If, in order to borrow money from the federal government or from any of its agencies, or from the State of South Dakota or from any other public or private provider of financing, it becomes necessary that the water user district mortgage or otherwise hypothecate any of its property or assets to secure the payment of a loan made to it by or from such a source, the district may mortgage or hypothecate the property and assets for these purposes. Nothing in this section prevents the district from assigning, pledging, or otherwise hypothecating its revenues, incomes, receipts, or profits to secure the payment of indebtedness to the federal government or any federal agency, the State of South Dakota, or any other public or private provider of financing. However, the State of South Dakota may never pledge its credit or funds, or any part of its credit or funds, for the payment or settlement of any indebtedness or obligation whatsoever of any district created under the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter authorizes any agency of the State of South Dakota to make loans to any such district, unless the agency is otherwise authorized by law to make such loans.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-9-71

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Source: SL 1939, ch 291, § 15; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1315 (2); SDCL § 46-16-69; SL 2011, ch 165, § 487; SL 2022, ch 166, § 2.