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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9-9-32
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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9-9-40
Section 9-9-40 Bonds - Remedies and proceedings upon default. (a) If any installment of principal
and interest evidenced by any bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall not
be paid at the time and in the manner when the same shall become due and payable, the same
shall bear interest at the rate of eight percent per annum until paid, and if such default
shall continue for a period of 60 days, the holder or holders of such bond or bonds upon which
default has been made may have a right of action against said water management district wherein
the court may issue a writ of mandamus against the officers of said district, including the
tax collector, directing the levying of a sufficient tax as provided in this article and the
collection of same in such sum as may be necessary to meet any unpaid installments of principal
and interest and costs of suit and such other remedies are hereby vested in the holder or
holders of such bond or bonds in default as may be authorized by...
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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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9-9-31
Section 9-9-31 Tax levy to defray expenses of proposed works and improvements generally; water
management tax record; additional taxes. (a) After the list of lands and other property with
the assessed benefits and the decree and judgment of the court have been filed as provided
in Section 9-9-29, the board of water management commissioners shall without unnecessary delay
levy a tax of such portion of said benefit on all lands and other property in the district
to which benefits have been assessed as may be found necessary by the board of water management
commissioners to defray the costs and expenses of the proposed works and improvements as incorporated
in the plan of water management, plus 10 percent of said total amount for emergencies. The
said tax shall be apportioned to and levied on each tract of land or other property in said
district in proportion to the benefits assessed and not in excess of 90 percent thereof; and,
in case bonds are issued as provided in this article, then...
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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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9-9-37
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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9-9-7
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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9-9-35
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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9-9-11
in the watershed and will be benefited by the proposed works of improvement if the proposed
plan includes purposes other than drainage, or is in the benefited area if the proposed plan
includes only the drainage purpose, the boundaries of the district may be so changed as to
include such lands, and such owners of additional lands shall be made parties to the proceedings;
and such notice to the owners of such additional lands shall be given by publication as provided
in this article, or by personal service, and the hearing shall be continued to a date
to be fixed by the court, upon which date the objections, if any, that are filed to the inclusion
of additional lands shall be adjudicated, and such additional lands as may be adjudged in
the benefited area shall thereupon be included within the proposed district. (b) If it further
appears that the purpose of this article would be subserved by the creation of the proposed
water management district, the court shall, after disposing of...
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