9-9-19
Section 9-9-19 Compensation of district officers and employees. Each member of the board of
viewers shall receive as compensation for his services $25.00 per diem when actually employed.
The secretary of the board of water management commissioners shall be entitled to such compensation
for his secretarial work as may be agreed upon by the board of water management commissioners.
Any attorney, engineer or assistant engineer or assistants employed under the provisions of
this article shall receive such compensation for his or their services as shall be fixed and
determined upon by the court of probate, together with reimbursement for all necessary expenses,
until the board of water management commissioners is appointed, which shall then assume jurisdiction
of these matters. The compensation of the treasurer of the district and of all other assistants
and employees shall be determined by the board of water management commissioners. Such expenses
shall be paid by order of the board of...
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9-9-22
Section 9-9-22 Right of commissioners, etc., to enter lands to make surveys, etc.; liability
for damages; obstruction of entrance. The board of water management commissioners of any district
organized under this article or its employees or agents or cooperating state and federal agencies,
including contractors and their employees, and the engineer and members of the board of viewers
and their assistants may enter upon the lands within or without the district in order to make
surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district
or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done. Any person or
corporation preventing such entrance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1965, No. 685,
p. 1246, §15.)...
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9-9-50
Section 9-9-50 Annexation of land to district. Any body of land, however large, contiguous
or adjacent to a water management district organized under this article may be annexed thereto
and made a part thereof, the same as if originally included therein, upon petition of one
third or more of the landowners owning 50 percent or more in acreage of the real property
to be annexed or upon the petition of one half or more of the owners of the real property
to be annexed owning more than one third of the area to be annexed. Such petition and all
the proceedings relative thereto shall conform as nearly as may be with the provisions of
this article for the filing of the petition for the organization of a water management district
and shall be filed with the court of probate having jurisdiction over the district to which
annexation is sought. Upon filing of such petition, the court shall direct the board of water
management commissioners of said district to cause surveys and a report to be made...
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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.)...
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9-9-29
Section 9-9-29 Filing of exceptions to report; hearing upon exceptions and report; approval
and confirmation of report; dismissal of proceedings and dissolution of district; transmittance
of copies of court decree and report of viewers; filing fee. On or before the day set for
the hearing of the final report of the board of viewers, the water management district or
any owner of land or other property in said district or any person having an interest in any
lands or other property within said district may file exceptions to said report or to any
assessment for either benefits or damages. All exceptions shall be heard by the court and
determined in a summary manner so as to carry out liberally the purposes and needs of the
district. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court, after having heard and determined
all of said exceptions, that the estimated cost of constructing the improvements contemplated
in the plan of water management or, in the case of a Public Law 566 watershed...
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9-9-41
Section 9-9-41 Bonds of district employees, etc. Bonds in behalf of the district for the safekeeping
of funds and faithful performance of their respective duties and obligations shall be given
by each of the commissioners, the engineer, if any, the attorney, the secretary, the treasurer
and all other persons who may handle funds of the district and by such persons, firms or corporations
having contracts with the district as the commissioners may require. The amount of the bonds
and the sureties of the commissioners shall be subject to the approval of the court of probate.
The amount of bonds and the sureties of the treasurer, the attorney, the secretary, the engineer,
if any, and the contractors shall be subject to the approval of the board of water management
commissioners. All bonds of district officials shall be placed with the court of probate and
the bonds of contractors with the secretary of the district. The amount of the bonds of any
person who handles district funds or of a...
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9-9-44
Section 9-9-44 Construction of improvements under water management plan - Default of contractor.
If any contractor to whom said work shall have been let shall fail to perform the same according
to the terms specified in his contract, the board of water management commissioners may declare
the contract forfeited and shall have a right of action against the contractor and the sureties
on his bond for the amount of damage sustained by it. (Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §37.)...

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9-9-39
Section 9-9-39 Bonds - Payment of principal and interest. The principal and interest of bonds
issued under this article shall be payable at such place or places as the board of commissioners
may designate. At least two weeks before the principal and interest of any bonds are due and
payable, it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the water management district to forward
to the place of payment named in such bonds an amount sufficient to meet the principal and
interest thereon coming due together with the customary fee of such paying back, not to exceed
one fourth of one percent. It shall be the duty of the board of water management commissioners
in making the annual tax levy as provided in this article to take into account the maturing
bonds and interest on all bonds and to make ample provisions in advance for the payment thereof.
In case the proceeds of the original tax levy made under the provisions of this article are
not sufficient to pay the principal and interest of all the...
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9-9-6
Section 9-9-6 Establishment of district - Maintenance of record of proceedings in probate court;
district record book. The court of probate shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings
under this article in a book to be used for the purpose only. The book shall be designated
as the "Water Management District Record of _____ County, Alabama" and shall also
have recorded therein all bond orders, papers, proofs of publications and auditors' and water
management commissioner's (hereinafter referred to as water management commissioners) reports,
bonds and plats filed in any district proceedings in the probate court of that county, except
the district tax record and the district tax books. (Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §4.)...

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9-9-53
Section 9-9-53 Joint works of improvement with adjoining states. Whenever it may be desirable
to construct, widen, deepen, straighten or otherwise change any ditch, drain, watercourse,
floodwater retarding structure, levee or other works of improvement lying on or along, across
or near the boundary line between the State of Alabama and an adjoining state or whenever
it may be desirable to construct, repair or improve any works of improvement as provided for
in this article, which ditch, drain, watercourse, floodwater retarding structure or other
works of improvement cannot be constructed, repaired or improved in the best manner without
affecting lands in such adjoining state, the board of water management commissioners of the
district in which such work is located shall have authority to join with the proper officers
of such adjacent county or counties or districts of other states in the construction, widening,
deepening, straightening, repairing or improving of any such drain, ditch,...
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