SDCL § 46A-4-19: Election procedure--Applicability of general laws--Resolution declaring district organized--District as political subdivision.

If a majority of all the votes cast are "Irrigation District-Yes," the board shall, by resolution, declare the territory duly organized as an irrigation district, under the name and style designated. Upon filing of a true copy of the resolution with the secretary of state, the irrigation district shall become a political subdivision of the state with the authority, powers, and duties prescribed in chapters 46A-4 to 46A-7, inclusive.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0803; SDCL, § 46-12-19; SL 1984, ch 294, § 18; SL 1993, ch 256, § 71; SL 1998, ch 36, § 54.