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SD Codified L § 46A-1-2.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-2.1 - Legislative finding--Preferred, priority objectives.

46A-1-2.1. Legislative finding--Preferred, priority objectives.The Legislature finds that the following water resources projects are necessary for the general welfare of the people of the State of South Dakota and authorizes the projects pursuant to §46A-1-2 to be included in the state water resources management system to serve as the preferred, priority objectives of the state: Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project, Big Sioux flood control study, hydrology and water management studies to manage and protect state water resources for current and future generations, Cendak irrigation project, Gregory County pumped storage site, Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II irrigation unit, Lewis and Clark rural water system, Sioux Falls flood control project, and Vermillion basin flood control project. Source: SL 1988, ch 362, § 17; SL 1989, ch 385, § 19; SL 1994, ch 346, § 13; SL 2000, ch 218, § 6; SL 2004, ch 52, § 4, eff. Feb. 25, 2004; SL 2006, ch 227, § 2, eff. Feb. 17, 2006; SL 2008, ch 235, § 7, eff. Feb. 27, 2008; SL 2011, ch 200, § 11, eff. Mar. 15, 2011; SL 2012, ch 221, § 3, eff. Mar. 2, 2012; SL 2015, ch 224, § 1, eff. Mar. 12, 2015; SL 2020, ch 194, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 2020.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-4 - Water rights not affected by chapter.

46A-1-4. Water rights not affected by chapter.The enactment of this chapter does not create any right to water or the use of water and does not affect any existing legislation with respect to water or water rights, except as expressly provided in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter affects vested water rights. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §4; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-57; SL 2011, ch 165, §285.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-7 - Establishment of state policy on water facilities--Recommended comments on federal policy.

46A-1-7. Establishment of state policy on water facilities--Recommended comments on federal policy.The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall establish the statewide policy on all multi-purpose water facilities, and shall maintain readiness to recommend significant factors to the Governor or his designated representative concerning official comments on behalf of the State of South Dakota pursuant to any requirements of federal law. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §13; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-12.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-8 - Resolution of conflicting interests.

46A-1-8. Resolution of conflicting interests.The objectives and purposes to be served by the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall be to resolve conflicting special interests of federal, state, and local agencies or entities or private interests in proposed water projects, including federal projects and the designation and preservation of certain rivers or portions thereof as scenic rivers so that the public interest in such project proposals will be protected and enhanced, optimum over-all benefits will accrue to the people of South Dakota, and maximum consideration of all needs and desires in such water projects will be ensured, especially in those involving multiple purposes such as combinations of irrigation, flood control, navigation, electric power, domestic and stock water, municipal and industrial water supplies, lake stabilization, pollution control, water quality enhancement, fish and wildlife, recreation, groundwater recharge, erosion control, or other beneficial purposes and uses. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §14; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-13.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-10 - Recommendations to Governor and Legislature as to facilities needed in water resources management system.

46A-1-10. Recommendations to Governor and Legislature as to facilities needed in water resources management system.Upon submission of the statewide water plan to the Governor and the Legislature by the Board of Water and Natural Resources, or prior or subsequent thereto as conditions may warrant, the board shall recommend to the Governor and the Legislature those portions of the statewide water plan, including a list of proposed wild, scenic, or recreational rivers, considered to be necessary for the needs and general welfare of the people of the State of South Dakota with a request that the Legislature establish such recommended water facilities as the State Water Resources Management System, said system to serve as the preferred, priority objectives and guidelines for all efforts to accomplish optimum water resources management in this state. No project in the State Water Resources Management System may also be in the state water facilities plan. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §16; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-15; SL 1986, ch 291, §1A.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-11 - Estimates of costs and revenues from proposed water facilities--Requests for legislative authorization of construction.

