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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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9-9-14
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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9-9-5
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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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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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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11-19-16
Section 11-19-16 Grant of zoning powers; scope of powers. For the purpose of promoting the
health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the state and
counties, any county commission is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the county within
the flood-prone area of the county into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be
found best suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to provide within such districts
for standards relating to the location, bulk, height, minimum elevation, number of stories,
and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot which may be occupied, the
sizes of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density and distribution of population,
the uses of buildings and structures and of land for trade, residence, recreation, agriculture,
forestry, conservation, water supply, sanitation, floodways, public activities, and other
purposes. Such provisions shall be made in accordance with a...
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24-1-132
Section 24-1-132 Powers of municipalities, counties, public bodies, etc., to aid housing authorities.
(a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction,
or operation by housing authorities of housing projects located within the area in which it
is authorized to act, any city, county, municipal corporation, district, or other subdivision
or public body or agency of the state may, upon such terms, with or without consideration,
as it may determine: (1) Dedicate, release, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in
any property or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges therein to a
housing authority or the United States of America or any agency thereof; (2) Cause parks,
playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, drainage facilities, or any
other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished adjacent to or in
connection with housing projects; (3) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave,...
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9-10A-5
Section 9-10A-5 Land which may be included in authority. The land area embraced in any watershed
management authority must encompass at least 50 square miles, must be contiguous and must
lie within a defined watershed. The area may include lands within any soil and water conservation
district. Such authorities may embrace lands lying in one or more soil and water conservation
districts. Two or more watersheds may be included in a watershed management authority. Provided,
however, no land may be included in more than one watershed management authority and provided
further, that no lands or facilities which are subject to the licensing jurisdiction of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission
to issue certificates of convenience and necessity shall be subject to the exercise of any
powers or authorities granted herein. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602, p. 1119, ยง5.)...
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