<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 46-5-4 - Priority of appropriative rights granted since March 7, 1907. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066743Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066743SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066743CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066743Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066743DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066743000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066743SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066743SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2066743Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-5-4"><span class="s2066743SENU">46-5-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066743SENU">. </span><span class="s2066743CL">Priority of appropriative rights granted since March 7, 1907.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066743Normal-000000"><span class="s2066743DefaultParagraphFont">Appropriative rights to water granted since March 7, 1907, are in full force and effect and their respective priority dates retained according to valid legal records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066743Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066743000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066743Normal"><span class="s2066743SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066743SCL-000002"> SL 1955, ch 430, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.0108; SL 1983, ch 314, § 41.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 46-5-4 - Priority of appropriative rights granted since March 7, 1907. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066744Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066744SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066744CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066744Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2066744DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066744000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066744SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066744SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2066744Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-5-4.1"><span class="s2066744SENU">46-5-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066744SENU">. </span><span class="s2066744CL">Validation of prior licenses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066744Normal-000000"><span class="s2066744DefaultParagraphFont">Any license issued prior to January 1, 1983, by the chief engineer or the Water Management Board is hereby cured, legalized, and validated as fully as if the license had been issued in full compliance with all existing provisions of this title.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066744Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066744000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066744Normal"><span class="s2066744SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066744SCL-000002"> SL 1983, ch 314, § 60.</span></p></div></body></html>