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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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9-8-65
Section 9-8-65 Discontinuance. (a) At any time after five years from the organization of a
watershed conservancy district, 25 or more landowners within a district or, if less than 50
landowners are involved, a majority of the landowners in such district may file a petition
with the board of supervisors praying that the existence of the district be discontinued.
The petition shall state the reasons for discontinuance and that all obligations of the district
have been met. (b) After giving notice, the board of supervisors may conduct such hearings
on the petition as may be necessary to assist it in making a determination. (c) Within 60
days after the petition is filed, a referendum shall be held and conducted under the supervision
of the board of supervisors in the same manner as a referendum is required to be held and
conducted under the provisions of Sections 9-8-56 through 9-8-58. No informalities in the
conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating to the referendum shall...
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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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9-8-58
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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9-8-63
Section 9-8-63 Addition of lands to districts. (a) Any one or more owners of land may petition
the board of supervisors to have their lands added to a watershed conservancy district. Such
petition shall define the boundaries of the land desired to be annexed, the number of acres
of land involved and other information pertinent to such proposal. When the boundary described
embraces lands of others than the petitioners, the petition shall so state and shall be signed
by 25 or more of the landowners in the territory described if 50 or more such owners are involved,
or by a majority if less than 50 landowners are involved. (b) Within 30 days after such petition
is filed, the board shall cause due notice to be given of a hearing on such petition. All
interested parties shall have a right to attend such hearing and be heard. The board shall
determine whether the lands described in the petition or any portion thereof shall be included
in the district. If all the landowners in the territory...
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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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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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9-9-51
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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9-8-31
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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9-8A-5
Section 9-8A-5 Allocation of funds to soil and water conservation districts. (a) Funds allocated
to the soil and water conservation districts by the commission shall be used only to pay the
costs of installing soil and water conservation practices of the types listed in Section 9-8A-7.
Soil and water conservation district supervisors shall designate which soil and water conservation
practices will be eligible for cost-share grants in their district, subject to approval by
the Agricultural and Conservation Development Commission. The commission, through the State
Soil and Water Conservation Committee, may allocate any available appropriations and other
moneys received by the commission for cost-share grants to the soil and water conservation
districts in steps identified as original allocation, reversion of allocated funds, and reallocation
of reverted funds. (b) Original allocation. The commission may allocate funds to the state's
soil and water conservation districts at the beginning...
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