South Dakota 14 — Watershed Districts
- 46A-14-1 — Purpose of chapter--Construction and administration.
- 46A-14-2 — Definition of terms.
- 46A-14-3 — Formation of watershed district in conservation districts--Petition to holdhearings and put to vote--Boundaries--Appointment of first board ofmanagers.
- 46A-14-4 — Watershed districts--Conservation purposes authorizing establishment.
- 46A-14-5 — Watershed districts--Initiating petition for establishment, filing, number ofsignatures required.
- 46A-14-6 — Watershed districts--Contiguous land ownerships.
- 46A-14-7 — Watershed districts--Inclusion of municipalities.
- 46A-14-8 — Watershed districts--Petition for establishment--Contents.
- 46A-14-9 — Repealed.
- 46A-14-10 — Determination of status of petitioners--Certification to conservation district.
- 46A-14-11 — Petition for establishment of watershed district--Receipt by conservationdistrict, acknowledgment, preliminary report, adjustment of boundaries.
- 46A-14-12 — Conservation commission duties as to watershed projects.
- 46A-14-13 — Time and place for hearing on initiating petition--Publication of notice--Contents.
- 46A-14-14 — Hearing by conservation district on petition--Right of interested persons tobe heard.
- 46A-14-15 — Organization of proposed watershed district--Submission of question to voteof landowners.
- 46A-14-16 — Referendum on petition unnecessary where signed by sixty percent or moreof the landowners.
- 46A-14-17 — Organization of proposed watershed district--Submission of question to voteof landowners, publication of notice.
- 46A-14-18 — Repealed.
- 46A-14-26 — Result of referendum on organization of watershed district--Sixty percent ormore voting in favor of organization--Procedure for organization.
- 46A-14-27 — Result of referendum--Defeat of proposition to form a watershed district--Resubmission of proposal.
- 46A-14-28 — Certification of favorable petition or vote--Creation of watershed district byconservation district supervisors, designation of name, certified copy oforder, filing of order with secretary of state.
- 46A-14-29 — Order of conservation district supervisors creating watershed district--Mailing copy to managers of district.
- 46A-14-30 — Boundaries of watershed district--Minor adjustments by managers withoutreferendum, exception.
- 46A-14-31 — Annexation of additional areas to watershed district--Procedure.
- 46A-14-32 — Combining of two or more watershed districts into one district--Procedure.
- 46A-14-33 — Abolishment of original watershed district upon combining districts orannexing additional territory--Certification to secretary of state.
- 46A-14-34 — Powers of watershed district--Perpetual existence--Right to sue and be sued--Eminent domain--Taxes and assessments--Borrowing of money.
- 46A-14-35 — Oath of office of managers--Filing with conservation district.
- 46A-14-36 — Organization of district by managers--Selection of officers--Appointment ofnonmember as secretary-treasurer, compensation, bond--Providingnecessary equipment.
- 46A-14-37 — Annual election of managers of district by landowners--Term of office.
- 46A-14-38 — Candidates for election as members of board of managers--Filing ofapplication with secretary of board of managers--Qualifications.
- 46A-14-39 — Vacancies in board of managers--Filling by appointment by remainingmanagers, term of office.
- 46A-14-40 — Advisory committee--Appointment by board of managers--Number ofmembers--Duties.
- 46A-14-41 — Personnel of district, employment by board of managers, duties andcompensation--Cost as part of project--Bond for performance of duties,amount, premium paid from district fund.
- 46A-14-42 — Compensation of board members--Limitation.
- 46A-14-43 — Duties of board of managers--Adoption of seal--Record of businesstransacted--Bylaws and regulations, adoption--Meetings, notice.
- 46A-14-43.1 — District bylaws may be proposed by petition--Approval by board and specialelection.
- 46A-14-44 — Conservation practices within the scope of proposed project--Power ofboard of managers to effectuate.
- 46A-14-45 — Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.
- 46A-14-46 — Vested drainage rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.
- 46A-14-47 — General improvement plan within district--Adoption by managers,consultation with advisory committee and district supervisors of conservationdistrict--Contents--Estimated benefits--Method of financing--Examination byboard, report of recommendations.
- 46A-14-48 — Determination of priority of specific projects--Surveys of work--Estimates--Reports of engineer, filing, public inspection.
- 46A-14-49 — Board of Water and Natural Resources--Designation as state agency to actfor state with respect to federal watershed projects.
- 46A-14-50 — General improvement plan prior to formation of watershed district--Undertaken by local people with sponsoring assistance--Considered adoptedplan.
