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9-8-20
Section 9-8-20 Definitions. Wherever used or referred to in this article, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) DISTRICT or SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
A governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic organized
in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers and subject
to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2) SUPERVISOR. One of the members of the governing
body of a district appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (3) COMMITTEE
or STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. The agency created in Section 9-8-22. (4)
PETITION. A petition filed under the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 9-8-23 for the
creation of a district. (5) STATE. The State of Alabama. (6) AGENCY OF THIS STATE. Such term
includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate
or otherwise, of the government of this state. (7) UNITED...
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36-29-14.1
Section 36-29-14.1 Election by soil and water conservation districts to receive coverage for
officers and employees. (a) The governing body of any county soil and water conservation district
may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the State Employees'
Insurance Board, elect to have its officers and employees who are full-time employees working
at least a 40-hour work week and its retiring employees who worked full time at least a 40-hour
work week during their active employment become eligible to participate in the State Employees'
Health Insurance Plan. The term "officers" and "employees" as used in
this section shall include those persons appointed or employed by the individual officers
and performing their duties in public offices, but shall not include members of soil and water
conservation district boards, known as district supervisors who are expressly prohibited from
participating in said health insurance plan. (b) Each employee who is covered by the...
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9-10B-24
Section 9-10B-24 Alabama Water Resources Council established; composition of members; advisory
capacity. There is hereby established the Alabama Water Resources Council. The Water Resources
Council shall act in an advisory capacity to the Office of Water Resources and shall be comprised
of one representative appointed by each of the following entities: The Alabama Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management,
the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Soil and Water Conservation Committee, the Alabama
State Port Authority, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the Water Resource Research Institute.
From time to time, the division chief may request any other state agency to appoint a representative
to the Water Resources Council. The Water Resources Council shall advise the Office of Water
Resources on all matters concerning the waters of the state. (Acts 1993, No. 93-44, p. 78,
§25.)...
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9-8-25
Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands; acquisition,
etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation. (a) A soil and water conservation
district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this
state and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district
and the supervisors thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted
in other sections of this article: (1) To carry out preventive and control measures within
the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation,
the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and other erosion control measures on lands
owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the consent and cooperation
of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within
the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the...
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9-8A-1
Section 9-8A-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein
otherwise, have the following respective meanings: (1) ALLOCATED FUNDS. That portion of the
funds appropriated to the commission that are allocated by the commission to the soil and
water conservation district in each county of the state. (2) AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS. Bonds
or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America or the state, or interest
bearing bank and savings and loan association deposits or obligations, obligations of any
agency of the United States of America, any obligations in which a state chartered savings
and loan association may invest its funds, any agreement to repurchase any of the foregoing,
or any thereof. (3) COMMISSION. The Alabama Agricultural and Conservation Development Commission
organized pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of Alabama...
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9-8-58
Section 9-8-58 Referendum upon creation of district - Counting, etc., of votes; certification,
recordation and filing of results. The votes shall be counted by the election officers at
the close of the polls, and report of the results, along with the ballots, shall be delivered
to the polling superintendent, who shall certify the results to the board of supervisors.
If a majority of the votes cast favor creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall
certify such results to the judge of probate of the county or counties involved. Upon proper
recording of such action, such watershed conservancy district shall be duly created. After
recording, the certification shall be filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee.
(Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §8.)...
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9-8-64
Section 9-8-64 Detachment of lands from districts. The owner or owners of lands which have
not been, are not and cannot be benefited by their inclusion in the watershed conservancy
district may petition the board of supervisors to have such lands detached. The petition shall
describe such lands and state the reasons why they should be detached. A hearing shall be
held within 30 days after the petition is received. Due notice of such hearing shall be given
at least 10 days before the hearing. If it is determined by the board of supervisors that
such lands shall be detached, such determination shall be certified to the judge of probate
of each county in which any portion of such lands lie. After recording, the certification
shall be filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. (Acts 1957, No. 517,
p. 705, §14.)...
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9-8A-2
Section 9-8A-2 Legislative findings and declaration of purpose. It is hereby found and declared
to be the policy of the state to provide for the restoration and conservation of the soil
resources of this state, to provide for the improvement of water used in agriculture, and
for the control and prevention of soil erosion and for the prevention of floodwater and sediment
damages, and for the establishment or improvement of stands of forest trees, all of which
will preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs,
preserve wildlife, protect the tax base, protect public lands and promote the health, safety
and public welfare of the citizens of the state. It is further declared that at the present
time, due to cutbacks in federal soil conservation and reforestation programs there exists
an inadequate supply of funds in the state to enable the financing of much needed soil conservation,
agricultural water quality and forestry improvement programs; that...
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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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32-6-571
Section 32-6-571 Distribution of proceeds. (a) The net proceeds of the additional revenues
derived from sales of the distinctive plates, less administrative costs including the costs
of production incurred by the Revenue Department in producing the plates, shall be distributed
by each judge of probate or license commissioner to the state Comptroller. The first two thousand
dollars ($2,000) received by the state Comptroller shall be used to satisfy the appropriation
specified in Section 4 of Act 97-544 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. Thereafter,
the state Comptroller shall distribute the proceeds monthly to the Alabama Sports Festival,
Inc. (b) For every license plate or tag purchased by a resident of a particular county, one-half
of the proceeds received by the Alabama Sports Festival, Inc., shall be given to the Alabama
Sports Festival, Inc., County Local Organizing Committee to be used for the benefit of athletes
residing in the county which participates in the...
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