The Board of Water and Natural Resources may become a party to long or short-term contracts as principal or guarantor for payment for such services or for performance of construction, operation, or maintenance work as is deemed beneficial or advisable by the board. However, nothing contained in this chapter or chapters 46A-3A to 46A-3E, inclusive, permits the board to enter into any contracts or agreements that obligate the State of South Dakota beyond the extent of the board’s then current annual appropriation.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-2-22

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC

Source: SL 1959, ch 453, § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.1409 (2); SDCL § 46-17-20; SL 1984, ch 12, § 71; SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 65; SL 2011, ch 165, § 318.