South Dakota § 46A-5-24 - Measuring devices, placement--System for interchange of water--Duties of board of directors.
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§ 46A-5-24. Measuring devices, placement--System for interchange of water--Duties of board of directors.
Upon motion of the board of directors or upon the filing of a petition in the office of the board, signed by a majority of the electors in the district, requesting that regulations be adopted by the board permitting and providing for any of the following specific orders or changes in the method of operating its canal, the board shall immediately provide for the adoption and enforcement of the regulations. The regulations shall require:
(1) That a measuring device be placed in or near the headgate or any main diverting gate of the main canal, in order that a continuous record shall be kept by such district of the amount of water received in the canal for the use of the lands in such district;
(2) That measuring devices be placed in or near the headgate of all main laterals and distributing laterals within the district from and by which water is diverted to tracts or units of twenty acres or more, for the purpose of determining at all times the amount of water going to or being received upon any such tract of land, and requiring the superintendent of the canal to keep a separate and correct record of the amount of water delivered through each of such headgates at all times, and file the record in the office of the board of directors for public inspection; and
(3) That a system be provided for the interchange of water from one tract of land to another at the option of the owners or lessees of any lands within such district at any time, and that regulations made by the board of directors for delivering water in alternate sections of a canal or ditch do not interfere with this right.
Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0927; SDCL, § 46-13-24; SL 1993, ch 256, § 75.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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