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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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9-8-59
Section 9-8-59 Board of directors - Composition; qualifications, election and terms of office
of members; vacancies; officers; quorum; prior elections, etc., ratified, etc. (a) Within
30 days after a watershed conservancy district is created under the provisions of this article,
the board of supervisors shall cause an election, after due notice has been given, to be held
therein for the election of a board of directors of such watershed conservancy district. All
owners of lands lying within the district shall be eligible to vote in such election, and
only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. The board of directors shall be composed of
five members, whose terms of office shall be four years. A director shall hold office until
his successor has been elected and has qualified. Such board of directors shall, under the
supervision of the board of supervisors, be the governing body of the watershed conservancy
district. Successors to the first elected directors shall likewise be...
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34-32-7
Section 34-32-7 Soil and Water Conservation Committee to serve as state board; appointment
of advisory council; duties, organization, etc. (a) The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation
Committee shall serve as and be the State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers,
and it shall be the duty of such board to administer the provisions of this chapter. The board
shall appoint an advisory council of five members, four of whom shall be qualified professional
soil classifiers who shall have the qualifications required in this chapter. It shall be the
duty of such council to recommend certification of those persons eligible to become registered
soil classifiers. The fifth member of the advisory council shall be the administrative officer
of the board. The other four members of the advisory council shall be appointed for terms
of office of five years and until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified;
provided that one of the initial members shall be...
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22-38-2
Section 22-38-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases
shall have the following meaning: (1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama State Soil and Water Conservation
Committee. (2) COST-SHARE FUNDS or COST-SHARE GRANTS. Any federal financial assistance for
landusers received by the department or other state agencies to support implementation of
agricultural nonpoint source pollution control. Such funds shall include federal match and
nonfederal match funds. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(4) LANDUSER. Any person, individual, partnership, company, corporation or other legal entity
who qualifies for the receipt of cost-share funds from the Alabama state soil and water conservation
committee in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations or practices. (5) PLAN. The
state nonpoint source management program for the control of discharges of pollution from nonpoint
sources to waters of the state and for improving the quality of...
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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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9-8-32
Section 9-8-32 Payment of expenses. To meet the administrative and other expenses of the State
Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the soil and water conservation districts which
may be organized under the provisions of this article, the Comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer, as provided by law, upon the order of the
Chairman of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, at such times and in such amounts,
not exceeding the appropriation therefor, as may be needed. (Acts 1939, No. 147, p. 202, §14;
Code 1940, T. 2, §670.)...
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9-8-51
Section 9-8-51 Creation authorized. Subdistricts of a soil and water conservation district,
as defined by the laws of this state, may be formed in any watershed area in such soil and
water conservation district for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs
relating to any phase of conservation of water, water usage, flood prevention, flood control,
erosion prevention and control of erosion, floodwater and sediment damages. Such subdistricts
shall be known as watershed conservancy districts. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §1; Acts
1969, No. 421, p. 822, §1.)...
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9-10A-7
Section 9-10A-7 Joint board of supervisors to hear petition when authority lies in multiple
conservation districts. If the proposed watershed management authority lies in more than one
soil and water conservation district, the petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors
of all such soil and water conservation districts, and the supervisors of all such districts
shall act as a joint board of supervisors in the formation of the watershed management authority.
Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whenever it is necessary for a joint board of
supervisors to convene, said meeting may be called by a majority of the members of the several
boards of supervisors comprising the joint board of supervisors. A majority of the joint board
of supervisors shall constitute a quorum. All actions taken by the joint board of supervisors
shall require a majority vote of all members comprising the joint board of supervisors who
are voting on said action. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602, p. 1119,...
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36-29-14.1
Section 36-29-14.1 Election by soil and water conservation districts to receive coverage for
officers and employees. (a) The governing body of any county soil and water conservation district
may, by resolution legally adopted to conform to rules prescribed by the State Employees'
Insurance Board, elect to have its officers and employees who are full-time employees working
at least a 40-hour work week and its retiring employees who worked full time at least a 40-hour
work week during their active employment become eligible to participate in the State Employees'
Health Insurance Plan. The term "officers" and "employees" as used in
this section shall include those persons appointed or employed by the individual officers
and performing their duties in public offices, but shall not include members of soil and water
conservation district boards, known as district supervisors who are expressly prohibited from
participating in said health insurance plan. (b) Each employee who is covered by the...
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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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