Powers conferred by this chapter and chapter 46A-11 for establishing and constructing drains include maintaining, relocating, extending, deepening, widening, and regulating of existing drains and drains hereafter constructed; straightening, cleaning out, deepening, and otherwise regulating channels of creeks and streams; and constructing, maintaining, remodeling, and repairing levees, dikes, and barriers for the purpose of drainage.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-10A-78
Maintenance and improvement of existing drains, watercourses, and levees
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Steiner v. County of Marshall (1997)
Most recently applied in Steiner v. County of Marshall (August 1997)
Source: SL 1985, ch 362, § 79.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.