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SD Codified L § 46A-4-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-46 - Records of board of directors open for inspection--Publication of statement of proceedings--Filing of list of expenditures.

46A-4-46. Records of board of directors open for inspection--Publication of statement of proceedings--Filing of list of expenditures.All records of the board of directors shall be open to the inspection of any elector during business hours, and the board shall cause to be published at the close of each regular or special meeting a brief statement of the proceedings of the board in one newspaper of general circulation in the district, at the legal rate for advertising legal notices. The board shall file an itemized list of all expenditures approved at any such meeting at the office of the auditor of the county or counties where the district is located within ten days of any such meeting. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0810; SL 1953, ch 482; SDCL §46-12-45; SL 1975, ch 276, §3; SL 2011, ch 165, §347.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-47 - Compensation of district directors--Payment from district fund.

46A-4-47. Compensation of district directors--Payment from district fund.For the time actually and necessarily employed in the duties of their office and in attending and returning from the sessions of the board of directors, the district directors may receive travel and subsistence expense in accordance with the rules promulgated by the State Board of Finance. In addition, per diem, not to exceed the Board of Water and Natural Resources' per diem, may be paid each member for each day of actual service for attending meetings, hearings, or investigations of the irrigation district board. Travel, subsistence, and per diem shall be paid out of the district general fund on vouchers duly verified and approved according to the rules promulgated by the Board of Finance. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0815; SL 1967, ch 341; SDCL, §46-12-46; SL 1979, ch 299, §2; SL 1984, ch 294, §35; SL 1992, ch 319.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-48 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-48 - Powers and duties of board of directors of district--Distribution and printing of bylaws and procedures--Water rights appurtenant to land.

46A-4-48. Powers and duties of board of directors of district--Distribution and printing of bylaws and procedures--Water rights appurtenant to land.The board of directors shall manage and conduct the business affairs of the district, make and execute all necessary contracts, employ such agents, officers, and employees as may be required and prescribe their duties, adopt a seal for such district, establish equitable bylaws and procedures for the distribution and use of water, and generally perform all such acts necessary to carry out fully the purposes of this chapter and chapters 46A-5 to 46A-7, inclusive. The bylaws and procedures shall be printed in convenient form for distribution, and all water rights shall be appurtenant to the land. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0809; SDCL, §46-12-47; SL 1993, ch 256, §72.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-49 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-49 - Interest in contract of district or acceptance of bribe by director or officer as felony.

46A-4-49. Interest in contract of district or acceptance of bribe by director or officer as felony.No director or officer named in this chapter, or chapters 46A-5 to 46A-7, inclusive, may be interested in any manner, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to be awarded, by the irrigation district board, or in the profits to be derived from the contract. No such director or officer may receive any bonds, gratuity, or bribe. Any such director or officer who is interested in any manner, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded, or to be awarded, by the board of directors provided for in chapters 46A-5 to 46A-7, inclusive, or in the profits derived from the contract, or who receives any bonds, gratuity, or bribe, is guilty of a Class 5 felony. Source: SDC 1939, §§61.0816, 61.9917; SDCL §46-12-48; SL 1983, ch 15, §24; SL 2011, ch 165, §348.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-50 - Change of irrigation district boundaries--Exclusion of land within boundaries.

46A-4-50. Change of irrigation district boundaries--Exclusion of land within boundaries.The boundaries of any irrigation district organized under the provisions of this chapter may be changed, and tracts of land included within the boundaries of the district at or after its organization under the provisions of this chapter may be excluded from the district in the manner prescribed in this chapter. However, neither a change of boundaries of the district nor an exclusion of lands from the district may impair or affect its organization, or its rights in or to property, or any of its rights or privileges, of whatever kind or nature. No such boundary change or exclusion of lands may affect, impair, or discharge any contract, obligation, lien, or charge for or upon which the district is or might become liable or chargeable, had such change of its boundaries not been made or had not any land been excluded from the district. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0818; SDCL §46-12-49; SL 2011, ch 165, §349.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-51 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-51 - Common school and endowment irrigable lands within district--Sale--Inclusion in district.

46A-4-51. Common school and endowment irrigable lands within district--Sale--Inclusion in district.All common school and endowment lands located within any irrigation district and susceptible of irrigation shall be offered for sale, according to law, within five years after the time water is available for irrigation, and after sale shall be included within the district as in this chapter provided for including additional lands. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0819; SDCL, §46-12-50.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-52 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-52 - Assent of secretary of interior necessary for change in boundaries of district contracting with United States.

46A-4-52. Assent of secretary of interior necessary for change in boundaries of district contracting with United States.If any contract has been made between the district and the United States as provided in chapters 46A-5 and 46A-6, no change may be made in the boundaries of the district. The board of directors may make no order changing the boundaries of the district until the secretary of the interior assents to the change in writing and the assent is filed with the board of directors. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0824; SDCL §46-12-51; SL 2011, ch 165, §350.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-53 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-53 - Petition for inclusion of tract of land within boundaries of irrigation district--Contents.

