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SD Codified L § 46A-3C-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03C - Water Development Districts--Dissolution|Section 46A-3C-6 - Elections--Conduct.

46A-3C-6. Elections--Conduct.Any election held to carry out the purposes of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, shall be conducted, canvassed, recounted, and contested as are other elections under the general laws of this state, except as otherwise herein provided. If the details concerning the conduct, canvassing, recounting, or contest of the election are not set forth within chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, and general election laws are not applicable, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to carry out the intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, with respect to elections and make possible the submission to election of any matter which by the provisions of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, is subject to a vote. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §29; SL 1987, ch 328, §3; SL 1993, ch 256, §68.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-1 - Office of district--Employees.

46A-3D-1. Office of district--Employees.A water development district board of directors may equip, maintain, and operate an office within the water development district as its principal place of business and establish other offices as necessary. The board of directors may appoint and fix compensation of any employees deemed necessary by the board of directors to conduct the business and affairs of the water development district and to carry out the intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. No employee of the water development district may hold office as a water development district director while so employed. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §32.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-2 - Group insurance for employees.

46A-3D-2. Group insurance for employees.A water development district board of directors may enter into group hospital and medical insurance contracts for protection and benefit of their employees and the immediate families of such employees. The board may pay all or part of the necessary premiums for its employees. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §33; SL 1987, ch 332, §1.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-3 - Records required of districts--Public inspection.

46A-3D-3. Records required of districts--Public inspection.A water development district board of directors shall keep accurate minutes of its meetings and accurate records and books of account clearly setting forth and reflecting the operations, management, and business of the district. The minutes, records, and books shall be kept at the principal place of business of the water development district and shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business hours. The minutes shall be distributed to the official newspapers of the water development district. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §35; SL 2020, ch 196, § 3.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-4 - Fiscal year--Audit--Report--Publication of notice.

46A-3D-4. Fiscal year--Audit--Report--Publication of notice.The fiscal year of the water development district shall coincide with the calendar year. At the close of each year of business in which the district's revenues exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars, the district board shall obtain an audit by the Department of Legislative Audit, or an auditor approved by the Department of Legislative Audit, of the books, records, and financial affairs of the water development district. A written report of the audit shall be kept on file in the principal place of business of the water development district and a copy of the report shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Notice of availability of the audit report shall be promptly published in the official newspapers of the water development district. A water development district with two hundred fifty thousand dollars or less in annual revenue may submit an annual report in lieu of a formal audit. The report shall be submitted to the auditor-general on forms prescribed by the Department of Legislative Audit. The auditor-general may audit the books and records of any office or officer of any water development district if it is requested by the district's board of directors or if the auditor-general finds that special reasons exist. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §36; SL 2012, ch 218, §1.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-5 - Actions by and against boards of directors.

46A-3D-5. Actions by and against boards of directors.The water development district board of directors may sue and be sued in the name of the water development district. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §37.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-6 - Contracting power of boards.

46A-3D-6. Contracting power of boards.The water development district board of directors may cooperate or contract with any individual, state, or subdivision thereof or federal agency or private or public corporation to carry out the intent and purposes of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §38.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-7 - Insurance authorized.

46A-3D-7. Insurance authorized.A water development district board of directors may carry public liability insurance protecting the directors and employees against liability suits brought against them for acts or omissions while performing their duties as directors or employees. The board may carry other insurance as deemed necessary by the board to protect the water development district and its property. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §39.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-8 - Property acquisition and disposition.

46A-3D-8. Property acquisition and disposition.A water development district board of directors may acquire by purchase or lease all real and other property as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. The board may hold and use the property, lease or otherwise dispose of any part or parcel thereof, or sell the property if it is no longer needed. The water development district board shall follow the procedures in chapters 6-13 and 7-30 for the sale, exchange, leasing, and disposal of property. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §40; SL 1989, ch 30, §75.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-9 - Eminent domain.

46A-3D-9. Eminent domain.A water development district board of directors may exercise the power of eminent domain for acquiring and securing any right, title, interest, estate, or easement necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, if the district is unable to acquire it by negotiation. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §41.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-10 - Acceptance of funds, property, and services.

46A-3D-10. Acceptance of funds, property, and services.A water development district board of directors may accept funds, property, and services or other assistance, financial or otherwise, from federal, state, and other public or private sources to carry out the purposes and intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §42.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-11 - Designation of legal newspapers.

