Section 46A-14-45 - Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter.

46A-14-45. Vested water rights--Exclusion from operation of chapter. Vested water rights, as defined by §§ 46-1-9 and 46-1-10, shall be excluded from the operation of this chapter, no watershed district or the members thereof shall have any jurisdictional authority or control over waters subject to such vested rights.

Source: SL 1957, ch 492, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1501 (5); SDCL, § 46-24-45.