46A-1-11. Estimates of costs and revenues from proposed water facilities--Requests for legislative authorization of construction.If the Board of Water and Natural Resources determines that it is necessary to carry out any of the objects and purposes of the water plan, through the construction of a water facility that has been established by the Legislature as a part of the State Water Resources Management System, the board shall, in cooperation with such federal, state, and local agencies or entities or private interests as may be concerned, prepare preliminary cost estimates, estimates of resources, if any, to be contributed from all other sources to aid in the construction, and estimates of the revenues that might be anticipated from the facility from all purposes and functions. The board shall adopt a resolution declaring that the public interest and necessity require the carrying out of these objects and purposes and requesting that the Legislature authorize the construction of this part of the State Water Resources Management System. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §17; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-16; SL 2011, ch 165, §287.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-12 - Allocation of benefits and costs among governmental and private interests--Determination of priorities.

46A-1-12. Allocation of benefits and costs among governmental and private interests--Determination of priorities.The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall make a comprehensive evaluation and allocation of the comparative benefits and costs of all water facilities included in the State Water Resources Management System among and between the various levels of government and private interests in accordance with §46A-2-3. Its recommendations shall include with respect to each such facility the amount or amounts to be shared by each and every level of beneficial user and may provide that the state's share will be apportioned over a period of years and may be funded by appropriations or as may otherwise be provided. These benefit-cost ratios shall be set forth in detail.The board shall formulate and determine the priority or priorities of any or all such facilities and the sufficient financing thereof. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §18; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-17; SL 1986, ch 291, §1.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13 - Presentation of cost data to Governor and Legislature--Requests for financing authorization.

46A-1-13. Presentation of cost data to Governor and Legislature--Requests for financing authorization.The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall present the findings of benefits, costs, cost-sharing, and other pertinent factors to the Governor and the Legislature, and shall request legislative appropriations and other means of financing state government's share of the costs of the water facilities as may be authorized by the Legislature for construction. Source: SL 1972, ch 241, §19; SDCL Supp, §46-17A-18.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.2 - Authorization of Belle Fourche irrigation rehabilitation project--Financial assistance limited.

46A-1-13.2. Authorization of Belle Fourche irrigation rehabilitation project--Financial assistance limited.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of a fourteen million dollar Belle Fourche Irrigation Rehabilitation Project as generally described in the report entitled "Analysis of Request for Additional Funding Costs and Priority Summary" dated January 1994, is hereby authorized for the purpose of stabilizing crop and forage production in central western South Dakota to offset the effects of drought conditions which naturally devastate South Dakota's economic viability.The Board of Water and Natural Resources may provide financial assistance in amounts not to exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Belle Fourche Irrigation Rehabilitation Project to provide the nonfederal matching requirements for the project authorized pursuant to P.L. 103-434 as amended to January 1, 1995. No disbursements may be made under the loans authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in conformance with §46A-1-61. Source: SL 1995, ch 251, §24.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.4 - Authorization of Mni Wiconi rural system--Loans--Accrual of interest.

46A-1-13.4. Authorization of Mni Wiconi rural system--Loans--Accrual of interest.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of a two hundred sixty-three million two hundred forty-one thousand dollar ($263,241,000) Mni Wiconi Rural Water System as generally described in the report "Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project Final Engineering Report" dated May 21, 1993, is hereby authorized for the purpose of providing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies as well as promoting benefits to fish and wildlife and the natural environment of South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the Rosebud Indian Reservation, the Lower Brule Indian Reservation and in the counties of Stanley, Haakon, Lyman, Jones, Jackson, Mellette, and Pennington.The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water System to provide the nonfederal matching requirements as enumerated in P.L. 100-516 as amended on January 1, 1995, through the State Water Resources Management System revolving loan program. Therefore, all grants authorized for expenditure out of the South Dakota Water and Environment for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water System since January 1, 1989, shall convert to loans.The Board of Water and Natural Resources may provide loans under the State Water Resources Management System revolving loan program in amounts not to exceed a total of twelve million nine hundred one thousand eight hundred dollars ($12,901,800) to the Mni Wiconi Rural Water System to provide the nonfederal matching requirements for the West River Rural Water System component and the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System component as enumerated in P.L. 100-516 as amended on January 1, 1995. No disbursements may be made under the loans authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in conformance with §46A-1-61.Notwithstanding the provisions of §46A-1-66 no interest may accrue until the Board of Water and Natural Resources certifies the completion of the construction of the project as authorized. The initial loan repayment shall be due and payable one year following the certification of construction completion. Loan terms and conditions shall be set by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.The loans authorized by this section may be increased or decreased by such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred after October 1, 1992, as indicated by engineering costs indices applicable for the type of construction involved. Source: SL 1992, ch 254, §13; SL 1995, ch 251, §28.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.6 - Authorization of Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II Irrigation Project--Research demonstration project required--Loans authorized--Indian lands exempted from payments.

