The board of directors may accept on behalf of the district appointment of the district as fiscal agent of the United States or authorization of the district by the United States to make collections of the money for and on behalf of the United States in connection with any federal reclamation project, organized under this title as an irrigation district, whereupon the district may act and assume the duties and liabilities incident to such action. The board may do anything required by the federal statutes in connection with such duties and liabilities, and all things required by the rules and regulations established by any department of the federal government in regard to such duties and liabilities.
SDCL 46A-5-21