The general health, welfare, and safety of the people of the State of South Dakota are dependent upon the conservation, development, management, and optimum use of all this state's water resources. To achieve this objective it is essential that a coordinated, integrated, multiple use water resource policy be formulated and a plan developed to activate this policy as rapidly as possible. It is in the public interest that these functions be carried out through a coordination of all state agencies and resources.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-1-1
Legislative findings and policy
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Parks v. Cooper (2004)
Most recently applied in Parks v. Cooper (February 2004)
Source: SL 1972, ch 241, § 2; SL 1981 (2d SS), ch 1, § 17; SDCL Supp, § 46-17A-1; SL 1983, ch 321.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.