The Water Management Board may delegate to the chief engineer authority to act on its behalf concerning the quasi-judicial functions of interpreting, applying, and enforcing existing rules and laws and ordering action or abatement of action. The board may not delegate any other quasi-judicial functions as defined in § 1-32-1, except as otherwise provided by law. The board may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to delegate to the chief engineer the authority to issue permits pursuant to § 46-1-14.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46-2-3.1
Delegation of authority to chief engineer--Restrictions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Cancellation of the Stabio Ditch Water Right on Spearfish Creek (1987)
Most recently applied in In Re Cancellation of the Stabio Ditch Water Right on Spearfish Creek (December 1987)
Source: SL 1978, ch 315; SL 1983, ch 314, § 16; SL 1990, ch 355, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.