9-9-5
Section 9-9-5 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction generally; purposes. (a) The court of probate of any county of the State of Alabama shall have jurisdiction, power and authority to establish water management districts, as provided in this article for the following purposes: (1) To locate and establish levees, drains or canals and to cause to be constructed, straightened, widened or deepened any ditch, drain or watercourse; (2) To construct for the purposes of flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization or disposal of water works of improvement, including levees, embankments, floodwater retarding structures, water storage structures, outlets and tide gates, flood gates and pumping plants for preventing floods, providing drainage, reducing sediment and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands and other related works of improvement that will carry out the purposes of this article; and (3) To provide maintenance for such installations. (b) It is hereby declared...
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22-23B-3
Section 22-23B-3 Revolving Loan Fund established; maintenance; administration. There is hereby established the State of Alabama Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund, which shall be maintained in perpetuity and operated by the department as agent for the authority for the purposes stated herein. Grants from the federal government or its agencies allocated, allotted or paid to the state for capitalization of the revolving loan fund, state matching funds where required, and loan principal, interest, and penalties and interest income and all other amounts at anytime required or permitted to be paid into the revolving loan fund shall be deposited therein. Proceeds of bonds issued by the authority, proceeds of capitalization grants, funds appropriated by the state, loan principal and interest payments, interest income and all other funds of the authority shall be deposited with one or more banks designated by the authority to act as depository or trustee with respect to such funds. The...
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22-38-3
Section 22-38-3 Legislative intent. In order to further the efficient and effective administration of programs related to agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution it is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature to have federal cost-sharing funds provided to the state and administered by state agencies for control of agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution through financial assistance or cost-share grants to landusers to be administered by the committee and soil and water conservation districts. (Acts 1988, No. 88-602, p. 939, §3.)...
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27-17A-45
Section 27-17A-45 Endowment care fund. An endowment care fund and all payments or contributions to it are expressly permitted as and for charitable and eleemosynary purposes. No payment, gift, grant, bequest, or other contribution for endowment care is invalid by reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as beneficiaries in the instruments creating the fund, nor is the fund or any contributions to it invalid as violating any law against perpetuities, or the suspension of the power of alienation of title to property. (Act 2002-74, p. 221, §1.)...
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9-10A-10
Section 9-10A-10 Election of directors. If an original director who is required to reside in a particular county is to be selected by means of an election, the board of supervisors who determined that an election would be the method of selection shall call the election. Said election shall be held, within 30 days after need for a watershed management authority has been determined, as provided in Section 9-10A-8. Due notice shall be required prior to said election. All residents of the county where the director must reside who also reside within the boundaries of the authority shall be eligible to vote in said election, and only said residents shall be eligible to vote. Said residents shall be 18 years of age or older. Each person who is qualified to vote for a resident director who desires to be elected a resident director of the watershed management authority shall file not later than 10 days prior to the date set for an election a nominating petition with the board of supervisors who...
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9-10A-2
Section 9-10A-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. A governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter. (2) DIRECTOR. One of the members of the governing body of a watershed management authority. (3) AT LARGE DIRECTOR. A director of a watershed management authority who may reside within any county that lies within the boundaries of the watershed management authority. (4) RESIDENT DIRECTOR. A director of a watershed management authority who, pursuant to the requirements of this chapter, must reside in a particular county. (5) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing body of a watershed management authority. (6) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The...
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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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22-10C-4
Section 22-10C-4 (Effective until September 30, 2021, unless extended by the Legislature.) Distribution of funds. (a) The commission shall allocate funds for research on tick borne illness in the state based on appropriations received by the commission from the Education Trust Fund. (b) The commission shall award appropriated funds annually through a grant application process. Only research universities and research facilities may apply for grant moneys. (c) In order to receive the funds before the first day of the fiscal year, the college or university requesting or receiving money shall provide information regarding the method, scope, and significance of its research as a prerequisite to receiving the funds. The commission may withdraw future funding from any university not performing adequate research in the opinion of the commission. (Act 2016-356, §4.)...
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22-34-3
Section 22-34-3 Revolving fund established; use of funds; administration of fund; annual report. (a) There is hereby established the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund, which shall be maintained in perpetuity and operated by the department as agent for the authority for the purposes stated herein. Grants from the federal government or its agencies allotted to the state for capitalization of the revolving loan fund, state matching funds where required, and loan principal, interest, and penalties shall be deposited as required by the terms of the federal grant directly in the revolving loan fund. Money in the revolving loan fund shall be expended in a manner consistent with terms and conditions of the federal capitalization grants and may be used to provide loans for the construction or rehabilitation of public wastewater treatment facilities; to secure principal and interest on bonds issued by the authority if the proceeds of such bonds are deposited in the revolving loan fund...
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33-5-62
Section 33-5-62 Rules and regulations; point system for suspension or revocation of certifications. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may establish and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations, not in conflict with the laws of this state, concerning operation of vessels and concerning the enforcement of this article. All fines collected shall be deposited into the State Water Safety Fund. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, the commissioner may establish, by regulation, in addition to all other penalties, a point system by which boater safety certifications may be suspended or revoked, as well as hearing procedures related to the suspension or revocation of certifications. Unless otherwise provided by law, the penalty for the violation of any rules and regulations promulgated under this article shall be a Class C misdemeanor punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and l3A-5-12. A person so convicted shall be fined not less than fifty...
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