S.D. Const. art. XXI, § 7

Irrigation of agricultural lands. The irrigation of agricultural lands is hereby declared to be a public purpose and the Legislature may provide for the organization of irrigation districts for the irrigation of land, and may vest the corporate authorities thereof and the corporate authorities of counties, townships and municipalities with the power to construct, operate and maintain irrigation dams, reservoirs, canals, flumes, ditches and laterals, and to keep in repair all irrigation dams, reservoirs, canals, flumes, ditches and laterals heretofore constructed, under the laws of the state, by special assessments upon the property benefited thereby, according to the benefits received. History: Section proposed by SL 1913, ch 136, rejected Nov., 1914; section proposed by SL 1915, ch 229, adopted Nov., 1916.