SDCL § 46A-6-1: Unauthorized debts and liabilities prohibited.

Neither the board of directors, nor any other officers of an irrigation district, may incur any debt or liability, either by issuing bonds or otherwise, in excess of the express provisions of chapters 46A-4 to 46A-7, inclusive, and any debt or liability incurred in excess of such express provisions is void.

Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0817; SDCL § 46-14-1; SL 2011, ch 165, § 392.