Section 46A-2-37 - Construction of conservancy district law--Supplementary to laws governing watermanagement board--Laws relating to irrigation, conservancy, drainage, soil conservation,or watershed d
46A-2-37. Construction of conservancy district law--Supplementary to laws governing water management board--Laws relating to irrigation, conservancy, drainage, soil conservation, or watershed districts unaffected. The provisions of this chapter and chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, shall not be construed to, in any manner, abrogate or limit the rights, powers, duties, and functions of the State Water Management Board, but shall be held to be supplementary thereto and in aid thereof. Nor shall said chapters be construed as limiting or in any way affecting the laws of this state relating to the organization and maintenance of irrigation districts, water user districts, drainage districts, soil conservation districts, or watershed districts, nor from infringing upon or establishing any rights superior to any existing water rights, nor as precluding the establishment of any such or similar public entity wholly or in part within the boundaries of the district created by this chapter.
Source: SL 1959, ch 453, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1402; SDCL, § 46-17-30; SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 65.