46-6-3. Appropriation of groundwater authorized.
Subject to vested rights and prior appropriations, groundwaters of the state may be appropriated pursuant to the procedures contained in chapter 46-2A.
Source: SL 1955, ch 431, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §61.0404; SL 1971, ch 252, §1; SL 1972, ch 237, §5; SL 1973, ch 279, §2; SL 1977, ch 364, §7; SL 1978, ch 319, §2; SL 1983, ch 314, §92.