The Water Management Board shall perform all functions exercised by the former State Water Rights Commission. The Water Management Board shall perform the quasi–legislative, quasi–judicial, and special budgetary functions pursuant to chapters 34A-2 and 34A-3, and all advisory functions relating to water quality and water hygiene, except such functions as are specifically conferred by law upon the secretary.

Source: SL 1979, ch 354, §§ 24, 29; SL 1993, ch 257, § 10; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 56, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.