South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 14 - Watershed Districts
Section 46A-14-60 - Annual general tax levy against land and buildings--Maximum amount.

46A-14-60. Annual general tax levy against land and buildings--Maximum amount.
When adopting a financing plan or levying taxes to cover the estimated costs of district business, including costs relating to implementing the general plan of improvements, as provided in §§46A-14-51 and 46A-14-54 to 46A-14-59, inclusive, and operations and maintenance expense as provided in §46A-14-66 to 46A-14-69, inclusive, no annual general tax levy against taxable land and buildings within the district may exceed the amount that can be collected by a one-mill levy. This limitation does not apply to special assessments nor to assessments required to meet payments, including interest, on district bonds.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, §30; SL 1959, ch 452, §24; SDC Supp 1960, §61.1530 (1); SDCL §46-24-59; SL 2011, ch 165, §528; SL 2013, ch 228, §44.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 46A - Water Management

Chapter 14 - Watershed Districts

Section 46A-14-1 - Purpose of chapter--Construction and administration.

Section 46A-14-2 - Definition of terms.

Section 46A-14-4 - Conservation purposes supporting establishment.

Section 46A-14-4.1 - Functions and duties of commission.

Section 46A-14-5 - Initiating petition for establishment--Filing--Signatures required.

Section 46A-14-6 - Boundaries of district--Contiguous land ownerships.

Section 46A-14-7 - Inclusion of municipality.

Section 46A-14-8 - Initiating petition--Contents.

Section 46A-14-11 - Duties of supervisors on receipt of initiating petition.

Section 46A-14-13 - Time and place for hearing on initiating petition--Publication of notice--Contents.

Section 46A-14-14 - Hearing by conservation district on petition--Right of interested persons to be heard.

Section 46A-14-15 - Determination that public interest would be served by creation of district--Election on question.

Section 46A-14-15.1 - Eligible voter defined.

Section 46A-14-16 - Referendum unnecessary where petition signed by sixty percent of eligible voters.

Section 46A-14-26 - Organization to proceed on sixty percent favorable vote--New proposal permitted on defeat.

Section 46A-14-28 - Name of district--Perpetual existence--Findings and order--Political subdivision.

Section 46A-14-30 - Boundaries--Minor adjustments by managers without referendum--Exception.

Section 46A-14-31 - Annexation of additional areas to watershed district--Procedure.

Section 46A-14-32 - Combining of two or more watershed districts into one district--Procedure.

Section 46A-14-33 - Abolishment of original watershed district upon combining districts or annexing additional territory--Certification to secretary of state.

Section 46A-14-34 - Powers of district.

Section 46A-14-35 - Oath of office of managers--Filing with conservation district.

Section 46A-14-36 - Officers--Records--Transaction of district's business.

Section 46A-14-37 - Annual election of managers--Terms of office.

Section 46A-14-38 - Candidates for board of managers--Filing of application--Qualifications.

Section 46A-14-39 - Vacancies on board--Appointments--Terms of office.

Section 46A-14-39.1 - Watershed district--Reactivation--Hearing.

Section 46A-14-39.2 - Reactivated watershed district--Implementation of new tax levy.

Section 46A-14-40 - Advisory committee--Appointment by board of managers--Number of members--Duties.

Section 46A-14-41 - Appointment of personnel--Performance bond.

Section 46A-14-42 - Compensation of board members--Limitation.

Section 46A-14-43 - Duties of board of managers--Adoption of seal--Record of business transacted--Bylaws and regulations, adoption--Meetings, notice.

Section 46A-14-43.1 - District bylaws may be proposed by petition--Approval by board and special election.

Section 46A-14-45 - Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.

Section 46A-14-46 - Vested drainage rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.

Section 46A-14-47 - General improvement plan--Consultation with advisory committee and supervisors of conservation districts--Contents--Steering committee preparation of preliminary plan.

Section 46A-14-48 - Determination of priority of specific projects--Surveys of work--Estimates--Reports of engineer, filing, public inspection.

Section 46A-14-51 - Examination of and hearings on plans--Resolution as to payment of costs by general tax levy, special assessment, or improvement bonds--List of benefited lands and owners.

Section 46A-14-53 - Contract with conservation districts for funding.

Section 46A-14-54 - Publication of resolution and notice of hearing--Apportionment of benefits.

Section 46A-14-55 - Hearing and referendum on financing arrangements.

Section 46A-14-56 - Referendum on financing arrangements--Eligibility to vote--Counting of votes.

Section 46A-14-57 - Annual payments by municipality to district in lieu of tax or special assessment levies--Favorable vote by voters of municipality required.

Section 46A-14-58 - Resolution approving tax or assessment levy--Detailed reports.

Section 46A-14-59 - Assessed valuation for district tax purposes--Limitation on land taxed.

Section 46A-14-60 - Annual general tax levy against land and buildings--Maximum amount.

Section 46A-14-61 - Taxes collected by county officials--Delivery to district secretary-treasurer.

Section 46A-14-62 - Interested party aggrieved by apportionment of benefits or levy of taxes and assessments--Appeal, procedure.

Section 46A-14-63 - No-fund warrants to pay district obligations--Limitation on amounts.

Section 46A-14-64 - Long-term financing arrangement authorized by voters--Notice to landowners--Suit to set aside--Collection.

Section 46A-14-65 - Amended or supplemental general plan of improvements--Special election on additional taxes or special assessments.

Section 46A-14-66 - Annual maintenance of watershed project--Project schedule--Budgets.

Section 46A-14-67 - Annual operation and maintenance budget, provisions--Reserve fund.

Section 46A-14-69 - Budgeted operation and maintenance expense--Inclusion in tax assessment list.

Section 46A-14-70 - Budget--Operations and budget report--Publication--Hearing--Certification and collection of taxes and assessments.

Section 46A-14-71 - Contributions by board of county commissioners to watershed district supplies, labor, and equipment.

Section 46A-14-72 - Acquisition of real estate or easement therein by watershed district--Purchase--Condemnation, appraisal of premises involved.

Section 46A-14-73 - Contracts between district and others--Purposes--Referendum by voters where contract will require increased taxes or assessments.

Section 46A-14-74 - Funds of district--Deposit by secretary-treasurer in approved depository--Warrants.

Section 46A-14-75 - Claims against district--Payment by warrant or order--Registration.

Section 46A-14-76 - Services performed by county officials and Board of Water and Natural Resources free of charge.

Section 46A-14-77 - Annual reports of district engineer, secretary, and managers.

Section 46A-14-80 - Operation of watershed district, investigation by board--Hearings, order to correct detrimental operation--Enforcement of order by injunction.

Section 46A-14-81 - Dissolution of district where federal watershed project not certified infeasible--Special election--Notice--Ballots.

Section 46A-14-82 - Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Special election--Percent required to dissolve--Notice to creditors--Auction--Proration of funds remaining.

Section 46A-14-83 - Dissolution of district--Federal project not certified infeasible--Proposal defeated, three years before another vote on question.

Section 46A-14-84 - Request that federal project be certified infeasible.

Section 46A-14-85 - Dissolution of district where federal watershed project certified infeasible.

Section 46A-14-86 - Public hearing--Publication of notice.

Section 46A-14-87 - State Conservation Commission determination on proposed dissolution.

Section 46A-14-88 - Effective date of dissolution.

Section 46A-14-89 - Division and apportionment of funds and assets of dissolved district.

Section 46A-14-91 - Vested rights protected.