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2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 46A WATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 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 hold hearings and put to vote--Boundaries--Appointment of first board of managers.
- §46A-14-4 Watershed districts--Conservation purposes authorizing establishment.
- §46A-14-5 Watershed districts--Initiating petition for establishment, filing, number of signatures required.
- §46A-14-6 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- §46A-14-9 Repealed.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 conservation district, 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 to be heard.
- §46A-14-15 Organization of proposed watershed district--Submission of question to vote of landowners.
- §46A-14-16 Referendum on petition unnecessary where signed by sixty percent or more of the landowners.
- §46A-14-17 Organization of proposed watershed district--Submission of question to vote of landowners, publication of notice.
- §46A-14-18 to 46A-14-25. Repealed.
- §46A-14-26 Result of referendum on organization of watershed district--Sixty percent or more 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 by conservation district supervisors, designation of name, certified copy of order, 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--Minor adjustments by managers without referendum--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 or annexing 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 of nonmember as secretary-treasurer, compensation, bond--Providing necessary 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 of application with secretary of board of managers--Qualifications.
- §46A-14-39 Vacancies on board--Filling by appointment--Term of office.
- §46A-14-40 Advisory committee--Appointment by board of managers--Number of members--Duties.
- §46A-14-41 Personnel of district, employment by board of managers, duties and compensation--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 business transacted--Bylaws and regulations, adoption--Meetings, notice.
- §46A-14-43.1 District bylaws may be proposed by petition--Approval by board and special election.
- §46A-14-44 Conservation practices within the scope of proposed project--Power of board 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 conservation district--Contents--Estimated benefits--Method of financing--Examination by board, 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 to act as state agency on federal watershed projects.
- §46A-14-50 General improvement plan prior to formation of watershed district--Undertaken by local people with sponsoring assistance--Considered adopted plan.
- §46A-14-51 Examination and hearings on plans--Resolution as to doing work and paying costs--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 from improvement--Rights of interested parties--Determination of fair and just apportionment.
- §46A-14-55 Referendum on financing arrangement for improvement--Necessary number of votes in favor of proposal.
- §46A-14-56 Referendum on financing arrangement for improvement--Eligibility to vote on proposed general tax levies, special assessments--Determination of outcome, counting of votes.
- §46A-14-57 Contracts between managers and municipalities for annual payments by municipality to district in lieu of tax or special assessment levies--Favorable vote by voters of municipality required.
- §46A-14-58 Completion of apportionment of benefits by managers--Resolution approving tax 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--Maximum amount.
- §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 and assessments--Appeal, procedure.
- §46A-14-63 No-fund warrants to pay district obligations--Limitation on amounts.
- §46A-14-64 Long-term financing arrangement authorized by voters--Notice to landowners--Suit to set aside--Collection.
- §46A-14-65 Special election on question of raising money to cover increased costs of district business or to be applied to supplemental improvements, calling by board 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 assessment list.
- §46A-14-70 Certification of taxes and assessments to county auditor--Extension upon tax list--Collection and deposit.
- §46A-14-71 Contributions by board of county commissioners to watershed district supplies, 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 between district and others--Purposes--Referendum by voters where contract will require increased taxes or assessments.
- §46A-14-74 Funds of district--Deposit by secretary-treasurer in approved depository--Warrants.
- §46A-14-75 Claims against district--Payment by warrant or order--Registration.
- §46A-14-76 Services performed by county officials and Board of Water and Natural Resources 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--Status of 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 to correct detrimental operation--Enforcement of order by injunction.
- §46A-14-81 Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Petition by landowners--Special election--Notice--Ballots.
- §46A-14-82 Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Special election--Percent required to dissolve--Notice to creditors--Auction--Proration of funds remaining.
- §46A-14-83 Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Proposal defeated, 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 hearing before commission--Informal poll of voter opinion--Notice of meeting.
- §46A-14-87 Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Determination whether to approve dissolution--Matters considered.
- §46A-14-88 Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Effective date of dissolution.
- §46A-14-89 Dissolution of district--Federal project certified infeasible--Apportionment of 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.
- §46A-14-93 Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force--Membership--Terms--Vacancies.
- §46A-14-94 Task force duties and recommendations.
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