9-9-49
Section 9-9-49 Rights of landowners as to use of drains, watercourses, etc., as outlets for
lateral drains from lands. The owner of any land that has been assessed for the cost of the
construction of any ditch, drain, watercourse or other improvement as provided in this article
shall have the right to use the ditch, drain or watercourse as an outlet for lateral drains
from said land; and, if said land is separated from the ditch, drain, watercourse or other
drainage improvement by the land of another or others and the owner thereof shall be unable
to agree with said other or others as to the terms and conditions on which he may enter their
lands and construct said drain or ditch, he may petition to condemn the same and the same
proceeding shall be had as in cases of condemnation under the right of eminent domain. When
the drain is constructed it shall become a part of the drainage system and shall be under
the control of the board of water management commissioners and be kept in repair...
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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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9-9-5
Section 9-9-5 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction generally; purposes. (a) The court of
probate of any county of the State of Alabama shall have jurisdiction, power and authority
to establish water management districts, as provided in this article for the following purposes:
(1) To locate and establish levees, drains or canals and to cause to be constructed, straightened,
widened or deepened any ditch, drain or watercourse; (2) To construct for the purposes of
flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization or disposal of water works
of improvement, including levees, embankments, floodwater retarding structures, water storage
structures, outlets and tide gates, flood gates and pumping plants for preventing floods,
providing drainage, reducing sediment and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands and other
related works of improvement that will carry out the purposes of this article; and (3) To
provide maintenance for such installations. (b) It is hereby declared...
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9-9-73
Section 9-9-73 Powers and duties of commission and officers or directors of subdistricts generally.
The county commission shall have control of the affairs of the county as such drainage district.
No commissioner shall directly or indirectly be interested in any contract made by the county
commission, save and except insofar as other land owners are benefited by the work constructed.
They shall appoint and employ such agents and persons as they may deem necessary for the execution
of the purposes expressed in this article, particularly operators of county controlled machinery
and equipment, save and except they shall not become directly or indirectly employed by the
county commission or by a subdistrict established by authority of this article. They shall
have the right and authority to enter into contracts or other agreements with the United States
government or any department thereof, with persons, firms or corporations, with the state
government of any department thereof or with...
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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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9-9-48
Section 9-9-48 Control and supervision of completed improvements; annual tax for repairs and
maintenance; payment of costs of repairs and maintenance; injury, damage or obstruction of
improvements. Whenever any improvement constructed under this article is completed, it shall
be under the control and supervision of the board of water management commissioners. It shall
be the duty of said board to maintain the levees, ditches, drains, watercourses, floodwater
retarding structures and any other improvements in good repair, and for this purpose the board
of water management commissioners may annually levy a tax on the lands benefited by the construction
of such improvement in the same manner as other water management taxes are levied, not to
exceed 10 percent of the assessed benefits in any one year, and the fund that is collected
shall be used for repairing and maintaining the ditches, drains, watercourses, floodwater
retarding structures and other improvements in perfect order;...
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11-50-343
Section 11-50-343 Powers generally; publication, recordation, and authentication of resolutions
of board. (a) Each board created under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be
a public agency or instrumentality exercising public and governmental functions to provide
for the public health and welfare, and each such board is hereby authorized and empowered:
(1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2)
To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; (3) To maintain an office at such
place or places within the city as it may designate; (4) To sue and be sued in its own name;
(5) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, operate,
and maintain any water system or part thereof or any sewer system or part thereof or any combination
thereof within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the
city, and to acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right...
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11-48-5
Section 11-48-5 Adoption of ordinance or resolution describing proposed improvement, ordering
preparation of plans, specifications, etc., thereof, etc. (a) When the council of any city
or town shall determine to open, widen, extend, construct, or improve any street, alley, avenue,
sidewalk, highway, or other public place or to make any other public improvements or undertake
any work authorized by the provisions of this article, the cost of which or any part thereof
it is proposed to assess against the property abutting on, served, illuminated, drained, elevated,
reclaimed, protected, or otherwise specially benefited or increased in value by said improvements,
it shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to that effect, describing the nature and extent
of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the location and terminal
point thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or parts thereof embraced
therein, and it shall direct that full details,...
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11-81-51
Section 11-81-51 Purposes for which bonds may be issued. All municipalities shall have full
and continuing power and authority within the limits of the Constitution now in effect or
that may be hereafter provided to issue and sell bonds (when such issue is authorized by an
election as provided in this article if such election is required by the Constitution, but
without an election if an election is not so required) for the following named purposes: (1)
For the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, enlarging or extending public buildings,
sewers, streets, alleys, bridges and public schoolhouses and buildings and of constructing
or acquiring by purchase or otherwise water, electric light, electric power and gas plants
and systems or any two or more such plants or systems combined, including transmission and
distribution systems, and of constructing enlargements and extensions to any such plants or
systems; (2) For the purchase of real estate necessary for any improvement authorized...
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23-1-352
Section 23-1-352 Definitions. For the purpose of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics,
the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless otherwise
specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears or the context requires
otherwise: (1) AERONAUTICS or AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITIES. The science and art of flight including,
but not limited to, transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance
of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the use, repair, packing, and
maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, expansion, operation,
improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, restricted landing areas, or other air navigation
facilities including the aerial and ground approaches thereto; and instruction in flying or
ground subjects pertaining thereto. (2) AERONAUTICAL INSTRUCTION. The imparting of aeronautical
knowledge or information by any aeronautics...
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