9-9-37
Section 9-9-37 Bonds - Issuance. The board of water management commissioners may issue bonds
of the water management district from time to time for an amount equal in the aggregate to
the total cost of the improvement including all preliminary organization and administration
expenses not heretofore provided for, less such amounts as shall have been paid in cash to
the district treasurer. In no case, however, shall the par value of the bonds issued plus
such amounts as shall have been paid in cash to the district treasurer exceed 90 percent of
the aggregate of benefits assessed against the land or other property. The bonds shall be
numbered serially and shall bear interest not to exceed six percent per annum, payable semiannually,
and shall mature at annual intervals within 40 years commencing after a period of years not
later than five years to be determined by the board of water management commissioners, and
said bonds shall be signed by the president of the board of water management...
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9-9-9
Section 9-9-9 Establishment of district - Notice of filing of petition and of hearing. Immediately
upon the filing of the report of the engineer or other plans submitted by petitioner, it shall
be the duty of the court of probate to forthwith give notice thereof by personal service
or by causing publication to be made as hereinafter defined; and, in the event notice is given
by publication, the following form shall suffice: "Notice of Petition for the Organization
of a Water Management District. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the following
described lands in _____ County, State of Alabama (here describe the lands as set out in the
preliminary survey or other plans on file with this court) that a petition has been filed
with this court signed by a majority of the persons owning at least one third of the land
or by at least one third of the persons owning more than one half of the aforementioned land,
asking that the aforementioned and described lands be organized...
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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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9-9-56
Section 9-9-56 Drainage districts to continue and be known as water management districts; petition
requesting additional powers; notice to landowners and proceedings. All drainage districts
created under Title 2, Sections 208 through 262 of the 1940 Alabama Code, shall be known as
water management districts and shall continue to carry out their drainage purposes under this
article. In order for such existing districts to exercise the additional powers granted by
this article, the commissioners of the districts must file a petition in the probate court
requesting such additional powers. Proper notice must be given to landowners in the same manner
as in the first instance of the creation of the district, and all other proceedings must be
conducted insofar as possible in accordance with the procedures set forth for determining
whether or not the district will be created in the first instance. (Acts 1965, No. 685, p.
1246, §57.)...
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9-9-35
Section 9-9-35 Payment of tax to district treasurer - Required; records. Any person owning
lands and other property assessed for the construction of any works of improvement under the
provisions of this article shall have the privilege of paying such tax assessment to the district
treasurer on or before a date to be fixed by the board of water management commissioners,
notice of which date shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in each county
in which lie lands in the district at least 10 days before such fixed date, and the amount
to be paid shall be the full amount of the tax levied less any amount added thereto to meet
interest. When such tax assessment has been paid, the secretary of the board of water management
commissioners shall enter upon the water management tax record opposite each tract for which
payment is made the words, "paid in full," and such tax assessment shall be deemed
satisfied, and the secretary of the board of water management commissioners shall...
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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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9-10A-9
Section 9-10A-9 Creation of board of directors; terms of office; vacancies. If the board of
supervisors determines the authority is needed, it shall determine the number of directors
who shall comprise the board of directors of the watershed management authority. The board
of directors of the watershed management authority shall include at least one resident from
each county located within the boundaries of the authority. The board of supervisors of a
soil and water conservation district in which is situated a county or a portion of a county
that is in a watershed management authority, shall determine if the member of the original
board of directors of the watershed management authority, who, pursuant to this chapter must
reside in said county, shall be appointed or elected. For the purposes of this chapter said
directors shall be referred to as "resident directors." The method of selection
chosen shall be proclaimed by resolution. If the original member of the board of directors
is to...
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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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9-9-42
Section 9-9-42 Construction of improvements under water management plan - Authority and procedure
for letting contracts. The board of water management commissioners may secure and use men,
equipment and materials under the supervision of the water management engineer to construct,
excavate and complete all or any of the works of improvements which may be needed to carry
out the plan of water management, or it may, in its discretion, let contracts therefor, either
as a whole or in part. The board of commissioners shall fix the time and place of letting
contracts for the construction of the improvements and cause notice thereof, containing a
description of the work to be let, to be made by publication in three consecutive issues of
some weekly newspaper (if such there be) of general circulation published in the county in
which the district is organized and by at least one insertion in some contractor's or trade
journal and by such additional publication elsewhere as the board of water...
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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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