46A-3D-11. Designation of legal newspapers.Each year each water development district board shall designate legal newspapers of general circulation published within the water development district as official newspapers of the water development district. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §43.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-12 - Accumulation of capital reserve fund.

46A-3D-12. Accumulation of capital reserve fund.To carry out the purposes and intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, a water development district may accumulate funds in a capital reserve fund established by resolution by the directors. The accumulated funds may not revert at the end of a fiscal year and the water development district directors may make expenditures from the capital reserve fund as they deem necessary, consistent with the purposes and intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §44.
SD Codified L § 46A-3D-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03D - Water Development Districts--Powers And Duties|Section 46A-3D-13 - Federal wildlife mitigation requirements.

46A-3D-13. Federal wildlife mitigation requirements.It is the intent of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, that any land used to satisfy federal wildlife mitigation requirements for a project shall be within the water development district benefiting from that project. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §66.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-1 - Tax levies.

46A-3E-1. Tax levies.A water development district board of directors may levy taxes, not to exceed thirty cents per thousand dollars of taxable valuation in the district, for accomplishment of the purposes of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, and chapters 46A-1 and 46A-2. If an area is included in more than one water development district, that area's tax levy payable to each of the water development districts shall be determined by multiplying the greater of the overlapping water development districts' levies by each water development district's taxing fraction. Each water development district's taxing fraction is determined by dividing that water development district's proposed tax levy for the overlapped area by the sum of all water development districts' levies for the overlapped area. Any water development district for which boundaries are revised under §§46A-3A-2 to 46A-3A-7.1, inclusive, is not considered a new taxing district. If any water development district levied a tax pursuant to chapter 10-13 in a manner used by a new taxing district for taxes payable in 2010, such water development district shall revert to the amount of revenue payable to the district for taxes payable in 2009 including any excess levy approved pursuant to §10-13-36 before July 1, 2002. The water development district may adjust the maximum amount of revenue payable for property taxes based on the growth and index factor for each year thereafter. Any excess levy approved by the water development district pursuant to §10-13-36 before July 1, 2002, is null and void. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §45; SL 1989, ch 87, §15J; SL 1998, ch 269, §3; SL 2008, ch 232, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; SL 2010, ch 216, §1.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-2 - Special assessments.

46A-3E-2. Special assessments.A water development district board of directors may make special assessments against real property specially benefited by a project, provided that the persons seeking the assessment or an entity authorized to act on their behalf have contractually agreed to the special assessments as a means of providing local funding. There shall be filed with the water development district board of directors a petition in a form approved by the Board of Water and Natural Resources signed by sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the owners of real property to be assessed. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §46.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-3 - Contractual agreement of landowner for special assessment.

46A-3E-3. Contractual agreement of landowner for special assessment.Only those landowners who contractually agree for special assessments to finance a water delivery project may be specially assessed. The provisions of §46A-3E-4 notwithstanding, any person who wishes to join a water delivery project after a petition has been filed with the water development district board of directors pursuant to §46A-3E-4 may contractually agree to join the project. However, a person contractually joining a water delivery project late may be required to make special payments in addition to special assessments in order to bear the person's fair share of project costs. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §47A; SL 2011, ch 165, §329.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-4 - Hearing on special assessment--Notice--Resolution of intent.

46A-3E-4. Hearing on special assessment--Notice--Resolution of intent.Upon receipt of a petition requesting a special assessment, a water development district board of directors shall hold a hearing on the question. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published at least once each week for two consecutive weeks before the hearing in the official newspapers of the water development district. The last publication shall be at least ten days prior to the hearing. If, after hearing, the board of directors determines that the project is consistent with the best interests of the water development district, it may adopt a resolution of intent to specially assess. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §48.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-5 - Notice of resolution of intent to specially assess.

46A-3E-5. Notice of resolution of intent to specially assess.Within twenty days after adoption of a resolution of intent to specially assess, a water development district board of directors shall give written notice to owners of real property described in the resolution. Owners entitled to notice are those listed as the owners of the real property to be assessed in the records in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the real property is located. If real property is sold under a contract for deed which is of record in the office of the register of deeds, both the landowner and the purchaser of the land, as named in the contract for deed, shall be treated as owners.Notice shall be by registered or certified mail, shall be effective upon the date mailed, and shall contain the following:(1)A description of the contract under which the assessment is to be made;(2)A legal description of the real property of the affected owner to be specially assessed;(3)A description of the nature of the benefit to be returned to the property; and(4)Notice of the right to protest by petition. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §49; SL 1986, ch 375, §1; SL 1987, ch 29, §33; SL 1987, ch 333, §1.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-6 - Effective date of assessment in absence of protest--Form of protest.

