§ 46a-14-34

46A-14-34. Powers of district.A watershed district created under the provisions of this chapter, to the extent necessary for lawful purposes as provided in this chapter, may:(1)Sue and be sued;(2)Incur debts, liabilities, and obligations;(3)Exercise the power of eminent domain only if it is necessary to carry out an approved plan;(4)Levy a tax not to exceed one dollar per thousand dollars of taxable valuation against the landowners' land and buildings as provided in this chapter;(5)Provide for other taxes and assessments;(6)Borrow money and issue certificates, warrants, and bonds; (7)Make surveys or use other reliable surveys and data and develop projects to accomplish the purposes for which the district is organized;(8)Cooperate or contract with any individual, person, state, state agency, political subdivision of a state, federal agency, or private or public corporation;(9)Construct, clean, repair, alter, abandon, consolidate, reclaim, or change the course or terminus of any public ditch, drain sewer, river, watercourse, natural or artificial, within the district, in cooperation with other agencies having prior jurisdiction;(10)Acquire, lease, operate, construct, and maintain

c ditch, drain sewer, river, watercourse, natural or artificial, within the district, in cooperation with other agencies having prior jurisdiction;(10)Acquire, lease, operate, construct, and maintain dams, dikes, reservoirs, and pertinent works;(11)Acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or eminent domain necessary real and personal property;(12)Contract for purchase of insurance for protection of the district as necessary;(13)Establish and maintain devices for acquiring and recording hydrological data;(14)Enter into all contracts of construction authorized by this chapter; and(15)Perform all acts expressly authorized in this chapter and all other acts necessary and proper for carrying out and exercising the powers expressly vested in the district. Source: SL 1957, ch 492, §13; SL 1959, ch 452, §11; SDC Supp 1960, §61.1513 (1); SDCL §46-24-34; SL 1988, ch 367, §3; SL 2013, ch 228, §26.