46A-4-53. Petition for inclusion of tract of land within boundaries of irrigation district--Contents.The holder or holders of title or evidence of title, or the secretary of the interior for unentered public land, representing one-half or more of any body of lands which, taken together, constitute one tract of land, may file with the board of directors of such district a petition in writing, praying that the boundaries of such district may be so changed as to include such lands. The petition shall describe the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land and shall also describe the boundaries of the several parcels owned by the petitioners, if the petitioners be the owners, respectively, of distinct parcels, but such description need not be more particular than may be required when such lands are entered by the county director of equalization in the assessment book. Such petition must contain the assent of the petitioners to the inclusion in such district of the parcels or tracts of land described in the petition, and of which the petition alleges that they are respectively the owners; and it must be acknowledged in the same manner that conveyances of land are required to be acknowledged. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0819; SDCL, §46-12-52; SL 1977, ch 366, §9.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-54 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-54 - Participation by conservators and personal representatives of estates.

46A-4-54. Participation by conservators and personal representatives of estates.A conservator or personal representative of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state and who, as conservator or personal representative, is entitled to the possession of the lands belonging to the estate which the conservator or personal representative represents, may on behalf of his or her ward or the estate which he or she represents, upon being authorized by the proper court, sign and acknowledge the petition provided in this chapter, and may show cause, as provided in this chapter, why the boundaries of a district should not be changed. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0828; SDCL §46-12-53; SL 1993, ch 213, §243; SL 1995, ch 167, §188; SL 2011, ch 165, §351.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-55 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-55 - Change of boundaries of irrigation district--Notice of filing of petition, contents--Time and place of hearing by board of directors--Cost of proceedings, advancement by petitioners.

46A-4-55. Change of boundaries of irrigation district--Notice of filing of petition, contents--Time and place of hearing by board of directors--Cost of proceedings, advancement by petitioners.The secretary of the board of directors shall cause notice of the filing of a petition under §46A-4-53 to be given and published in the same manner and for the same time that notices of special elections for the issuance of bonds are required to be published. The notice shall state the filing of such petition and the names of the petitioners, a description of the lands mentioned in the petition and the prayer of the petition; and it shall notify all persons interested, or that may be affected by such change of the boundaries of the district, to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and show cause, in writing, if any they have, why the change in the boundaries of the district as proposed in the petition should not be made. The time to be specified in the notice at which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of the time for the publication of the notice. The petitioners shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay the estimated cost of all such proceedings for inclusion. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0820; SDCL, §46-12-54.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-56 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-56 - Hearing on petition to change boundaries--Adjournment--Assent to change.

46A-4-56. Hearing on petition to change boundaries--Adjournment--Assent to change.The board of directors at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such other time to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall hear the petition and all objections to the petition presented in writing by any person. The failure of any person interested in the district or in the matter of the proposed change of its boundaries to show cause in writing is deemed an assent by the person to the change of the boundaries of the district as prayed for in the petition, or to such a change in the boundaries as will include a part of the lands. The filing of the petition with the board is deemed an assent by each petitioner to a change of the boundaries that may include the whole or any portion of the lands described in the petition. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0821; SDCL §46-12-55; SL 2011, ch 165, §352.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-57 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-57 - Rejection of petition to change boundaries--Resolution of board--Contents.

46A-4-57. Rejection of petition to change boundaries--Resolution of board--Contents.If the board of directors deems it not in the best interests of the district that a change of its boundaries be made to include in the district the lands mentioned in the petition, the board shall reject the petition. However, if the board deems it in the best interest of the district that the boundaries of the district be changed and if no person interested in the proposed change of its boundaries shows cause in writing why the proposed change should not be made, or if having shown cause, withdraws the objection, or if having shown cause does not withdraw the objection and the board of directors deems it in the best interests of the district that the district boundaries be so changed, the board shall by resolution order that the boundaries of the district be changed to include in the district the lands mentioned in the petition, or some part of such lands. The resolution shall describe the exterior boundaries of the lands to be included within the boundaries of the district. The order shall describe the entire boundaries of the district as they will be after the boundary change, and for that purpose the board may cause a survey to be made of such portions of the boundaries as the board deems necessary. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0823; SDCL §46-12-56; SL 2011, ch 165, §353.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-58 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-58 - Land not included in irrigation district unless owner or lessee obligated to pay assessments or charges.

46A-4-58. Land not included in irrigation district unless owner or lessee obligated to pay assessments or charges.No provision of this chapter authorizes or empowers the board of directors to include any land within the district unless the owner or lessee of the land pays or obligates the land to pay the same assessments or charges as all other lands have originally paid or have been obligated for, including the cost of studies, construction, operation, and maintenance charges and the cost of water deliveries. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0809; SDCL §46-12-57; SL 1984, ch 294, §38; SL 2011, ch 165, §354.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-59 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-59 - Payment by petitioners of share of original district assessments as condition for granting petition.

