create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.

Plain English Breakdown

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create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.

create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.

What This Bill Does

• create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.
• Official keyword topics: Appropriation Emergency Clause Fund Grants Promulgation of Rules Transfer of Moneys Water Management Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4748/Detail">Duhamel</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4765/Detail">Hulse</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4790/Detail">Mortenson</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4747/Detail">Duffy</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4813/Detail">Roe</a>

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Official Summary Text

create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.
Official keyword topics:
Appropriation
Emergency Clause
Fund
Grants
Promulgation of Rules
Transfer of Moneys
Water Management
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4748/Detail">Duhamel</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4765/Detail">Hulse</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4790/Detail">Mortenson</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4747/Detail">Duffy</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4813/Detail">Roe</a>

Current Bill Text

26.966.19 101st Legislative Session 231

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 231
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide
an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the
fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 46A-1:
There is created the water infrastructure development fund. This fund consists of
moneys from appropriations of the Legislature, federal grants for projects on the Bureau
of Reclamation rural water projects list, interest on investments, and principal and interest
on loans made from the fund. Expenditures from the fund are continuously appropriated
and must be used for the construction, planning, and development of rural water projects
in the state.
The Board of Water and Natural Resources may award a grant from the fund. A
grant under this section may not exceed ten percent of the construction cost, as estimated
by the board. The board may also provide a loan for a project, provided the loan does not
exceed fifty percent of the construction cost, as estimated by the board.
The board, in rulemaking pursuant to chapter 1-26, shall establish criteria for the
selection of water projects to receive loans or grants from the fund and for the terms,
conditions, and administration of the loans and grants.
Section 2. The state treasurer shall transfer $3,000,000 from the general fund to the water
infrastructure development fund, created in section 1 of this Act.
Section 3. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its
existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
26.966.19 2 231
SB231 ENROLLED
An Act to create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to
provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects
and to declare an emergency.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 231

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

Senate Bill No. 231
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State