If any populated area outside the boundary of any municipality is situated so that the sewage of the populated area becomes, or may become, a menace to the residents of the populated area or to the residents of any municipality adjacent to the populated area, the populated area may be incorporated as a sanitary district as provided in this chapter.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34A-5-1
Areas subject to incorporation as districts
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tonsager v. Laqua (2008)
Most recently applied in Tonsager v. Laqua (June 2008)
Source: SL 1947, ch 226, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3801; SDCL § 34-17-1; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2011, ch 165, § 85.
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