46A-1-13.6. Authorization of Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II Irrigation Project--Research demonstration project required--Loans authorized--Indian lands exempted from payments.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of a one hundred seventy-five million dollar Lake Andes-Wagner Irrigation Project, as generally described in the report "Planning Report/Environmental Statement" dated September 1985 and a twenty-four million dollar Marty II Irrigation Project as generally described in the report "Planning Report and Environmental Assessment" dated January 1990 is hereby authorized for the purpose of stabilizing crop and forage production in south central South Dakota to offset the effects of drought conditions which naturally devastate South Dakota's economic viability.Prior to construction of the authorized Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II Irrigation Project the Legislature finds it necessary and prudent to develop accurate and quantitative means of addressing the reliable drainage requirements with respect to glacial till soils and to develop sound management practices that are beneficial to all irrigation in South Dakota. This phase of the project shall hereby be referred to as the Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II Research Demonstration Program and shall conclude when the Legislature and the United States Congress accept a final report.The Board of Water and Natural Resources may provide loans under the State Water Management Resources System revolving loan program in amounts not to exceed a total of seven million dollars to the Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II Irrigation Project to provide the nonfederal requirements for the federally authorized project. No disbursements may be made under the loans authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in conformance with §46A-1-61.Indian lands shall be exempted from any payments due to the State of South Dakota. Notwithstanding the provisions of §46A-1-66, no interest may accrue until the Board of Water and Natural Resources certifies the completion of the construction of the project as authorized. The initial loan repayment shall be due and payable one year following the certification of construction completion. Loan terms and conditions shall be set by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.The loans authorized by this section may be increased or decreased by such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred after October 1, 1989, as indicated by engineering costs indices applicable for the type of construction involved. Source: SL 1992, ch 254, §14.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.7 - Sioux Falls Flood Control Project authorized.

46A-1-13.7. Sioux Falls Flood Control Project authorized.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of a twenty-six million nine hundred thousand dollar Sioux Falls Flood Control Project as generally described in the report "Draft Feasibility Report--Local Flood Protection Big Sioux River and Skunk Creek at Sioux Falls, South Dakota" dated September 1991 is hereby authorized for the purpose of providing flood control protection along the Big Sioux River and Skunk Creek in the city of Sioux Falls. Source: SL 1992, ch 254, §17.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.8 - Black Hills Water Management Project and Black Hills Hydrology Study authorized.

46A-1-13.8. Black Hills Water Management Project and Black Hills Hydrology Study authorized.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, the ten million dollar Black Hills Water Management Project and the Black Hills Hydrology Study are hereby authorized for the purpose of assessing and meeting present and future water needs in the counties of Butte, Meade, Lawrence, Pennington, Custer, and Fall River. Source: SL 1992, ch 254, §18.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.10 - Lewis and Clark Rural Water System authorized.

