|
9-9-10
Section 9-9-10 Establishment of district - Presentation of opinion by representative of state
committee. On the day appointed for the hearing, a representative of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee may appear and by verbal or written statement advise the court of his
opinion of the need of establishing the proposed water management district. (Acts 1965, No.
685, p. 1246, §8.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-9-10.htm - 696 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages
9-8A-4
Section 9-8A-4 Commission - Powers. The commission shall have the following powers: (1) To
have succession by its corporate name until it shall have been dissolved as provided herein;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the
subject matter and of the parties thereof; (3) To adopt and use a seal and to alter the seal
at pleasure; (4) To designate and maintain a principal office in the City of Montgomery; (5)
To adopt, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws and rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with this chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the commission in the conduct
of its business; (6) To allocate funds through the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
to the soil and water conservation districts of the state for use by them in making cost-share
grants and approving technical assistance to eligible persons as provided herein; (7) To appoint,
employ, contract with, and provide for the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-8A-4.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-8A-3
Section 9-8A-3 Commission - Members and officers; terms of office; vacancies; compensation
and expenses; meetings; quorum; record of proceedings; copies of proceedings as evidence;
members and officers not personally liable. (a) The members of the commission shall consist
of the Governor; the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; the President of the Alabama
Farmers Federation; the President of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association; the Chair of the
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; a member of the Alabama Forestry Commission designated
by the Governor; the President of the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts; and two
citizens of the state of good reputation who are active farmers or timberland owners or involved
in environmental protection appointed by the Governor. Each voting member of the commission,
except the two citizens appointed by the Governor, may appoint a designee to represent him
or her at all commission meetings. The members of the commission may...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-8A-3.htm - 7K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-8A-4.1
Section 9-8A-4.1 Commission - Revolving fund established; expenditure of funds; appropriation
of funds to commission. (a) There is hereby established the Alabama Agricultural and Conservation
Development Commission Revolving Fund to consist of all moneys received by the commission
from legislative appropriations or from any other source, including any and all interest earned
from such funds. Any funds remaining in the Alabama Agricultural and Conservation Development
Commission Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in said fund and is hereby reappropriated
to the commission in each subsequent year. (b) The state Budget Officer shall allocate to
the commission its entire state appropriation for any fiscal year prior to January 2 of that
fiscal year. (c) The commission is hereby authorized to expend funds in the Alabama Agricultural
and Conservation Development Commission Revolving Fund to pay expenses of the commission,
to pay salaries of any personnel employed or contracted...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-8A-4.1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-8-21
Section 9-8-21 Legislative findings; declaration of policy. (a) It is hereby declared as a
matter of legislative determination: (1) That the farm, forest and grazing lands of the State
of Alabama are among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands
is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety and general welfare of its people;
(2) That improper land-use practices have caused and have contributed to, and are now causing
and contributing to, a progressively more serious erosion of the farm, forest and grazing
lands of this state by wind and water; (3) That the consequences of such soil erosion are
the silting and sedimentation of stream channels, reservoirs, dams, ditches and harbors, the
loss of fertile soil material, the reduction in productivity or outright ruin of rich bottom
lands by overwash of poor subsoil material, sand and gravel and the deterioration of soil
and its fertility; and (4) That to conserve soil resources and control and prevent...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-8-21.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-9-72
Section 9-9-72 Counties declared drainage districts; county commission to act as and exercise
powers of drainage or water management commissioners. For the purpose heretofore expressed
and the execution of the powers provided in this article, each county of the state is hereby
declared to be and is hereby created a drainage district. The county commission with the judge
of probate as chairman shall act as and exercise the powers of a board of drainage commissioners,
or board of water management commissioners, and shall have control of the affairs of the district.
This shall in no way affect drainage districts or water management districts organized under
Title 2, Sections 208 through 262 of the 1940 Alabama Code or water management districts organized
under Sections 9-9-1 through 9-9-58. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 127, p. 83, §4; Code 1940,
T. 2, §265.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-9-72.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-9-74
Section 9-9-74 Establishment of subdistricts - Jurisdiction, authority, etc.; purposes. The
county commission of any county, as a drainage district, shall have jurisdiction, power and
authority to establish drainage subdistricts as provided in this article, to promote, aid
and assist the purposes of drainage districts organized under Title 2, Sections 208 through
262 of the 1940 Alabama Code or water management districts organized under Sections 9-9-1
through 9-9-72 of this code by the development of systems for the prevention of soil erosion
and surface waters control upon lands in and contiguous to and affecting the drainage of said
district and to aid and assist land owners in providing for the prevention, elimination or
control of overflow waters and wet, swamp and overflow lands by the proper distribution of
surface waters or holding such waters upon the land from which it flows to or upon wet, swamp
and overflow lands and to prevent and deter the filling of natural or artificial...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-9-74.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
22-35-4
Section 22-35-4 Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund. There is hereby
created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund, hereinafter referred
to as the "fund," to be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement
Systems of Alabama. The fund shall be used by the department as a revolving fund for carrying
out the purposes of this chapter. The fund is not an insurance company and the laws relating
to the conduct of business in this state by an insurance company do not apply to the fund.
A decision that underground or aboveground storage tanks are ineligible for benefits under
the fund does not expose the fund, the director, department, or commission to a claim of bad
faith as such terms are used in general insurance law. Further, in no event shall combined
claims against the fund for payment of response actions and third-party claims exceed the
per occurrence indemnification limit set by the commission. Under no circumstances shall...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-35-4.htm - 6K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district;
appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the
organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning
more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third
of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed
with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands
are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of
the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any
other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county
or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea
as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-9-7.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
9-6-7
Section 9-6-7 Advisory committee. Whenever the described area of operation shall include three
or more counties or portions thereof, there shall be created an advisory committee to consult
with and assist the authority. The advisory committee shall consist of one member from each
affected county who shall be a person of good moral character and a duly qualified elector
of the county he represents on the advisory committee, together with the Governor, the State
Health Officer, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the State Geologist,
the Director of the State Industrial Development Board, the Chairman of the Alabama Water
Improvement Commission, the President of the Alabama Wildlife Federation and the head of any
air pollution regulating body which might be created by the Legislature of this state, who
shall be members ex officio of the advisory committee. The Governor shall be the chairman
of the advisory committee, and he shall designate one of the appointive...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/9-6-7.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
|