The Water Management Board may issue a permit to appropriate up to fifty thousand acre–feet of water for use per year to the South Dakota Conservancy District to effectuate the provisions of a contract executed between the district and an energy industry user under § 46A-2-19. An appropriation authorized under this section shall be licensed as provided in this chapter. Upon the receipt by the Division of Water Rights of a notice of cancellation from the district, the division shall cancel the permit or license specified in the notice.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46-5-8.1

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.

Source: SL 1981 (2d SS), ch 1, § 5.

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