38-7-2. Definition of terms. Terms used in this chapter or chapter 38-8 mean:

(1) "Agency of this state," the government of this state and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this state;

(2) "Commission," the State Conservation Commission;

(3) "District" or "conservation district," a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of chapter 38-8, for the purpose, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in chapter 38-8;

(4) "Division," the Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry;

(5) "Due notice," a notice published at least twice, with an interval of at least seven days between the publication dates, in a legal newspaper within the district or by posting copies of the notice in three of the most public places within the district for a period of at least ten days immediately preceding the date specified in the notice. At any hearing held pursuant to the notice, at the time and place designated in the notice, the adjournment may be made from time to time without the necessity of renewing the notice for adjourned dates;

(6) "Government" or "governmental," the government of this state, the government of the United States, and any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them;

(7) "Land occupier" or "occupier of land," any person, firm, or corporation who holds title to, or is in possession of any agricultural, grazing, or forest lands lying within a conservation district, whether as owner, lessee, renter, tenant, or otherwise;

(8) "Nominating petition," a petition filed under the provisions of chapter 38-8 to nominate candidates for the office of supervisor of a conservation district;

(9) "Petition," a petition filed under the provisions of chapter 38-8 for the creation of a conservation district;

(10) "Supervisor," one of the members of the governing body of a district, elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 38-8;

(11) "United States" or "agencies of the United States," the United States of America, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America.Source: SL 1937, ch 19, § 3; SDC 1939, § 4.1502; SL 1959, ch 3, § 1; SL 1964, ch 3; SL 2017, ch 181, § 6; SL 2018, ch 240, § 1.