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1521 (1); SDCL, § 46-24-47; SL 1995, ch 253, § 6.