As provided in § 46-1-16, the board may delegate to the chief engineer the authority to issue a permit for the appropriation of water if the applicant does not contest the recommendation of the chief engineer and no person has filed a petition to oppose the application.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46-5-6.11

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1990, ch 355, § 4.