61-24.5 Southwest Water Authority
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 61-24.5SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY61-24.5-01. Findings and declaration of policy. It is hereby found and declared by thelegislative assembly that many areas and localities in southwestern North Dakota do not enjoy<br>adequate quantities of high-quality drinking water. It is also found and declared that other areas<br>and localities in southwestern North Dakota do not have sufficient quantities of water to ensure a<br>dependable, long-term supply. It is further found and declared that supplementation of the water<br>resources of southwestern North Dakota, with water supplies from Lake Sakakawea and the<br>Missouri River, utilizing a pipeline transmission and delivery system, is a feasible approach to<br>provide southwestern North Dakota with a safe, good quality, dependable source, and adequate<br>quantity of water.It is further declared that opportunity for greater economic security, protection of health,property, enterprise, preservation of the benefits from the land and water resources of this state,<br>and the promotion of the prosperity and general welfare of all of the people of North Dakota<br>depends on the effective development and utilization of the land and water resources of this<br>state, and necessitate and require the exercise of the sovereign powers of the state and concern<br>a public purpose. Therefore, in order to accomplish this public purpose, it is hereby declared<br>necessary that a project to supply and distribute water to southwestern North Dakota, as<br>authorized by chapter 61-24.3, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, be<br>established and constructed, to:1.Provide for the supply and distribution of water to the people of southwestern North<br>Dakota through a pipeline transmission and delivery system for purposes including<br>domestic, rural water, municipal, livestock, light industrial, mining, and other uses,<br>with primary emphasis on domestic, rural water, and municipal uses.2.Provide for the future economic welfare and property of the people of this state, and<br>particularly the people of southwestern North Dakota, by making available waters<br>from Lake Sakakawea and the Missouri River for beneficial and public uses.It is also declared necessary to study and further develop water resources to provide adequate<br>water supplies for energy, industrial, agriculture, and other opportunities in southwest North<br>Dakota. The provisions hereof may not be construed to abrogate or limit the rights, powers,<br>duties, and functions of the state water commission or the state engineer, but must be<br>considered supplementary thereto.61-24.5-02. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwiserequires:1."Authority" means the southwest water authority.2."Board" means the board of directors of the southwest water authority.3."Person" includes any natural person, state agency, municipality, political<br>subdivision, public or private corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or<br>association.4."Southwest pipeline project" includes the project and works, or any part thereof,<br>authorized in chapter 61-24.3.5."Works" includes all property rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto and<br>deemed necessary or convenient for operation of the southwest pipeline project, all<br>water rights acquired and exercised by the authority in connection with the<br>southwest pipeline project, and all means of delivering and distributing water through<br>the utilization of a pipeline transmission and delivery system, as authorized in<br>chapter 61-24.3.Page No. 161-24.5-03. Southwest water authority created. The southwest water authority shallconsist of that part of the state which is included within the boundaries of Dunn, Stark, Golden<br>Valley, Billings, Slope, Bowman, Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, and Mercer Counties.Such authority is a governmental agency, body politic and corporate with the authority toexercise the powers specified in this chapter, or which may be reasonably implied.Any county adjoining the authority as herein created, or as hereafter composed, may joinsuch authority upon application of its board of county commissioners and the approval of such<br>application by the board of directors of the authority. The board of directors, as a condition of<br>approval of such application, may require payments as may be equitable to equalize the burden<br>of such county with the obligations paid or assumed by the other counties in the authority.61-24.5-04. Board of directors - Officers - Meetings - Compensation. The authoritymust be governed by a board of directors who must be chosen in accordance with this chapter.<br>One director must be elected from each county within the authority, two directors must be elected<br>in the city of Dickinson, and one director must be elected in the city of Mandan. The director<br>from Stark County may not be a resident of the city of Dickinson. The director from Morton<br>County may not be a resident of Mandan. The board shall elect from the directors a chairman,<br>vice chairman, and secretary. A majority of the directors constitutes a quorum for the purpose of<br>conducting the business of the board. The board shall meet at the time and place designated by<br>the secretary. Board members are entitled to receive as compensation an amount determined<br>by the board not to exceed the amount per day provided members of the legislative management<br>under section 54-35-10 and must be reimbursed for their mileage and expenses in the amount<br>provided for by sections 44-08-04 and 54-06-09.61-24.5-05. Initial board of directors. Repealed by S.L. 2001, ch. 569, </p>
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