46A-3E-6. Effective date of assessment in absence of protest--Form of protest.Special assessments by water development districts are effective thirty days after adoption of the resolution of intent to specially assess, unless a written protest is filed with the office of the water development district within thirty days of adoption of the resolution, excluding the date of adoption. The written protest shall be in the form of a petition signed by not less than sixty percent of the owners of real property described in the resolution of intent to specially assess. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §50; SL 1986, ch 375, §2; SL 1987, ch 333, §2.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-7 - Contract required for district participation in project--Approval.

46A-3E-7. Contract required for district participation in project--Approval.A water development district may assist, sponsor, or construct a water resources project. Each project shall conform to the provisions of §46A-2-3, which provides that specific areas shall finance those phases of water resources development that provide general benefits to people in such areas, that direct beneficiaries shall finance those phases of water resources development that provide water for their use or that protect or enhance the value of their property, and that administrative jurisdiction and responsibility for the various phases of water resources development are related to such variable degrees of benefits. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §51; SL 1998, ch 269, §4; SL 2003, ch 231, §1.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-8 - Levies and assessments to cover obligations--Restrictions on obligations.

46A-3E-8. Levies and assessments to cover obligations--Restrictions on obligations.A water development district board of directors may levy taxes and special assessments, as provided and limited in chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, to cover obligations contained in contracts with the United States, or any agency thereof, with agencies of the State of South Dakota, or with any other entity, public or private, to accomplish the purposes of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. Except for special assessments, however, a water development district may not obligate any funds or revenues that are not to be collected or on hand during the fiscal year in which the obligation is incurred. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §52.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-9 - Collection of levies and assessments--Deposit of proceeds--Disbursement--Assurance of payment of contract obligations.

46A-3E-9. Collection of levies and assessments--Deposit of proceeds--Disbursement--Assurance of payment of contract obligations.Pursuant to the provisions of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, a water development district board of directors may levy a tax or special assessments or both against taxable property within the boundaries of the water development district, to be collected by the appropriate tax listing entities in accordance with the procedures outlined in chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. Collections from the tax shall be deposited monthly with the water development district treasurer by the appropriate tax collecting officials. The water development district treasurer shall deposit the funds received from the appropriate tax collecting officials in depositories designated by the water development district board of directors. Disbursements from the designated depository account shall be made upon orders duly drawn by the water development district treasurer pursuant to procedures adopted by the board of directors and are to be used in performing the duties prescribed for the water development district board of directors by the provisions of chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive. However, any agreement or contract entered into by the water development district board of directors on behalf of any irrigation district, drainage district, watershed district, municipality, county, township, or other entity of state government shall be secured by the taxing or assessment power of such public entity and such agreement or contract, entered into by the district board of directors with or on behalf of a soil conservation district, water user district, or other nontaxing public entity shall provide for other assurance of payment satisfactory to the water development district board of directors. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §53; SL 1993, ch 256, §69.
SD Codified L § 46A-3E-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 03E - Water Development Districts--Tax Levies And Special Assessments|Section 46A-3E-10 - Budgets--Annual report--Hearing--Notice--Adoption.

46A-3E-10. Budgets--Annual report--Hearing--Notice--Adoption.The board of directors of a water development district shall at the time of the organization of the board and annually thereafter on a date established by the district, but before the first of October, adopt a budget and prepare an operations and budget report. The report shall present estimates and itemizations of all the expenses and obligations of the water development district, including expenses of directors, expenses of operating the office, debt service and retirement, and obligations and liabilities to the United States. Before approval of the budget by the district board of directors, a public hearing shall be held. Notice of the hearing shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in the water development district's official newspapers. The notice shall state the time and place of the hearing, its purpose, and that at the hearing all persons interested may appear, either in person or by representative, and be heard and given an opportunity for a full and complete discussion of all items in the budget. With the first notice, the budget shall be published in a form approved by the auditor general. At the conclusion of the hearing, the water development district board may eliminate or amend any portion of the budget before adoption. Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, §54; SL 1986, ch 372, §2; SL 1997, ch 255, §7; SL 2011, ch 165, §330; SL 2012, ch 217, §4.