17B-2a-209. State land treated the same as private land -- Consent needed to affect school and institutional trust land -- Owner of state land has same rights as owner of private land.
(1) Subject to Subsection, a drainage district may treat state land the same as private land with respect to the drainage of land for agricultural purposes. (2)
(2) A drainage district may not affect school or institutional trust land under this part or, without the consent of the director of the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration acting in accordance with Sectionsand. Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts 53C-1-102 53C-1-303
(3) The state and each person holding unpatented state land under entries or contracts of purchase from the state have all the rights, privileges, and benefits under this part and, that a private owner of that land would have. Chapter 1, Provisions Applicable to All Special Districts