- 46A-14-51 — Examination and hearings on plans--Resolution as to doing work and payingcosts--List of benefited lands and owners.
- 46A-14-52 — Evidences of indebtedness of district for payment of costs of project--Issuance in installments instead of levy of entire tax at one time.
- 46A-14-53 — Contract with conservation districts for funding.
- 46A-14-54 — Meeting of managers for hearing on apportionment of benefits resulting fromimprovement--Rights of interested parties--Determination of fair and justapportionment.
- 46A-14-55 — Referendum on financing arrangement for improvement--Necessary numberof votes in favor of proposal.
- 46A-14-56 — Referendum on financing arrangement for improvement--Eligibility to vote onproposed general tax levies, special assessments--Determination of outcome,counting of votes.
- 46A-14-57 — Contracts between managers and municipalities for annual payments bymunicipality to district in lieu of tax or special assessment levies--Favorablevote by voters of municipality required.
- 46A-14-58 — Completion of apportionment of benefits by managers--Resolution approvingtax or assessment levy on property outside corporate limits of municipalities,detailed report filed with county auditor, collection of district levy.
- 46A-14-59 — Assessed valuation for district tax purposes--Limitation on land taxed.
- 46A-14-60 — Annual general tax levy against land and buildings of taxpayer--Maximumamount.
- 46A-14-61 — Taxes collected by county officials--Delivery to district secretary-treasurer.
- 46A-14-62 — Interested party aggrieved by apportionment of benefits or levy of taxes andassessments--Appeal, procedure.
- 46A-14-63 — No-fund warrants to pay district obligations--Issuance by board of managersfollowing favorable vote of voters on financing arrangement, limitation.
- 46A-14-64 — Long-term financing arrangement authorized by voters--Notice tolandowners by board of managers.
- 46A-14-65 — Special election on question of raising money to cover increased costs ofdistrict business or to be applied to supplemental improvements, calling byboard of managers.
- 46A-14-66 — Annual maintenance of watershed project--Duty of managers to provide--Project schedule--Budgets.
- 46A-14-67 — Annual operation and maintenance budget, provisions--Reserve fund.
- 46A-14-68 — Repealed.
- 46A-14-69 — Budgeted operation and maintenance expense--Inclusion in tax assessmentlist by board of managers.
- 46A-14-70 — Certification of taxes and assessments to county auditor by board ofmanagers--Extension upon tax list--Collection and deposit.
- 46A-14-71 — Contributions by board of county commissioners to watershed districtsupplies, labor, and equipment.
- 46A-14-72 — Acquisition of real estate or easement therein by watershed district--Purchase--Condemnation, appraisal of premises involved.
- 46A-14-73 — Contracts with United States and other agencies, powers of board ofmanagers--Purposes--Referendum by voters of watershed district wherecontract will require increased levy of taxes or assessments.
- 46A-14-74 — Funds of district--Deposit by secretary-treasurer in approved depository--Warrants.
- 46A-14-75 — Claims against district, payment--Warrants, required signatures, registration.
- 46A-14-76 — Services performed by county officials and Board of Water and NaturalResources free of charge.
- 46A-14-77 — Engineer of district--Reports to board of managers.
- 46A-14-78 — Secretary-treasurer of district--Annual report to board of managers.
- 46A-14-79 — Annual reports of board of managers of district--Financial conditions--Statusof projects--Business transacted.
- 46A-14-79.1 — Annual audit of district when loan agreement in effect--Filing of copies.
- 46A-14-80 — Operation of watershed district, investigation by board--Hearings, order tocorrect detrimental operation--Enforcement of order by injunction.
- 46A-14-81 — Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Petition bylandowners--Special election--Notice--Ballots.
- 46A-14-82 — Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Specialelection--Percent required to dissolve--Notice to creditors--Auction--Proration of funds remaining.
- 46A-14-83 — Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Proposaldefeated, three years before another vote on question.
- 46A-14-84 — Dissolution of district--Request that federal project be certified infeasible--Board may proceed after certification.
- 46A-14-85 — Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Vote by board--Statement submitted to commission.
- 46A-14-86 — Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Public hearingbefore commission--Informal poll of voter opinion--Notice of meeting.
- 46A-14-87 — Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Determinationwhether to approve dissolution--Matters considered.
- 46A-14-88 — Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Effective date ofdissolution.
- 46A-14-89 — Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Apportionmentof funds and assets to conservation districts.
- 46A-14-90 — Dissolution of district--Notice to secretary of state.
- 46A-14-91 — Vested rights protected.
- 46A-14-92 — Citation of chapter.