46A-4-59. Payment by petitioners of share of original district assessments as condition for granting petition.The board of directors to whom a petition to include land within the district is presented may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition, that the petitioners shall severally pay to the district such prospective sums to be determined by the board, as nearly as the same can be estimated, as the petitioners or their grantors would have been required to pay to the district, as assessments, had the lands been included in the district at the time the district was originally formed. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0822; SDCL §46-12-58; SL 2011, ch 165, §355.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-60 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-60 - Board order for election on filing of protests--Publication of notice--Ballots--Boundary descriptions.

46A-4-60. Board order for election on filing of protests--Publication of notice--Ballots--Boundary descriptions.Upon the adoption of the resolution specified in §46A-4-57, if twenty-five percent of the electors of the district have made written protests against the proposed inclusion of lands within the district and have not withdrawn the protests, the board of directors shall order that an election be held within the district to determine whether the boundaries of the district shall be changed as mentioned in the resolution, and shall fix the time at which the election shall be held. The board shall cause notice of the election to be given, posted, and published, and the election shall be held and conducted. The returns of the election shall be made and canvassed, the result of the election ascertained and declared, and all things pertaining to the election conducted in the manner prescribed by chapter 46A-6 in case of a special election to determine whether bonds of an irrigation district shall be issued. The ballots cast at the election shall contain the words, "for change of boundary" or "against change of boundary," or equivalent terms. The notice of election shall describe the boundaries in such manner and terms that the boundary can be readily traced. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0824; SDCL §46-12-59; SL 1976, ch 277, §1; SL 2011, ch 165, §356.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-61 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-61 - Order of board in conformity with election results on boundary change.

46A-4-61. Order of board in conformity with election results on boundary change.If at the election a majority of all the votes cast are against the change of boundaries, the board of directors shall order that the petition be denied and may proceed no further in the matter. However, if a majority of the votes are in favor of the change, or if no election is held due to a lack of sufficient written protests as provided in §46A-4-60, the board shall order the boundaries of the district to be changed in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the board. The order shall describe the entire boundaries of the district, and for that purpose the board may cause a survey of such portions of the district to be made as the board may deem necessary. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0825; SDCL §46-12-60; SL 1976, ch 277, §2; SL 2011, ch 165, §357.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-62 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-62 - Filing and recording of order changing boundaries--Effect of change.

46A-4-62. Filing and recording of order changing boundaries--Effect of change.If the boundaries of a district are changed, a copy of the order of the board of directors ordering the change, certified by the president and secretary of the board, shall be filed for record in the office of the Board of Water and Natural Resources and also the register of deeds office of each county within which are situated any of the lands of the district. The district shall remain an irrigation district as fully, to every intent and purpose, as if the lands which are included in the district by the boundary change had been included in the district at the original organization of the district. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0826; SDCL §46-12-61; SL 2011, ch 165, §358.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-63 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-63 - Petition for change of boundaries of irrigation district--Recording in minutes of board of directors, admissibility as evidence.

46A-4-63. Petition for change of boundaries of irrigation district--Recording in minutes of board of directors, admissibility as evidence.Upon the filing of the copies of the order, as provided in §46A-4-62, the secretary shall record in the minutes of the board of directors the petition; and the minutes, or a certified copy thereof, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the petition. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0827; SDCL, §46-12-62.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-64 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-64 - Redivision of district following inclusion of land--Election precints.

46A-4-64. Redivision of district following inclusion of land--Election precints.In case of the inclusion of any land within any district by proceedings under this chapter, the board of directors shall, at least thirty days before the next succeeding general election, make an order redividing the district into three, five, or seven divisions, as nearly equal in size as may be practicable. The divisions shall be numbered, and one director shall thereafter be elected by each division. For the purposes of elections the board of directors shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the district and define the precinct boundaries. The precincts may be changed from time to time as the board deems necessary. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0829; SDCL §46-12-63; SL 2011, ch 165, §359.
SD Codified L § 46A-4-65 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 04 - Organization, Boundaries And Dissolution Of Irrigation Districts|Section 46A-4-65 - Exclusion of contiguous tracts of land from district--Petition--Contents.

46A-4-65. Exclusion of contiguous tracts of land from district--Petition--Contents.The owner in fee of any tract of land, entrymen of unpatented lands, and the secretary of the interior for unentered public lands, which constitute a portion of an irrigation district, may file with the board of directors of the district a petition praying that such tracts and any other contiguous tracts be excluded and taken from the district. The petition shall describe the boundaries of the land which the petitioners desire to have excluded from the district and also the lands of each of the petitioners that are included within the boundaries. The description of the lands need not be more particular nor certain than is required when the lands are entered in the assessment book by the county director of equalization; and the petition shall be acknowledged in the same manner and form as required in case of a conveyance of land. Source: SDC 1939, §61.0830; SDCL §46-12-64; SL 2011, ch 165, §360.