Section 46A-1-4 - Water rights not affected by chapter.
46A-1-4. Water rights not affected by chapter. The enactment of this chapter shall not be construed as creating any right to water or the use thereof nor as affecting any existing legislation with respect to water or water rights, except as expressly may be provided herein, nor shall anything herein contained affect or be construed as affecting vested water rights.
Source: SL 1972, ch 241, § 4; SDCL Supp, § 46-17A-57.