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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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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-8
Section 9-8A-8 Ineligible lands. Allocated funds shall not be used to reimburse other units
of government for implementing soil and water conservation practices. Privately-owned land
not used for agricultural or timber production shall not qualify for allocated funds. Tracts
of land used for agricultural or timber production smaller than 20 acres in size from which
less than $1,000.00 of agricultural products are sold annually shall not qualify for allocated
funds. (Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-123, p. 169, §10; Acts 1986, No. 86-426, p. 775,
§9.)...
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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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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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9-8-25
Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands; acquisition,
etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation. (a) A soil and water conservation
district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this
state and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district
and the supervisors thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted
in other sections of this article: (1) To carry out preventive and control measures within
the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation,
the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and other erosion control measures on lands
owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the consent and cooperation
of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within
the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the...
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9-10A-6
Section 9-10A-6 Petition to form authority. When 25 or more residents, who are 18 years of
age or older, within each county located on a defined watershed desire to form a watershed
management authority, said residents shall file a petition with the board of supervisors of
the soil and water conservation district in which said proposed authority lies. Such petition
shall define the boundaries of the proposed watershed management authority, the number of
acres of land involved, reasons for requesting creation of such authority, the proposed name
for such watershed management authority and other information pertinent to such proposal.
The proposed name of a proposed watershed management authority shall not be the same as, or
deceptively similar to, the name of any other watershed management authority. The proposed
name shall include references to the geographic features of the area encompassing the watershed
management authority. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602, p. 1119, §6.)...
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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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9-8A-4
Section 9-8A-4 Commission - Powers. The commission shall have the following powers: (1) To
have succession by its corporate name until it shall have been dissolved as provided herein;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the
subject matter and of the parties thereof; (3) To adopt and use a seal and to alter the seal
at pleasure; (4) To designate and maintain a principal office in the City of Montgomery; (5)
To adopt, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws and rules and regulations, not inconsistent
with this chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the commission in the conduct
of its business; (6) To allocate funds through the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
to the soil and water conservation districts of the state for use by them in making cost-share
grants and approving technical assistance to eligible persons as provided herein; (7) To appoint,
employ, contract with, and provide for the...
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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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