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9-8A-11
Section 9-8A-11 Agreement to maintain conservation practices; sale of land with respect to
which agreement is in effect. As a condition for receipt of a cost-share grant of allocated
funds for soil and water conservation practices, the eligible person receiving the benefit
of such grant shall agree to maintain those practices for the expected life of the practice
as established by the commission and outlined in the applicable conservation plan. Agreement
to maintain practices for which allocated funds are being paid shall be accomplished by completing
and signing a maintenance agreement. Specific conditions of the maintenance agreement shall
be detailed on a form specified by the commission, and may include provisions for repayment
of cost-share grants. Completion of the form and signature of the eligible person is required
prior to transfer of the payment from the district to the recipient. Agreements to perform
soil and water conservation practices for which allocated funds are being...
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9-10A-2
Section 9-10A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. A governmental subdivision of this state and a public
body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for
the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter. (2)
DIRECTOR. One of the members of the governing body of a watershed management authority. (3)
AT LARGE DIRECTOR. A director of a watershed management authority who may reside within any
county that lies within the boundaries of the watershed management authority. (4) RESIDENT
DIRECTOR. A director of a watershed management authority who, pursuant to the requirements
of this chapter, must reside in a particular county. (5) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing
body of a watershed management authority. (6) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The...
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9-10A-5
Section 9-10A-5 Land which may be included in authority. The land area embraced in any watershed
management authority must encompass at least 50 square miles, must be contiguous and must
lie within a defined watershed. The area may include lands within any soil and water conservation
district. Such authorities may embrace lands lying in one or more soil and water conservation
districts. Two or more watersheds may be included in a watershed management authority. Provided,
however, no land may be included in more than one watershed management authority and provided
further, that no lands or facilities which are subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission
to issue certificates of convenience and necessity shall be subject to the exercise of any
powers or authorities granted herein. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602, p. 1119, ยง5.)...
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9-10B-25
Section 9-10B-25 Considerations when designating capacity stress areas; authority of local
organizations to implement proposed actions. During the designation of a capacity stress area,
the commission shall give due consideration to any hydrologic boundaries or other geographical
considerations in designating an area of the state as a capacity stress area. In addition,
the commission shall determine whether any local organization, including, but not limited
to, watershed management authorities, conservancy districts, or soil and water conservation
districts, are duly organized and authorized to implement the proposed actions in a capacity
stress area other than those actions delegated to the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management pursuant to Section 9-10B-23. In the absence of local organizations or in the event
any such local organizations do not have the authority or are not authorized to take the action
proposed within the capacity stress area, the Office of Water Resources...
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9-8-26
Section 9-8-26 Land-use regulations - Procedure for adoption; amendment, repeal, etc.; contents;
publication, etc. (a) The supervisors of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations
governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving soil and soil
resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct such public
meetings and public hearings upon tentative regulations as may be necessary to assist them
in this work. The supervisors shall not have authority to enact such land-use regulations
into law until after they shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct
a referendum for submission of such regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries
of the district for their indication of approval or disapproval of such proposed regulations
and until after the supervisors have considered the result of such referendum. The proposed
regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance....
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9-10B-12
Section 9-10B-12 Water Resources Commission created; membership. There is hereby created the
Alabama Water Resources Commission. The commission shall consist of 19 members who are citizens
of this state as follows: (1) Seven of the members of the commission shall be appointed by
the Governor with one member being a resident of each congressional district and with at least
one member being a resident of each surface water region; provided, however, that no more
than two residents from each surface water region may be appointed by the Governor to serve
on the commission at the same time. (2) The Governor shall also appoint one member of the
commission from a list of five candidates submitted by an organization representing a majority
of the rural water systems in the state, and one member from a list of five candidates submitted
by a statewide organization representing soil and water conservation districts in the state.
(3) Five of the members of the commission shall be appointed by the...
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9-10A-10
Section 9-10A-10 Election of directors. If an original director who is required to reside in
a particular county is to be selected by means of an election, the board of supervisors who
determined that an election would be the method of selection shall call the election. Said
election shall be held, within 30 days after need for a watershed management authority has
been determined, as provided in Section 9-10A-8. Due notice shall be required prior to said
election. All residents of the county where the director must reside who also reside within
the boundaries of the authority shall be eligible to vote in said election, and only said
residents shall be eligible to vote. Said residents shall be 18 years of age or older. Each
person who is qualified to vote for a resident director who desires to be elected a resident
director of the watershed management authority shall file not later than 10 days prior to
the date set for an election a nominating petition with the board of supervisors who...
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9-10-2
Section 9-10-2 County resolutions declaring need for incorporation of State Water Conservation
and Irrigation Agency, etc.; membership of corporation; composition of board of directors;
qualifications, election and terms of office of board members. The organization and establishment
of the agency shall be as follows: (1) The county commission of any county or counties lying
within the State of Alabama which may elect to come within the provisions of this article
shall indicate its desire to participate therein by the adoption of an appropriate resolution
declaring the need for the incorporation of a water conservation and irrigation agency, stating
its intention to give financial assistance to projects of such agency and stating its desire
to become a part thereof. (2) Membership of the corporation shall consist of title holders
to the land irrigated or proposed to be irrigated within the boundaries of the irrigation
district or districts to be established, and such member water users...
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11-19-16
Section 11-19-16 Grant of zoning powers; scope of powers. For the purpose of promoting the
health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the state and
counties, any county commission is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the county within
the flood-prone area of the county into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be
found best suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to provide within such districts
for standards relating to the location, bulk, height, minimum elevation, number of stories,
and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot which may be occupied, the
sizes of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population,
the uses of buildings and structures and of land for trade, residence, recreation, agriculture,
forestry, conservation, water supply, sanitation, floodways, public activities, and other
purposes. Such provisions shall be made in accordance with a...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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