SDCL § 46A-1-4: Water rights not affected by chapter.
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- TITLE 46A. WATER MANAGEMENT
- CHAPTER 46A-1. STATE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
The enactment of this chapter does not create any right to water or the use of water and does not affect any existing legislation with respect to water or water rights, except as expressly provided in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter affects vested water rights.
Source: SL 1972, ch 241, § 4; SDCL Supp, § 46-17A-57; SL 2011, ch 165, § 285.
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