ENTITLED An Act to revise certain provisions regarding water development districts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That 46A-3A-4 be AMENDED:
46A-3A-4. James River district.
The James River Water Development District is hereby established. The James River Water Development District includes all of Brown, Spink, Beadle, Sanborn, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, and Yankton counties; Buffalo, Dayton, Dumarce, Eden, Fort, Hamilton, Hickman, Lake, Lowell, Miller, Newark, Newport, Pleasant Valley, Red Iron Lake, Sisseton, Stena, Waverly, Weston, and Wismer townships in Marshall County; Pleasant Valley, Bristol, Belford, Cooper, Firesteel, Palatine, Plankinton, Hopper, Pleasant Lake, Dudley, and Aurora townships in Aurora County; and all municipalities that are wholly or partially within the included area.
Section 2. That 46A-3B-9 be AMENDED:
46A-3B-9. Commencement of directors' terms--Vacancies.
Each director shall take office on the first day of January of the year following election, or not later than sixty days after election in the case of a special election. A vacancy that may occur on the water development district board of directors by reason of death, failure to be a resident and voter, resignation, or other cause pursuant to 3-4-1, or upon expiration of term of office if no qualifying petitions have been filed or if no successor has qualified for the office, unless otherwise provided in chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, shall be declared to exist and shall be filled by elective action of the remaining directors from candidates proposed by nominating petitions signed by at least twenty-five eligible voters in the director area for which a vacancy exists. The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Section 3. That 46A-3D-3 be AMENDED:
46A-3D-3. Records required of districts--Public inspection.
A water development district board of directors shall keep accurate minutes of its meetings and accurate records and books of account clearly setting forth and reflecting the operations, management, and business of the district. The minutes, records, and books shall be kept at the principal place of business of the water development district and shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business hours. The minutes shall be distributed to the official newspapers of the water development district.
An Act to revise certain provisions regarding water development districts.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1058 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2020 at ____________M.
By for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2020
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2020 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By Asst. Secretary of State
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