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9-10-5
Section 9-10-5 Powers and duties generally. The corporation organized and established under
this article shall have the following powers, subject only to the limitations described hereinafter:
(1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2)
To adopt, use and alter a corporate seal which shall be judicially noticed; (3) To maintain
a principal office at a place named in its papers of incorporation and a suboffice or suboffices
at such places as it may deem necessary; (4) To enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments, with
private individuals, corporations and associations and other organizations to do any act necessary
or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this article;
(5) To sue and be sued in its own name; (6) To enter into agreements with the United States
government or its agencies or political subdivisions...
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9-8-65
Section 9-8-65 Discontinuance. (a) At any time after five years from the organization of a
watershed conservancy district, 25 or more landowners within a district or, if less than 50
landowners are involved, a majority of the landowners in such district may file a petition
with the board of supervisors praying that the existence of the district be discontinued.
The petition shall state the reasons for discontinuance and that all obligations of the district
have been met. (b) After giving notice, the board of supervisors may conduct such hearings
on the petition as may be necessary to assist it in making a determination. (c) Within 60
days after the petition is filed, a referendum shall be held and conducted under the supervision
of the board of supervisors in the same manner as a referendum is required to be held and
conducted under the provisions of Sections 9-8-56 through 9-8-58. No informalities in the
conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating to the referendum shall...
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9-8-63
Section 9-8-63 Addition of lands to districts. (a) Any one or more owners of land may petition
the board of supervisors to have their lands added to a watershed conservancy district. Such
petition shall define the boundaries of the land desired to be annexed, the number of acres
of land involved and other information pertinent to such proposal. When the boundary described
embraces lands of others than the petitioners, the petition shall so state and shall be signed
by 25 or more of the landowners in the territory described if 50 or more such owners are involved,
or by a majority if less than 50 landowners are involved. (b) Within 30 days after such petition
is filed, the board shall cause due notice to be given of a hearing on such petition. All
interested parties shall have a right to attend such hearing and be heard. The board shall
determine whether the lands described in the petition or any portion thereof shall be included
in the district. If all the landowners in the territory...
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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation
of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district.
(3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than
200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad,
or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land
is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad,
or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way
are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by
a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city
limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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33-16-2
Section 33-16-2 Legislative intent; construction of chapter. The Legislature hereby makes the
findings of facts and declaration of intent hereinafter set forth in this section. The construction
of a navigable waterway between Montgomery and Gadsden and to the Alabama-Georgia boundary,
utilizing the channel of the Coosa River, would provide a new transportation route of great
importance and would stimulate the development of commerce, agriculture and industry in many
sections of the state. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter
to implement the provisions of Amendment No. 287 of the Constitution of Alabama. In order
to further the developments herein found to be beneficial, it is the intention of the Legislature
to authorize the formation of a public corporation for the following purposes: (1) To cooperate
with the United States, the State of Alabama, other participating states, counties and municipalities,
with all agencies, departments and...
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9-16-71
Section 9-16-71 Declaration of public policy and legislative intent; all land surface mined
under this article shall be reclaimed. (a) The objective of this article is to provide for
the safe, responsible and reasonable reclamation of lands upon which surface disturbances
will be created by surface mining and the surface effects of underground mining so as to protect
the taxable value of property and preserve natural resources within the state and protect
and promote the health and safety of the people of this state, consistent with the protection
of property and with maximum employment and the economic and industrial well-being of the
state. The Legislature finds and declares that the extraction of coal by surface mining provides
a major present and future source of energy and is an essential and necessary activity which
contributes to the economic and material well-being of the state. (b) The Legislature finds
that the unregulated or irresponsible surface mining of coal may cause...
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9-16-83
Section 9-16-83 Permits - Contents of application; reclamation plan; copy of application filed
for public inspection; insurance; blasting plan. (a) Each application for a surface coal mining
reclamation permit under this article shall be accompanied by a fee as determined by the regulatory
authority, but not to exceed the anticipated cost of reviewing, administering, and enforcing
the permit. In no event shall the permit fee be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The
regulatory authority shall develop procedures to enable the cost of the fee to be paid over
the life of the mine. The life of the mine means the term of the permit and the time required
to successfully complete all surface coal mining and reclamation activities and obtain a full
release of the performance bond for each bonded area. (b) The permit application shall be
submitted in a format prescribed by and satisfactory to the regulatory authority and shall
contain, among other things, all of the following: (1) The...
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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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9-8-22
Section 9-8-22 State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. (a) There is hereby established,
to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this
article, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. (b) This committee shall consist
of nine persons: The Director of the State Cooperative Agricultural Extension Service, the
Director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station, the Supervisor of Vocational Agricultural
Education and six members who are soil and water conservation district supervisors, to be
appointed by the Governor, one such appointive member from each of the six major geographical
areas of the state as such areas are designated on January 1, 1972, by the State Association
of Soil and Water Conservation district supervisors. The appointive members of the committee
shall hold office for a term of three years and until their successors are appointed. Such
members shall be appointed by the Governor from a list containing the names...
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9-8A-5
Section 9-8A-5 Allocation of funds to soil and water conservation districts. (a) Funds allocated
to the soil and water conservation districts by the commission shall be used only to pay the
costs of installing soil and water conservation practices of the types listed in Section 9-8A-7.
Soil and water conservation district supervisors shall designate which soil and water conservation
practices will be eligible for cost-share grants in their district, subject to approval by
the Agricultural and Conservation Development Commission. The commission, through the State
Soil and Water Conservation Committee, may allocate any available appropriations and other
moneys received by the commission for cost-share grants to the soil and water conservation
districts in steps identified as original allocation, reversion of allocated funds, and reallocation
of reverted funds. (b) Original allocation. The commission may allocate funds to the state's
soil and water conservation districts at the beginning...
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