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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 46 - Water Rights » Chapter 07 - Storage, Diversion And Irrigation Works » Section 46-7-5.5 – Application to dams constructed before January 1, 1990–Owner and family sole residents–Determination of flood plain.

46-7-5.5. Application to dams constructed before January 1, 1990–Owner and family sole residents–Determination of flood plain.

The provisions of §§46-7-5.4 to 46-7-5.11, inclusive, only apply to privately owned high-hazard dams constructed before January 1, 1990, if the owner and the owner’s immediate family are the only persons residing below the dam within the flood plain. The chief engineer shall determine the flood plain.

Source: SL 1990, ch 357, §3; SL 2011, ch 165, §281.