A drainage plan shall be for the purpose of enhancing and promoting physical, economic, and environmental management of the county; protecting the tax base; encouraging land utilization that will facilitate economical and adequate productivity of all types of land; lessening governmental expenditure; and conserving and developing natural resources. The plan may incorporate appropriate contingencies for the protection of private cropland and pasture.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-10A-17
Purposes of drainage plan
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Carmody v. Lake County Bd. of Commn'rs (2020)
Most recently applied in Carmody v. Lake County Bd. of Commn'rs (January 2020)
Source: SL 1985, ch 362, § 17; SL 2001, ch 244, § 1.
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