South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 16 - Minnesota Boundary Waters
Section 46A-16-1 - South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission--Creation--Composition.

46A-16-1. South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission--Creation--Composition.
There is hereby created an interstate commission to be known as the South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission, which shall consist of the secretaries of the Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Game, Fish and Parks of South Dakota and the commissioner of natural resources and the director of the pollution control agency of Minnesota, or their legal successors, and an engineer appointed by the mutual consent of the Governors of South Dakota and Minnesota for a period of four years.

Source: SL 1939, ch 294, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §55.5301; SDCL §46-29-1; SL 1980, ch 313, §1; SL 1991, ch 17 (Ex. Ord. 91-4), §17; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), §53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 46A - Water Management

Chapter 16 - Minnesota Boundary Waters

Section 46A-16-1 - South Dakota-Minnesota Boundary Waters Commission--Creation--Composition.

Section 46A-16-3 - Legal advisers to commission.

Section 46A-16-4 - Plan for controlling levels of boundary waters.

Section 46A-16-5 - Hearings on desirable water level and plan of regulation--Orders.

Section 46A-16-6 - Hearings by commission--Time and place--Publication of notice--Final orders of commission, publication.

Section 46A-16-7 - Orders to further purposes of chapter.

Section 46A-16-8 - Investigations, surveys and hearings--Procedure for conduct.

Section 46A-16-9 - Order of determination of commission regulating water levels--Appeal by aggrieved party to circuit court--Notice of appeal, service--Appeal from judgment of district court to Supreme Court.

Section 46A-16-10 - Injunction restraining violation of order or notice of commission.

Section 46A-16-11 - Expenses not to be incurred without adequate appropriation.

Section 46A-16-12 - Construction of artificial controls to maintain boundary water levels.

Section 46A-16-13 - Big Stone lake water level--Maintenance, operation, and discharge limitation of Big Stone control dam.

Section 46A-16-14 - Concurrence of Minnesota necessary to make chapter effective.

Section 46A-16-15 - Lake protection and rehabilitation projects--Commission powers.

Section 46A-16-16 - Local advisory committees for lake projects.