The Legislature finds that the following water resources projects are necessary for the general welfare of the people of this state and authorizes the projects, pursuant to § 46A-1-2, to be included in the state water resources management system, to serve as the preferred, priority objectives of the state:
(1) Belle Fourche irrigation upgrade project;(2) Big Sioux flood control study;(3) Hydrology and water management studies, to manage and protect state water resources for current and future generations;(4) Cendak irrigation project;(5) Dakota Mainstem regional water system study;(6) Lake Andes-Wagner/Marty II irrigation unit;(7) Lewis and Clark rural water system;(8) Sioux Falls flood control project;(9) Vermillion basin flood control project;(10) Water Investment in Northern South Dakota project; and(11) Western Dakota Regional Water System study.SL 1988, ch 362, § 17; SL 1989, ch 385, § 19; SL 1994, ch 346, § 13; SL 2000, ch 218, §6; SL 2004, ch 52, §4, eff. Feb. 25, 2004; SL 2006, ch 227, §2, eff. Feb. 17, 2006; SL 2008, ch 235, §7, eff. Feb. 27, 2008; SL 2011, ch 200, §11, eff. Mar. 15, 2011; SL 2012, ch 221, §3, eff. Mar. 2, 2012; SL 2015, ch 224, § 1, eff. Mar. 12, 2015; SL 2020, ch 194, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 2020; SL 2023, ch 149, §1, eff. Mar. 15, 2023; SL 2024, ch 183, §1, eff. Feb. 15, 2024; SL 2024, ch 182, §1.Amended by S.L. 2024, ch. 183,s. 1, eff. 2/15/2024.Amended by S.L. 2024, ch. 182,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 149,s. 1, eff. 3/15/2023.Amended by S.L. 2020, ch. 194,s. 1, eff. 3/27/2020.Amended by S.L. 2015, ch. 224,s. 1, eff. 3/13/2015.