Section 46A-14-31 - Annexation of additional areas to watershed district--Procedure.
46A-14-31. Annexation of additional areas to watershed district--Procedure. A watershed district may annex additional areas, provided that such additional areas constitute a watershed as specified for a watershed district in § 46A-14-6. Such annexation shall be accomplished by either:
(1) An initiating petition therefor by the landowners in the new area and in the existing watershed district, similar to the initiating petition specified in §§ 46A-14-5 and 46A-14-8; or
(2) An initiating petition by the landowners in the new area and a resolution by the managers of the watershed district.
Upon receipt of the initiating petitions or initiating petition and the resolution by the managers, the appropriate conservation district supervisors shall proceed with the annexation in the same manner as prescribed for creation of a new watershed district.
Source: SL 1959, ch 452, § 11; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1513 (4); SDCL, § 46-24-31.