46A-1-13.10. Lewis and Clark Rural Water System authorized.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of the South Dakota project features of a two hundred seventy-two million eight hundred thousand dollar Lewis and Clark Rural Water System as generally described in the report "Feasibility Level Evaluation of a Missouri River Regional Water Supply for South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota" dated September 1993, is hereby authorized for the purposes of providing safe and adequate municipal, rural and industrial water supplies as well as mitigation of wetlands and water conservation in the counties of Union, Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Minnehaha, McCook, and Lake.There is hereby authorized state grants in the amount of nineteen million six hundred eighty-five thousand dollars ($19,685,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, to provide the State of South Dakota's portion of the nonfederal matching requirement for the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System. No disbursements may be made under the grant authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature. Grant terms and conditions shall be set by the Board of Water and Natural Resources.The grant authorized by this section may be increased or decreased by such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred after September 1993, as indicated by engineering costs indices applicable for the type of construction involved.For purposes of §1.103-1 of the federal income tax regulations, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. is hereby recognized as a corporation authorized to act on behalf of its members, including its South Dakota member governmental units, to provide drinking water to their communities, and to issue debt obligations in its own name on behalf of some or all of its members. However, no South Dakota member governmental unit is liable for the payment of principal of or interest on such obligations. Source: SL 1993, ch 48, §41; SL 2001, ch 242, §6; SL 2003, ch 233, §2; SL 2007, ch 256, §2, eff. Feb. 28, 2007; SL 2008, ch 235, §2, eff. Feb. 27, 2008.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.11 - Southern Black Hills Water System authorized.

46A-1-13.11. Southern Black Hills Water System authorized.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of a seventy-seven million eight hundred thousand dollar Southern Black Hills Water System as generally described in the report "Southern Black Hills Water System Preliminary Engineering Report", dated February, 2005, is hereby authorized for the purposes of providing safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies in the counties of Custer, Fall River, and Pennington.There is hereby authorized from the South Dakota water and environment fund established pursuant to §46A-1-60, a grant in the amount of twelve million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to provide the State of South Dakota's portion of the nonfederal matching requirement for the Southern Black Hills Water System. No disbursements may be made under the grant authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in conformance with §46A-1-61. Funds appropriated for the Southern Black Hills Water System since January 1, 2006, shall be considered as part of the State of South Dakota's portion of the match requirement. Grant terms and conditions shall be set by the Board of Water and Natural Resources. Source: SL 2010, ch 217, §3, eff. Mar. 23, 2010.
SD Codified L § 46A-1-13.12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 46A - Water Management|Chapter 01 - State Water Resources Management|Section 46A-1-13.12 - Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project authorized.

46A-1-13.12. Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project authorized.Pursuant to §§46A-1-11 to 46A-1-13, inclusive, construction of a five million dollar Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project to include replacement of the Indian Creek siphon, the Horse Creek siphon, the north canal control house, and the south canal control house, repair of the Belle Fourche River siphon, and removal of sediment from the south canal intake is hereby authorized for the purpose of stabilizing crop and forage production in central western South Dakota to offset the effects of drought conditions which naturally devastate South Dakota's economic viability.The Board of Water and Natural Resources may provide loans under the state water resources management system revolving loan program in amounts not to exceed a total of two million five hundred thousand dollars to the Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project. No disbursements may be made under the loans authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in conformance with §46A-1-61. Notwithstanding the provisions of §46A-1-66, no interest may accrue until the Board of Water and Natural Resources certifies the completion of the construction of the project as authorized. The initial loan repayment is due and payable one year following the certification of construction completion. Loan terms and conditions shall be set by the Board of Water and Natural Resources. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§46A-6-31 to 46A-6-38, inclusive, no court approval or confirmation of the loans is required.The Board of Water and Natural Resources may provide grants in amounts not to exceed two million five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project. No disbursements may be made under the grant authorized by this section unless funds are appropriated by the Legislature in conformance with §46A-1-61.The loan and grant authorized by this section may be increased or decreased by such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs incurred after January 1, 2012, as indicated by engineering costs indices applicable for the type of construction involved. Source: SL 2012, ch 221, §4, eff. Mar. 2, 2012.