Code of Alabama - Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources - Chapter 10 - Water Conservation and Irrigation

• Article 1 Water Conservation and Irrigation Agency.
• Section 9-10-1 Establishment of state agency authorized and directed
  In the interest of water conservation and land irrigation in that portion of Alabama known as the State of Alabama and for purposes of cooperation...
• Section 9-10-2 County resolutions declaring need for incorporation of State Water Conservation and Irrigation Agency, etc.; membership of corporation; composition of board of directors; qualifications, election and terms of office of board members
  The organization and establishment of the agency shall be as follows: (1) The county commission of any county or counties lying within the State of...
• Section 9-10-3 Procedure for incorporation
  To become a corporation, members of the board of directors of the agency shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them...
• Section 9-10-4 Election of officers; board meetings; records and copies of board proceedings; exercise of corporate powers; compensation of board members
  Upon completion of the membership of the board of directors and incorporation as provided in this article, the board members shall meet in an organizational...
• Section 9-10-5 Powers and duties generally
  The corporation organized and established under this article shall have the following powers, subject only to the limitations described hereinafter: (1) To adopt bylaws for...
• Section 9-10-6 Applications for construction permits; duties of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as to granting of permits, etc.; enforcement of compliance with terms and conditions of permits
  (a) Before any construction work on any project may be undertaken by any corporation created under the terms of this article, said corporation shall apply...
• Section 9-10-7 Contracts for construction work and purchases of materials
  All contracts for construction work and purchases of materials shall be awarded on the basis of competitive bids. Before construction is started on any project,...
• Section 9-10-8 Bonds
  The corporation is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for issuance of its bonds from time to time in an amount not to exceed $____...
• Section 9-10-9 Counties and municipalities empowered to contribute money to work of agency and to levy and collect ad valorem taxes for such purposes
  The counties and municipalities located within the boundaries of the irrigation district or districts to be established by the provisions of this article are hereby...
• Section 9-10-10 Annual reports
  The board of directors of the agency shall report annually to the Governor of the State of Alabama and shall likewise report annually to the...
• Section 9-10-11 Cooperation and assistance of other state agencies
  All agencies of the State of Alabama are hereby authorized and directed to extend their cooperation and to lend assistance to the agency in the...
• Section 9-10-12 Officers of corporation not to be interested in contracts, etc.; penalty
  No officer of the corporation shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded or in the profit to...
• Section 9-10-13 Construction of terms where another state agency charged with responsibility of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  In the event that a state agency other than the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may hereafter be charged with such responsibility as...
• Section 9-10-14 Provisions of article supplementary; construction of article
  This article shall be considered supplemental and additional to Sections 9-10-30 through 9-10-47 and to any and all other laws and confers sufficient authority in...
• Article 2 Water Conservation and Irrigation Corporations.
• Section 9-10-30 Resolution declaring need for formation of corporation; appointment of incorporators, etc
  The county commission of any county of this state is hereby authorized to declare by the adoption of an appropriate resolution the need for the...
• Section 9-10-31 Certificate of incorporation - Contents; execution
  (a) The certificate of incorporation of the corporation shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming the corporation together with the residence of each...
• Section 9-10-32 Certificate of incorporation - Filing
  The certificate of incorporation with the documents attached shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county and the Secretary of State, who...
• Section 9-10-33 Board of directors and officers
  All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board of directors or pursuant to its authority. The directors shall be elected by the...
• Section 9-10-34 Powers and duties generally
  A corporation organized and established under the provisions of this article shall have the following powers, subject only to the limitations described in Section 9-10-35...
• Section 9-10-35 Applications for construction permits; duties of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as to granting of permits, etc.; enforcement of compliance with terms and conditions of permits
  (a) Before any construction work on any project may be undertaken by any corporation created under the terms of this article, said corporation shall apply...
• Section 9-10-36 Issuance of bonds; issuance of notes and renewal notes; redemption of notes or bonds; liability on notes or bonds; disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds; issuance of interim receipts, etc
  (a) Any such corporation is hereby authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds of the corporation for any of its corporate purposes,...
• Section 9-10-37 Refunding bonds
  (a) The corporation may provide by resolution for the issuance of refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have...
• Section 9-10-38 Security for bonds
  (a) At the discretion of the corporation, any bonds issued under the provisions of this article may be secured by a trust agreement by and...
• Section 9-10-39 Investment in bonds by state, banks, insurance companies, etc.; deposit of bonds, etc., with state or municipal officers or agencies
  Bonds issued by the corporation under the provisions of this article are hereby made securities in which the state and all political subdivisions of this...
• Section 9-10-40 Bonds, etc., not obligations of state or counties
  No bond or other obligation of such a corporation shall be deemed to be the obligation of or a claim against the state or a...
• Section 9-10-41 Bonds, etc., exempt from taxation
  The exercise of the powers granted by this article will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state for the...
• Section 9-10-42 Leases, conveyances, etc., of real property by counties, cities, public departments, etc
  All counties, cities, towns and other political subdivisions and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the State of Alabama, notwithstanding any contrary provision of...
• Section 9-10-43 Contracts for construction work
  Before construction is started on any project, the corporation shall advertise for sealed bids once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of...
• Section 9-10-44 Projects to be maintained in good condition
  Each project constructed or operated by such corporation shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair.
• Section 9-10-45 Officers of corporations not to be interested in contracts, etc.; penalty
  No officer of the corporation shall have any interest, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded or in the profit to...
• Section 9-10-46 Agents and employees may enter lands, etc., to make surveys, soundings, etc.; reimbursement for actual damages
  The authorized agents and employees of the corporation may enter upon any lands, waters and premises in this state for the purpose of making surveys,...
• Section 9-10-47 Construction of terms where another state agency charged with responsibility of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  In the event that a state agency other than the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may hereafter be charged with such responsibility as...

Last modified: May 3, 2021