2014 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 46A - WATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 02 - South Dakota Conservancy District
§ 46A-2-19 Transfer of water rights or permits to appropriate water for energy industry use--Contract provisions.

46A-2-19. Transfer of water rights or permits to appropriate water for energy industry use--Contract provisions. The district may sell, grant, convey, assign, lease, or otherwise transfer perfected water rights or permits to appropriate water for energy industry use to energy industry users for such consideration and under such terms and conditions as are fixed by contract or instrument of conveyance. The contracts represent the entire financial obligation for the use of water owed by an energy industry user to the State of South Dakota and no further fee, tax, or assessment may be levied against the user except for an ad valorem tax as assessed under chapter 10-37. Any such contract may provide that for failure to perform any condition of performance, for breach, for failure of consideration, or for failure to perform any other contractual obligation, the transfer is void. If the Board of Water and Natural Resources determines that such a failure to perform a condition of performance or breach has occurred, it may file with the division of water rights a notice to cancel the permit or license evidencing the transfer after complying with any notice of breach provision or other condition precedent to cancellation specified in the contract.

Source: SL 1981 (2d SS), ch 1, § 4; SDCL Supp, § 46-17-18.2; SL 2011, ch 165, § 316.