9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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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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9-8-31
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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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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9-8-32
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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9-8-66
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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9-8-20
Section 9-8-20 Definitions. Wherever used or referred to in this article, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) DISTRICT or SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
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) SUPERVISOR. One of the members of the governing
body of a district appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (3) COMMITTEE
or STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. The agency created in Section 9-8-22. (4)
PETITION. A petition filed under the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 9-8-23 for the
creation of a district. (5) STATE. The State of Alabama. (6) AGENCY OF THIS STATE. Such term
includes the government of this state and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate
or otherwise, of the government of this state. (7) UNITED...
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9-8A-2
Section 9-8A-2 Legislative findings and declaration of purpose. It is hereby found and declared
to be the policy of the state to provide for the restoration and conservation of the soil
resources of this state, to provide for the improvement of water used in agriculture, and
for the control and prevention of soil erosion and for the prevention of floodwater and sediment
damages, and for the establishment or improvement of stands of forest trees, all of which
will preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs,
preserve wildlife, protect the tax base, protect public lands and promote the health, safety
and public welfare of the citizens of the state. It is further declared that at the present
time, due to cutbacks in federal soil conservation and reforestation programs there exists
an inadequate supply of funds in the state to enable the financing of much needed soil conservation,
agricultural water quality and forestry improvement programs; that...
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9-9-10
Section 9-9-10 Establishment of district - Presentation of opinion by representative of state
committee. On the day appointed for the hearing, a representative of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee may appear and by verbal or written statement advise the court of his
opinion of the need of establishing the proposed water management district. (Acts 1965, No.
685, p. 1246, §8.)...
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