9-8-66
Section 9-8-66 Supervision of district when soil and water conservation district discontinued.
If any supervising soil and water conservation district is discontinued, the county commission
of the county or counties involved shall serve in the same supervising capacity over the watershed
conservancy district as the board of supervisors. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §16.)...
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9-9-3
Section 9-9-3 Declaration of benefits of drainage, etc.; duty of Soil and Water Conservation
Committee. The establishing of proper works of improvement for the drainage of wet, swamp
and overflowed lands of the state and for flood prevention or the conservation, development,
utilization and disposal of water within the state is declared to promote the public health,
to aid agriculture and to be in the interest of the public welfare and convenience. The State
Soil and Water Conservation Committee is hereby charged with the duty of cooperating with
persons desiring to form water management districts and of aiding and advising in such development.
(Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §2.)...
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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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9-9-23
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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9-9-25
Section 9-9-25 Correction of errors in or amendments to water management plan. The board of
water management commissioners may correct errors in or amend the plan of water management
at any time upon the recommendation or concurrence of competent technicians when it appears
that the purpose for which the district is organized may thereby be more effectively and economically
accomplished; provided, that after assessments of benefits have been confirmed by the court,
no such amendment to plans shall be effective until approved by the court having jurisdiction
of the district after a hearing, for which notice shall be given as in the case of the assessments
of benefits, at which hearing all parties whose property has been assessed for benefits or
may be damaged or taken by reason of such amendment shall have opportunity to be heard. When
any amendment to the plan is approved by the court, the benefits and damages resulting from
such amendment shall be determined at the same hearing. (Acts...
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9-8A-9
Section 9-8A-9 Cost-share grant processing procedures. Applicants for cost-share grants for
soil and water conservation practices shall complete and submit an application for allocated
funds as described herein to the soil and water conservation district office located in their
counties. Assistance in completing the form shall be made available from technical personnel
of the soil and water conservation district office. Applicants shall specify the anticipated
total cost of the practice to be implemented and the percentage, if any, of such cost which
the applicant proposes to bear, which percentage shall not be less than the minimum specified
by the commission for cost-share grants to assist in implementation of the particular practice.
Applications for allocated funds which are denied by the soil and water conservation district
supervisors shall be retained in the district to the end of the program year. Written notification
of the denial shall be provided to the applicant along with...
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9-9-22
Section 9-9-22 Right of commissioners, etc., to enter lands to make surveys, etc.; liability
for damages; obstruction of entrance. The board of water management commissioners of any district
organized under this article or its employees or agents or cooperating state and federal agencies,
including contractors and their employees, and the engineer and members of the board of viewers
and their assistants may enter upon the lands within or without the district in order to make
surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district
or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done. Any person or
corporation preventing such entrance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1965, No. 685,
p. 1246, §15.)...
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9-8-20
Section 9-8-20 Definitions. Wherever used or referred to in this article, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) DISTRICT or SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
A governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic organized
in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers and subject
to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2) SUPERVISOR. One of the members of the governing
body of a district appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (3) COMMITTEE
or STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. The agency created in Section 9-8-22. (4)
PETITION. A petition filed under the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 9-8-23 for the
creation of a district. (5) STATE. The State of Alabama. (6) AGENCY OF THIS STATE. Such term
includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate
or otherwise, of the government of this state. (7) UNITED...
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41-9-432
Section 41-9-432 Powers generally. The commission shall be authorized: (1) To investigate and
select an available site for housing the exhibits, including the surrounding grounds, in cooperation
with the Department of the Army and the community, taking into consideration all pertinent
factors affecting the suitability of such site; (2) To acquire by rent or lease agreement
or otherwise the necessary housing facilities and to establish, improve and enlarge the available
facility, including providing it with necessary equipment, furnishings, landscaping and related
facilities, including parking areas and ramps, roadways, sewers, curbs and gutters; (3) To
enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with the local, state and federal governments,
with agencies of such governments, including the Department of the Army and the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, with private individuals, corporations, associations and other organizations
as the commission may deem...
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9-8-50
Section 9-8-50 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) WATERSHED CONSERVANCY DISTRICT or WATERSHED DISTRICT. A subdistrict of a soil and water
conservation district which constitutes a governmental subdivision of this state and a public
body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this article for
the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2)
DIRECTOR. One of the members of the governing body of a watershed conservancy district. (3)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing body of a watershed conservancy district. (4) SUPERVISOR.
A supervisor of a soil and water conservation district in which a watershed conservancy district
is situated. (5) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The governing body of the soil and water conservation
district in which a watershed conservancy district is situated or, if...
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