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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9-8-26
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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35-8B-1
Section 35-8B-1 Definitions; sale of alcoholic beverages. (a) "Community development district"
shall mean a private residential development that: (1) Is a size of at least 250 acres of
contiguous land area; (2) has at least 100 residential sites, platted and recorded in the
probate office of the county as a residential subdivision; (3) has streets that were or will
be built with private funds; (4) has a social club with: (i) an 18-hole golf course of regulation
size; (ii) a restaurant or eatery used exclusively for the purpose of preparing and serving
meals, with a seating capacity of at least 60 patrons; (iii) social club memberships with
at least 100 paid-up members who have paid a membership initiation fee of not less than two
hundred fifty dollars ($250) per membership; (iv) membership policies whereby membership is
not denied or impacted by an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, or national origin;
and (v) a full-time management staff for the social activities of the club,...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In this
article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods
in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...

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9-8-28
Section 9-8-28 Land-use regulations - Enforcement. Where the supervisors of any district shall
find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-8-26 are not being observed on particular lands
and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is interfering with
the prevention or control of erosion on other lands within the district, the supervisors may
present to the circuit court of the county in which the land of the defendant may lie, a complaint,
duly verified, setting forth the adoption of the ordinance prescribing land-use regulations,
the failure of the defendant landowner to observe such regulations and to perform particular
work, operations or avoidances as required thereby and that such nonobservance tends to increase
erosion on such lands and is interfering with the prevention or control of erosion on other
lands within the district and requesting the court to...
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9-8-56
Section 9-8-56 Referendum upon creation of district - Notice of referendum; appointment of
polling superintendent, etc. After the board of supervisors has made and recorded a determination
that there is need in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare for creation of
the proposed watershed conservancy district, it shall consider the question whether the operation
of a district within the proposed boundaries with the powers conferred upon such districts
in Section 9-8-61 is administratively practicable and feasible. To assist the board of supervisors
in this determination the board shall, within a reasonable time after entry of the finding
that there is need for the organization of the district and the determination of the boundaries
of the district, hold a referendum within the proposed district upon the proposition of the
creation of the district and to cause due notice of such referendum to be given. Such notice
shall state the date of holding the referendum, the hours...
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9-8-64
Section 9-8-64 Detachment of lands from districts. The owner or owners of lands which have
not been, are not and cannot be benefited by their inclusion in the watershed conservancy
district may petition the board of supervisors to have such lands detached. The petition shall
describe such lands and state the reasons why they should be detached. A hearing shall be
held within 30 days after the petition is received. Due notice of such hearing shall be given
at least 10 days before the hearing. If it is determined by the board of supervisors that
such lands shall be detached, such determination shall be certified to the judge of probate
of each county in which any portion of such lands lie. After recording, the certification
shall be filed with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. (Acts 1957, No. 517,
p. 705, §14.)...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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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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