The State Conservation Commission may not determine that the operation of a proposed district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum upon the proposition of creation of the district are cast in favor of the creation of the district.

Source: SL 1937, ch 19 , § 5; SDC 1939, § 4.1507; SL 1947, ch 11 ; SL 1959, ch 3 , § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.1507 (5); SL 1994, ch 316 , § 7.