9-9-26
Section 9-9-26 Transmittal of certified copy of water management plan to probate court; petition for appointment of viewers; composition, etc., of board of viewers; qualifications and appointment of members. Within 90 days after the adoption of the plan of water management, the secretary of the board of water management commissioners shall prepare and transmit a certified copy thereof to the court of probate of the county in which the district is organized, and at the same time the board of water management commissioners shall file with said court of probate a petition to appoint viewers to appraise the lands within and without said district to be acquired for rights-of-way on the works of improvement of the district and to assess benefits and damages according to all lands in the district and other property by reason of the execution of the plan of water management. Within 30 days after the filing of such petition, the court of probate shall by an order appoint a board of viewers...
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9-9-14
Section 9-9-14 Board of water management commissioners - Composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, oath and bond of commissioners; seal; officers and employees generally; meetings; vacancies; quorum. Upon the organization of the district, the court of probate shall appoint three water management commissioners to be designated "Board of Water Management Commissioners," who shall have control of the affairs of the district, and each commissioner shall be an owner of real property within the district and shall be over 19 years of age, and at least one of them shall be a resident of the county in which the proceedings are held. Whenever the owners of a majority in acres of the land comprising a district petition the court for appointment of a person qualified under this article to act as a water management commissioner, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such person or persons, but in the absence of such petition it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such...
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9-9-28
Section 9-9-28 Notice of hearing on report of board of viewers. When the report of the board of viewers is fully completed in accordance with the provisions of this article and filed, the court of probate shall forthwith set a date for hearing said report, not less than 30 days thereafter, and shall give notice thereof by causing publication to be made as hereinafter defined, and the following form shall suffice: "Notice of Filing of Viewers' Report and Hearing Thereon for ___ Water Management District. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the following described land and property in _____ County (or Counties), Alabama; (here describe land and property) included within and without _____ water management district, that the board of viewers heretofore appointed to assess benefits and damages to the property and lands situated within and without said water management districts and to appraise the cash value of the land necessary to be taken for rights-of-way for the...
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9-9-32
Section 9-9-32 Levy of annual installment of tax; form of certificate and order directing collection of tax; preparation of tax record; proceedings as to delinquencies. (a) The said board of water management commissioners shall each year thereafter determine, order and levy the amount of the annual installment of the total taxes under Section 9-9-31, which shall become due and be collected during said year at the same time that state and county taxes are due and collected and which shall be evidenced and certified by the said board as provided in this section. Prior to the first Monday in October of each year, one copy of the water management tax book shall be delivered to the tax collector of each county in which benefited lands and other benefited property of said district are situated after the judge of the court of probate of the county in which the district was organized has affixed his signature to the certificate and order directing the collection of said tax, and said tax shall...
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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district; appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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9-9-2
Section 9-9-2 Definitions. Whenever used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. Unless otherwise specified, such notice shall consist of publication once in each of three consecutive weeks (three insertions) in some newspaper having general circulation in the county or counties wherein the land in the water management district is located, the last insertion to be made at least 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing of said notice, and it shall not be necessary that the publication shall be made on the same day in each of the three weeks, but not less than 14 days, excluding the day of the first publication, shall intervene between the first publication and the last publication. When a district includes lands in two or more counties, such notice shall be published in each county, and it will be sufficient to set out only the lands in the county...
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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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9-9-23
Section 9-9-23 Appointment of district engineer, etc.; preparation, adoption, etc., of report and water management plan for improvements in district. (a) Within 60 days after the district is established, it shall be the duty of the board of water management commissioners to appoint as district engineer a competent civil or agricultural engineer of good standing in his profession who is familiar with the type of project involved if said engineer is needed or required by the district. Such services of an engineer may not be required if engineering services are furnished by a federal, state or local agency. (b) In case an engineer is needed or required, it shall be the duty of the court of probate to refer the report of the preliminary survey or other plans to the district engineer, who shall make a survey of the district and shall prepare a report with plans for improvements for the district. Such report shall include maps, profiles, specifications, estimates of cost and other data and...
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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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9-9-19
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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