CHAPTER 50: WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Section
General
   50.01   Municipal authority
   50.02    Real property in adjoining states
   50.03   Emergency contract for repair or replacement
   50.04   Contract for waterworks system; maximum tax levy
   50.05   Special assessments governed by provisions for sewer assessments
   50.06   Connection from water main to lot line
   50.07   Classification of water pipes and mains
   50.08   Distance between water connections
Purchase of Pipes and Mains
   50.25   Acquisition of water mains in newly annexed area
Water Service
   50.45   Municipal artesian wells authorized
   50.46   Request for rural water system within three miles of municipality
   50.47   Municipality to provide service after previously declining
   50.48   Providing service to persons with rural water system; purchase of facilities
   50.49   Service to persons within extended areas
   50.50   Election to provide service to those outside three-mile area
   50.51   Certain matters negotiable for contract between parties
   50.52   Connection of plumbing fixtures to public water system, purchase/lease of preexisting private wells
Water Conservation
   50.65   Water shortages defined
   50.66   Regulation of outdoor water use
   50.67   Amendment of regulations by resolution
Cross-reference:
   Local provisions, see Title XVII
   Special elections, see § 32.03
   Tax levy, see Ch. 34
GENERAL
§ 50.01 MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY.
   The municipality shall construct, establish, operate, and maintain a system of waterworks and facilities and may regulate the distribution and use of the supplied thereby. It shall have the authority to assess, levy, and collect taxes and special assessments for such purposes; and may appropriate funds and levy taxes to accumulate funds for such purposes, as provided by SDCL Title 9. The accumulated funds shall be placed in a separate fund which may not revert at the end of the fiscal year. The municipality shall establish a maximum amount allowed to be accumulated in the fund. The fund shall be established by a resolution adopted pursuant to SDCL Chapter 9-19. Every municipality may enter into agreements with the United States, with the state, and with any authorized agency, subdivision, or unit of government, federal or state, to carry out such purposes.
(SDCL § 9-47-1)
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