46A-4-14. District divided into divisions by board--Size and number--Election of directors--Terms--Assessment of property within district.

The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall make an order by resolution dividing the proposed district into three, five, or seven divisions as nearly equal in size as practicable. However, if the proposed irrigation district includes less than fifty electors, the board may establish the number of directors at not less than three and may permit the directors to be elected at large within the boundaries of the district. The board shall establish staggered terms of one to three years for the directors to be elected at the first election and all directors shall be elected for three-year terms thereafter. The county director of equalization shall assess the property within a district pursuant to this chapter.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0802; SL 1947, ch 417, § 2; SDCL, § 46-12-14; SL 1976, ch 275, § 2; SL 1984, ch 294, § 14; SL 1989, ch 82, § 35; SL 1991, ch 17 (Ex. Ord. 91-4), § 17.



SDLRC - Codified Law 46A-4-14 - District divided into divisions by board--Size and number--Election of directors--Terms--Assessment of property within district.

46A-4-14.1. Division representing tribal or trust lands--Excepted from chapter.

In any existing or proposed irrigation district containing Indian tribal or trust lands, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall establish one division to represent all such tribal and trust lands upon application of any holder of Indian trust land, including an Indian tribe. The appropriate tribe shall appoint the director for that division and shall fill any vacancy in that office. If a holder of trust lands who has applied for inclusion within the district does not wish to be represented by the tribal representative, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall include the land in one of the other divisions of the district. The other provisions of this chapter pertaining to the nomination of director candidates, the election of directors, and the filling of vacant director positions do not apply to the division representing tribal and trust lands or to any director or candidate for director for the division representing tribal or trust lands.

Source: SL 1986, ch 376, § 2.