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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9-9-27
Section 9-9-27 Viewing and assessment of lands by board of viewers; report of findings. (a) Within 30 days after qualifying, the board of viewers shall begin its duties, and it may at any time call upon the attorney of the district for legal advice and information relative to its duties. Said viewers shall proceed to view the premises and determine the value of all land and other property within or without the district to be acquired and used for rights-of-way or other works of drainage, leveeing, reclamation, flood prevention or for the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water as set out in the water management plan. They shall assess the amount of benefits and the amount of damages, if any, that will accrue to each tract of 40 acres or less, according to the legal or recognized subdivisions of land according to ownership, to public highways, railroad and other rights-of-way, railroads, roadways and other property from carrying out and putting into effect the plan...
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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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9-9-21
Section 9-9-21 Right of condemnation. The power of eminent domain is hereby conferred, and such land, easements or rights-of-way within or outside the district which are necessary to carry out the purposes of the district may be condemned. Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the acquisition by eminent domain of any real property or rights owned or controlled by railroads or utilities, both public and private. The right of condemnation hereby conferred shall be exercised by application to the court of probate of the county in which the lands over which such right-of-way or outlet is desired or a material portion thereof are situated, and the same proceedings shall be had as in cases of condemnation of lands under the right of eminent domain, and such damages as may be awarded as compensation shall be paid by the board of water management commissioners out of the first funds which shall be available from the proceeds of the sale of bonds or otherwise. (Acts 1965, No....
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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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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election. (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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43-8-175
Section 43-8-175 Probate of foreign will. When the testator was not, at the time of his or her death, an inhabitant of this state, but was an inhabitant of some other state or territory of the United States of America, or of some other territory, district or country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America, and his or her will has been duly proved in any other state of the United States of America, or in any territory, district or country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America, it may be admitted to probate in the proper court of this state in the manner following: If the will has been admitted to probate out of the state of Alabama, but within another state of the United States of America, or within any territory, district or country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America, such will, or copy of the same, and the probate thereof must be certified and authenticated as provided in 28 U.S.C.A., ยง1738. Upon the presentation to...
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45-9-91.20
Section 45-9-91.20 Establishment and designation; services; regulation of industrial parks. (a) Subject to the written approval of the owners of 100 percent in interest based on assessed value for ad valorem tax purposes of each 10 acres, or the part thereof to be included in the proposed industrial park, the County Commission of Chambers County in the State of Alabama may establish industrial parks composed of territory wholly within the county boundaries and without the boundaries of any municipality. Any person, firm, or corporation who desires to obtain a designation of an area as an industrial park shall file a petition with the county commission of the county wherein the property is located requesting that the county commission designate the area proposed as an industrial park, and include with such petition the consent of the land owners as above required. The consent of each consenting owner shall be acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized to take...
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9-8-59
Section 9-8-59 Board of directors - Composition; qualifications, election and terms of office of members; vacancies; officers; quorum; prior elections, etc., ratified, etc. (a) Within 30 days after a watershed conservancy district is created under the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors shall cause an election, after due notice has been given, to be held therein for the election of a board of directors of such watershed conservancy district. All owners of lands lying within the district shall be eligible to vote in such election, and only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. The board of directors shall be composed of five members, whose terms of office shall be four years. A director shall hold office until his successor has been elected and has qualified. Such board of directors shall, under the supervision of the board of supervisors, be the governing body of the watershed conservancy district. Successors to the first elected directors shall likewise be...
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23-4-2
Section 23-4-2 Procedure. (a) Whenever the governing body of a municipality or county proposes to vacate a public street, alley, or highway, or portion thereof, the governing body shall schedule a public hearing prior to taking final action and shall publish notice of the proposed hearing on the vacation in a newspaper of general circulation in the portion of the county where the street, alley, or highway lies once a week for four consecutive weeks in the county prior to deciding the issue at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body. A copy of the notice shall be posted on a bulletin board at the county courthouse and shall also be served by U.S. mail at least 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting on any abutting owner and on any entity known to have facilities or equipment such as utility lines, both aerial or buried, within the public right-of-way of the street, alley, or highway to be vacated. The notice shall describe the street, alley, highway, or portion thereof...
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