CHAPTER 231

(SB 99)

Water development district project sponsorship provisions revised.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions related to the sponsorship of projects by water development districts.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 46A-3E-7 be amended to read as follows:

     46A-3E-7.   A water development district may assist , sponsor, or construct a water resources project only if it has entered into a contract with a project sponsor. The contract . 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.

     Signed February 26, 2003.

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