2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 46A WATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 14. Watershed Districts
§46A-14-8 Watershed districts--Petition for establishment--Contents.

46A-14-8. Watershed districts--Petition for establishment--Contents. The initiating petition shall contain the following:

(1) The name of the proposed district;

(2) That there is need in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare for creation of a district to accomplish improvements in the watershed;

(3) A statement in general terms setting forth the purposes of the contemplated improvements, the territory to be included in the district, and all proposed subdivisions thereof, if any, of the district;

(4) The number of managers shall be three or five members. Each manager shall own land located in the proposed district and be a registered voter in the proposed district. However, no manager may be a public officer of the state or federal government;

(5) A list of landowners and the total acreage of land owned by each within the proposed district;

(6) A map of the proposed district and the ownership of all land in the proposed district, except the outline only of the jurisdiction of the authorized officials of municipalities included need be shown; and

(7) The location of the official place of business of the proposed district.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, § 5; SL 1959, ch 452, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1505 (3); SDCL, § 46-24-8; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2000, ch 32, § 7.