<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 46A-3C-3 - Approval of petition--Referral to election.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 46A-3C-3 - Approval of petition--Referral to election."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 46A-3C-3 - Approval of petition--Referral to election."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/46A-3C-3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-3C-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298SENU">46A-3C-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298SENU">. </span><span class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298CL">Approval of petition--Referral to election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298Statute"><span class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298DefaultParagraphFont">Upon presentation of a petition to the Board of Water and Natural Resources, proposing that a water development district be dissolved, the board must determine whether the petition is in compliance with all legal requirements. If the board determines that the petition is in compliance, the board must, by resolution, approve the petition and refer the question to the voters of the water development district at the next general election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3f16dbb35f6e4d2baad9a203f1389298SCL">SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 26; SL 2025, ch 186, § 35.</span></p></div></body></html>