This concurrent resolution urges South Dakota's Water Management Board to prioritize reviewing and approving water rights applications and future use reservations for the Missouri River submitted by public water systems. The measure doesn't change any existing laws but rather expresses the Legislature's intent that the state should focus on securing water rights from the Missouri River to meet South Dakota's future water needs.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The amendment fundamentally redirects the resolution from urging the South Dakota Conservancy District to file a specific application for 500,000 acre feet of Missouri River water to instead urging the Water Management Board to prioritize reviewing and approving water rights applications and future use reservations submitted by public water systems. This shifts the bill from a targeted mandate for one entity and amount to a broader directive for equitable management and expedited review of multiple applications.
This change converted SCR606 from a Senate-introduced concurrent resolution to an enrolled version that was adopted by both chambers of the legislature, adding official signatures and adoption dates but making no substantive changes to the resolution's purpose of encouraging the Water Management Board to prioritize Missouri River water rights applications.
House of Representatives Concurred in Resolution as Amended Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 4. H.J. 443
Agriculture and Natural Resources Concurred in Resolution Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 31
Agriculture and Natural Resources Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 293
Senate Adopt Resolution as amended Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1. S.J. 231
Senate Motion to amend resolution S.J. 229
Senate Deferred to another day S.J. 219
Senate Deferred to another day S.J. 169
Senate Deferred to another day S.J. 156
First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 137
Prime sponsor · Sen.
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Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Concurred in Resolution as Amended
Agriculture and Natural Resources — Concurred in Resolution
Adopt Resolution as amended