46A-14-45. Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.Vested water rights, as defined by §§46-1-9 and 46-1-10, are excluded from the operation of this chapter. No watershed district and no members of the watershed district have any jurisdictional authority or control over waters subject to such vested rights. Source: SL 1957, ch 492, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §61.1501 (5); SDCL §46-24-45; SL 2011, ch 165, §525.
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