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9-8-51
Section 9-8-51 Creation authorized. Subdistricts of a soil and water conservation district,
as defined by the laws of this state, may be formed in any watershed area in such soil and
water conservation district for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs
relating to any phase of conservation of water, water usage, flood prevention, flood control,
erosion prevention and control of erosion, floodwater and sediment damages. Such subdistricts
shall be known as watershed conservancy districts. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §1; Acts
1969, No. 421, p. 822, §1.)...
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9-10A-3
Section 9-10A-3 Purpose of authorities. Watershed management authorities may be formed in any
watershed area of the state for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs
relating to any phase of conservation of water, water usage, flood prevention, flood control,
water pollution control, wildlife habitat protection, agricultural and timberland protection,
erosion prevention and control of erosion, flood-water and sediment damages. (Acts 1991, No.
91-602, p. 1119, §3.)...
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9-8-25
duly made available to it by law, to furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental
or otherwise, or any owner or occupier of lands within the district in the carrying on of
erosion control and prevention operations within the district, subject to such conditions
as the supervisors may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this article. (5) To obtain
options upon and to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or
otherwise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein; to maintain,
administer, and improve any properties acquired, to receive income from such properties, and
to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this article; and to
sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance
of the purposes and of this article. (6) To make available on such terms as it shall prescribe
to landowners within the district agricultural and engineering machinery...
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9-10A-1
Section 9-10A-1 Legislative intent. Proper management of the watersheds of the state is necessary
to insure the health, safety and welfare of our citizens. Improper land use and water use
practices upon our watersheds have caused or contributed to and will continue to cause and
contribute to critical flooding, erosion and pollution problems. Proper management of watersheds
is necessary to provide an adequate supply of water for residential, agricultural and industrial
uses, flood prevention and control, soil erosion prevention and control, agricultural and
timber land protection, and wildlife habitat protection. The legislative intent of this chapter
is to provide for the establishment of watershed management authorities, and to authorize
said entities to protect and manage the watersheds of this state. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602,
p. 1119, §1.)...
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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...
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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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25-4-10
situations); (v) In a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of this state or of an
Indian tribe, is designated as a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position or a policymaking
or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more
than 8 hours per week; or d. In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program
of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or
mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because
of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive
labor market by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work; provided
however, if an individual's employment is otherwise characterized as employment under subsection
(a) and the individual is performing work under the Javits Wagner O'Day Act or a similar set-aside
program under the laws of the United States, the...
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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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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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9-8-31
Section 9-8-31 Discontinuance. (a) At any time after three years after the organization of
a district under the provisions of this article, any 25 owners of land lying within the boundaries
of such district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
praying that the operations of the district be terminated and the existence of the district
discontinued. The committee may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon such
petition as may be necessary to assist it in consideration thereof. Within 60 days after such
a petition has been received by the committee, it shall give due notice of the holding of
a referendum and shall supervise such referendum and issue appropriate regulations governing
the conduct thereof, the question to be submitted by ballots upon which the words "For
terminating the existence of the _____ (name of the soil conservation district to be here
inserted)" and "Against terminating the existence of the _____ (name of the soil...

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