Section 43-17-28 - Persons who may request board determination--Jurisdiction of courts. - South Dakota Statutes

43-17-28. Persons who may request board determination--Jurisdiction of courts. The Water Management Board shall determine any ordinary high or low water mark upon receiving a written request from an owner or lessee of real property riparian to a public lake, from twenty-five electors of the state or from a person seeking to develop, with approval by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, the bed of a public lake for wildlife management purposes. The provisions of this section do not diminish the jurisdiction of the courts of this state otherwise to determine any ordinary high or low water mark in appropriate proceedings.

Source: SL 1985, ch 337, § 6.