46-6-9.1. Well driller or well pump installer license--Revocation.
The chief engineer may initiate an action before the Water Management Board to revoke the license of any well driller or well pump installer upon refusal by the driller to properly complete any well or well pump installation in accordance with rules governing well construction or well pump installation or upon violation of this title, or any rule or order promulgated pursuant to this title. Any action for the revocation of a well driller's or well pump installer's license shall comply with the provisions of §1-26-19. A well driller or well pump installer whose license has been revoked may not apply for a new license sooner than six months after the effective date of the revocation.
Source: SL 1983, ch 314, §99; SL 2001, ch 241, §7.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06 - Groundwater And Wells
Section 46-6-1 - Vested rights defined.
Section 46-6-3 - Appropriation of groundwater authorized.
Section 46-6-6 - Collection, preservation, and publication of data on underground water.
Section 46-6-6.1 - Rules and regulations governing large capacity wells--Criteria and contents.
Section 46-6-9 - Well driller license--Fee--Issuance.
Section 46-6-9.1 - Well driller or well pump installer license--Revocation.
Section 46-6-9.3 - Well pump installer license--Fee--Issuance.
Section 46-6-9.4 - Certain persons exempt from well pump installer license requirements.
Section 46-6-11 - Records of well construction required.
Section 46-6-12 - Inspection of wells by chief engineer or state geologist.
Section 46-6-13 - Measurement of flow and pressure of wells by chief engineer.
Section 46-6-14 - Waste of water from large capacity well prohibited.
Section 46-6-16 - Uncontrolled artesian well from oil and gas exploration--Notice to chief engineer.
Section 46-6-18 - Plugging abandoned or forfeited well by owner--"Owner" defined.
Section 46-6-20 - Rules and regulations of board relating to wells.
Section 46-6-21 - Control of large capacity well required.
Section 46-6-24 - Liability for damages to domestic and municipal wells.
Section 46-6-25 - Domestic and municipal well protection--Enforceability--Fees and costs.
Section 46-6-27 - Plugging, sealing, or capping abandoned wells required--Rules.
Section 46-6-28 - Geological survey to plug unused wells.
Section 46-6-29 - Plugging or controlling large capacity well by chief engineer--Costs.
Section 46-6-31 - Plugging or controlling well by chief engineer--Bidding provisions.