9-8-61
Section 9-8-61 Board of directors - Powers and duties generally. Subject to the approval of
the board of supervisors, the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district shall
have power to: (1) Acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, bequest or devise, or through condemnation
proceedings held in the manner provided by Chapter 1 of Title 18 of this code, such lands
or rights-of-way as are necessary for the exercise of any authorized function of the district;
(2) Construct, improve, operate and maintain such structures as may be necessary for the exercise
of any authorized function of the district; (3) Borrow such money as is necessary for the
purpose of acquiring rights-of-way and establishing, constructing, reconstructing, repairing,
enlarging and maintaining such structures and improvements as are required by the district
in the performance of its functions, and issue, negotiate and sell its bonds as provided in
Section 9-8-62; provided, that all contracts made and all bonds issued...
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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, §5.)...
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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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9-10A-15
Section 9-10A-15 Issuance of bonds. Bonds authorized by Section 9-10A-14 shall not be issued
until proposed by order or resolution of the board of directors of the watershed management
authority specifying the purpose for which the funds are to be used and the proposed undertaking,
the amount of bonds to be issued and the rate of interest they are to bear and are approved
by the Director of the state Department of Finance. An authority, with such approval, shall
have power and is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds. Said bonds may
be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times
not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, payable
in such manner, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, be
executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places and
be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, be...
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9-8-26
Section 9-8-26 Land-use regulations - Procedure for adoption; amendment, repeal, etc.; contents;
publication, etc. (a) The supervisors of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations
governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving soil and soil
resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct such public
meetings and public hearings upon tentative regulations as may be necessary to assist them
in this work. The supervisors shall not have authority to enact such land-use regulations
into law until after they shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct
a referendum for submission of such regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries
of the district for their indication of approval or disapproval of such proposed regulations
and until after the supervisors have considered the result of such referendum. The proposed
regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance....
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9-8-31
Section 9-8-31 Discontinuance. (a) At any time after three years after the organization of
a district under the provisions of this article, any 25 owners of land lying within the boundaries
of such district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
praying that the operations of the district be terminated and the existence of the district
discontinued. The committee may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon such
petition as may be necessary to assist it in consideration thereof. Within 60 days after such
a petition has been received by the committee, it shall give due notice of the holding of
a referendum and shall supervise such referendum and issue appropriate regulations governing
the conduct thereof, the question to be submitted by ballots upon which the words "For
terminating the existence of the _____ (name of the soil conservation district to be here
inserted)" and "Against terminating the existence of the _____ (name of the soil...

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9-8-58
Section 9-8-58 Referendum upon creation of district - Counting, etc., of votes; certification,
recordation and filing of results. The votes shall be counted by the election officers at
the close of the polls, and report of the results, along with the ballots, shall be delivered
to the polling superintendent, who shall certify the results to the board of supervisors.
If a majority of the votes cast favor creation of the district, the board of supervisors shall
certify such results to the judge of probate of the county or counties involved. Upon proper
recording of such action, such watershed conservancy district shall be duly created. After
recording, the certification shall be filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee.
(Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §8.)...
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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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9-9-50
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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9-9-15
Section 9-9-15 Board of water management commissioners - Powers and duties generally. The board
of water management commissioners shall have the right and authority to enter into contracts
or other agreements with the United States government or any department thereof, with persons,
with railroads or other corporations, with public corporations, with the state government
of this or other states and with drainage, conservation or other improvement districts in
this or other states for cooperating or assisting in constructing, maintaining, using or operating
the works of the district or for making surveys and investigations or reports thereon and
may purchase, lease or acquire land or other property in adjoining states in order to secure
outlets or for other purposes of this article, and may let contracts for securing such outlets
or other works in adjoining states as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
article. The board shall have the authority to borrow funds from...
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