45-26-130
Section 45-26-130 Appointment and employment; duties; compensation; equipment and facilities.
(a) This section shall apply only in Elmore County. (b) The Elmore County Commission shall
appoint and employ a county engineer or chief engineer, who shall be a thoroughly qualified
and competent professional engineer. The county engineer or chief engineer shall possess all
of the qualifications as specified for county engineers or chief engineers under the general
laws of the State of Alabama. The county engineer or chief engineer shall be responsible for
the maintenance and construction of the public roads, bridges, and ferries in the county and
shall perform other duties related to his or her appointment as may be assigned by the county
commission. The county engineer or chief engineer shall serve at the pleasure of the county
commission. (c) It shall be the duty of the county engineer or chief engineer to carry out
the following as determined by the county commission: (1) Employ,...
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9-8A-6
Section 9-8A-6 Application for cost-share grant. In order to qualify for a cost-share grant,
an eligible person shall file, accompanied by the applications specified in this section,
a conservation plan approved by the soil and water conservation district in which the eligible
person's eligible land is located. Cost-share grants shall be available only with respect
to those soil and water conservation practices determined to be needed by the soil conservation
district to reduce erosion, improve agricultural water quality and improve forest resources
in the district. Such determination of need shall be made by a qualified soil and water conservation
or forestry technician. All application forms and agreements for allocated funds shall be
available from and completed forms shall be submitted to the local soil and water conservation
district office located in the county where such practices are proposed to be implemented.
If an applicant's land is in more than one soil and water...
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34-32-2
Section 34-32-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears
from the context, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Alabama
Soil and Water Conservation Committee for the Registration of Professional Soil Classifiers.
(2) REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL SOIL CLASSIFIER. A person entitled under this chapter to take
and use the title. (3) SOIL CLASSIFICATION. The soil science evaluation of the nature, physio-chemical
properties, formation, taxonomic classification, and general land use suitability on the basis
of these parameters within a soil management criteria; it shall specifically include the mapping
and identification of surficial and subsurface soil profiles, and the soil management interpretation
of these data. Soil classification centers on soils as the biochemically weathered part of
the earth's crust, the collection of natural bodies on the earth's surface, supporting plants,
with a lower limit at the deeper of either the...
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9-8-54
Section 9-8-54 Petition for formation of district - Where proposed district lies in more than
one soil and water conservation district. If the proposed watershed conservancy district lies
in more than one soil and water conservation district, the petition may be presented to the
board of supervisors of any one of such soil and water conservation districts, and the supervisors
of all such districts shall act as a joint board of supervisors in the formation and supervision
of such a watershed conservancy district. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §4.)...
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9-8A-10
Section 9-8A-10 Designing of proposed soil and water conservation practices. A qualified technician
of, or technician designated by, the soil and water conservation district in which a particular
project is located shall design and lay out proposed soil and water conservation practices
for which allocated funds have been obligated. Such technician shall be responsible for determining
compliance with applicable design standards and specifications. (Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess.,
No. 85-123, p. 169, §12; Acts 1986, No. 86-426, p. 775, §11.)...
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9-8A-11
Section 9-8A-11 Agreement to maintain conservation practices; sale of land with respect to
which agreement is in effect. As a condition for receipt of a cost-share grant of allocated
funds for soil and water conservation practices, the eligible person receiving the benefit
of such grant shall agree to maintain those practices for the expected life of the practice
as established by the commission and outlined in the applicable conservation plan. Agreement
to maintain practices for which allocated funds are being paid shall be accomplished by completing
and signing a maintenance agreement. Specific conditions of the maintenance agreement shall
be detailed on a form specified by the commission, and may include provisions for repayment
of cost-share grants. Completion of the form and signature of the eligible person is required
prior to transfer of the payment from the district to the recipient. Agreements to perform
soil and water conservation practices for which allocated funds are being...
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9-8A-7
Section 9-8A-7 Eligible soil and water conservation practices. The following soil and water
conservation practices shall be eligible for cost-share grants of the allocated funds: (1)
REDUCED TILLAGE SYSTEMS. Reduced tillage practices, used in conjunction with row crop production
to reduce sediment damage and soil depletion caused by wind or water, including planting of
seasonal noncash cover crops. (2) NO-TILL SYSTEMS. A form of noninversion tillage that retains
protective amounts of residue on the surface throughout the year. (3) CRITICAL AREA PLANTINGS.
stablishment of vegetative planting to control sediment movement from severely eroding areas
by stabilizing the soil. These plantings would include vegetation such as trees, shrubs, vines,
grasses or legumes. (4) DIVERSIONS. A channel with a supporting ridge on the lower side constructed
across the slope to conduct excess runoff water to a suitable outlet. (5) FIELD WINDBREAKS.
A strip or belt of trees or shrubs established within or...
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9-9-51
Section 9-9-51 Organization of district over lands of watershed conservancy district. A water
management district may be organized over the whole or any part of the lands covered by an
existing watershed conservancy district organized under Sections 9-8-50 through 9-8-67; provided
that: (1) The soil and water conservation district supervisors and the directors of the watershed
conservancy district concerned file no objection to the organization; and (2) The water management
district assumes any outstanding obligations and responsibilities of the watershed conservancy
district. When such water management district is established, it will supersede the watershed
conservancy district, and the watershed conservancy district or that portion of the watershed
conservancy district involved shall be dissolved and shall no longer be in effect over the
area covered by the water management district. (Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §46.)...
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9-8-52
Section 9-8-52 Lands which may be embraced in districts. The land area embraced in any watershed
conservancy district must be contiguous and must lie within a well-defined watershed. The
area shall not include lands not included within a soil and water conservation district or
lands embraced within another watershed conservancy district. Such districts may embrace lands
lying in one or more soil and water conservation districts. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §2.)...

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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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