Fifteen percent of the eligible voters residing in a geographical area may petition the Board of Water and Natural Resources to submit to an election the question of whether the geographical area shall become a water development district.
S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-3A-8
Petition to establish district
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 13A; SL 2011, ch 165, § 324; SL 2016, ch 217, § 1; SL 2025, ch 186, § 10.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.