Georgia Code, Title 2, Chapter 6, Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- § 2-6-20 - Short Title
This article may be known and cited as the "Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law."
- § 2-6-21 - Legislative Determinations and Declarations of Policy
(a) Legislative determinations. It is declared, as a matter of legislative determination: (1) The condition. That: (A) The farm, forest, and grazing lands of...
- § 2-6-22 - Definitions
As used in this article, the term: (1) "Commission" or "State Soil and Water Conservation Commission" means the agency created in Code Section 2-6-23....
- § 2-6-23 - State Soil and Water Conservation Commission -- Established; Composition; Terms of Office; Ex Officio Advisers; Seal; Rules and Regulations
(a) There is established, to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this article, the...
- § 2-6-24 - State Soil and Water Conservation Commission -- Chairperson; Quorum; Compensation; Surety Bonds; Records; Audits
The commission shall designate one of its members as chairperson and may, from time to time, change such designation. A member of the commission...
- § 2-6-25 - State Soil and Water Conservation Commission -- Employment of Administrative Officer, Experts, Agents, and Employees; Legal Services; Delegation of Powers and Duties; Furnishing of Information; Agency Cooperation
The commission may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require. It...
- § 2-6-26 - State Soil and Water Conservation Commission -- Merit and Retirement Systems for Employees
All employees of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, not including members of the commission, shall be subject to a merit system of...
- § 2-6-27 - State Soil and Water Conservation Commission -- Additional Duties and Powers
In addition to the duties and powers otherwise conferred upon the commission, it shall have the following duties and powers: (1) To offer such...
- § 2-6-28 - Number and Boundaries of Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Alteration of Existing Districts or Formation of New Districts
(a) The number and geographical boundaries of the several soil and water conservation districts shall remain as they existed on July 1, 1973, unless...
- § 2-6-29 - District Supervisors -- Number; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Appointive Supervisors; County Basis of Election of Elected Supervisors
(a) The governing body of each district shall consist of not less than five supervisors. Two supervisors shall be appointed by the commission, provided...
- § 2-6-30 - District Supervisors -- Election Procedure for Elected Supervisors
(a) Within 30 days after the date of issuance by the Secretary of State of a certificate of organization for a soil and water...
- § 2-6-31 - District Supervisors -- Chairman; Terms of Office of Elected Supervisors; Filling Vacancies; Quorum; Compensation and Expenses
(a) The supervisors shall designate a chairman and from time to time may change such designation.(b) (1) The term of office of each elected...
- § 2-6-32 - District Supervisors -- Services of County Agricultural Agents; Employees and Agents; Copies of Rules, Orders, and Other Documents; Surety Bonds; Removal of Supervisor; Consultation
(a) The supervisors of a district may utilize the services of the county agricultural agents and the facilities of the county agricultural agents' offices...
- § 2-6-33 - Powers of Districts and Supervisors; Prerequisites to Exercise
A soil and water conservation district shall be an agency of this state. Such district and the supervisors thereof shall have, in addition to...
- § 2-6-34 - Conditions to Extending Benefits or Performing Work
As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this article to or the performance of any work upon any lands not owned...
- § 2-6-35 - Land Use Regulations -- Adoption Authorized; Public Hearings
The supervisors of each district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district, in the interest of conserving...
- § 2-6-36 - Land Use Regulations -- Referendum
(a) The supervisors shall not have the authority to adopt land use regulations until after they shall have caused due notice to be given...
- § 2-6-37 - Land Use Regulations -- Provisions Authorized; Uniformity Required; Availability of Copies
(a) The regulations to be adopted by the supervisors under this article may include: (1) Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering operations,...
- § 2-6-38 - Land Use Regulations -- Binding Effect
Land use regulations adopted pursuant to Code Sections 2-6-35 and 2-6-36 by the supervisors of any district shall be binding and obligatory upon all...
- § 2-6-39 - Land Use Regulations -- Inspections to Determine Observance; Petition; Judicial Proceedings; Costs and Expenses
(a) The supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land use regulations adopted under this article...
- § 2-6-40 - Land Use Regulations -- Amendment or Repeal
(a) Any owner of land within a district may at any time file a petition with the supervisors asking that any or all of...
- § 2-6-41 - Right of Eminent Domain for Small Watershed Project; Conditions Precedent; Procedure
(a) When a small watershed project is instituted under the sponsorship of a duly constituted district alone or under cosponsorship with any political subdivision...
- § 2-6-42 - Cooperation Between Districts
The supervisors of any two or more districts may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this
- § 2-6-43 - State Agencies to Cooperate With Districts and Observe Land Use Regulations
Agencies of this state which have jurisdiction over or are charged with the administration of any state-owned lands lying within the boundaries of any...
- § 2-6-44 - Exemption From Taxation
The property and property rights of every kind and nature acquired in the name of the State of Georgia by any district shall be...
- § 2-6-45 - Discontinuance of District -- Petition of Landowners; Hearings
Following the expiration of five years from the organization of a district, any 25 owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district...
- § 2-6-46 - Discontinuance of District -- Referendum
(a) Within 60 days after a petition has been received by the commission, it shall hold a referendum on the issue. The commission shall...
- § 2-6-47 - Discontinuance of District -- Publication of Referendum Results; Determination of Feasibility of Continuance
The commission shall publish the result of the referendum. It shall consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined...
- § 2-6-48 - Discontinuance of District -- Certification From Committee; Termination of Affairs; Application for Dissolution; Certificate of Dissolution
(a) Upon receipt from the commission of a certification that the commission has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively...
- § 2-6-49 - Discontinuance of District -- Effect of Dissolution
(a) Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under Code Section 2-6-48, all land use regulations theretofore adopted by a district and in force...
- § 2-6-50 - Discontinuance of District -- Frequency of Discontinuance Attempts
The commission shall not be required to entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district, to conduct referenda upon such petitions, or to make...
- § 2-6-51 - District Not Liable for Loss, Damage, Injury, or Death
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no district shall have any liability for loss, damage, injury, or death resulting from the...
- § 2-6-52 - Creation of Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program; Purpose; Participation; Funding
(a) There is created the Agricultural Water Conservation Incentive Program. The program shall be developed, implemented, and supervised by the State Soil and Water...
Last modified: October 14, 2016