46A-14-70. Budget--Operations and budget report--Publication--Hearing--Certification and collection of taxes and assessments. The board of managers of a watershed district shall at the time of the organization of the board and annually thereafter on a date established by the district, but before the first of October, adopt a budget and prepare an operations and budget report. The report shall present estimates and itemizations of all the expenses and obligations of the water development district. Before approval of the budget by the district board of managers, a public hearing shall be held. Notice of the hearing shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in the watershed district's official newspapers. With the first notice, the budget shall be published in a form approved by the auditor general. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board of managers may eliminate or amend any portion of the budget before adoption.

On or before the first day of October in each year and after the watershed district's budget hearing, the managers shall certify to the county auditor of the county in which the land is located, all taxes and assessments against the landowners' lands and buildings in the district. Extension of the taxes and assessments upon the tax and assessment lists shall be made as specified in § 46A-14-58. The taxes and assessments shall be collected in the same manner as other county taxes and assessments, and shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the watershed district, who shall place them in the depository designated by the managers. The taxes and assessments shall be disbursed according to § 46A-14-75.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, § 33; SL 1959, ch 452, § 27; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1533; SDCL § 46-24-69; SL 2011, ch 165, § 532; SL 2013, ch 228, § 48.