Code of Alabama - Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources - Chapter 10A - Watershed Management Authorities

• Section 9-10A-1 Legislative intent
  Proper management of the watersheds of the state is necessary to insure the health, safety and welfare of our citizens. Improper land use and water...
• 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)...
• Section 9-10A-3 Purpose of authorities
  Watershed management authorities may be formed in any watershed area of the state for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs relating to...
• Section 9-10A-4 Guidelines for protecting forested watersheds
  Any management guidelines developed by watershed management authorities to protect forested watersheds shall follow the best management practices established by the Alabama Forestry Commission as...
• Section 9-10A-5 Land which may be included in authority
  The land area embraced in any watershed management authority must encompass at least 50 square miles, must be contiguous and must lie within a defined...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 9-10A-8 Notice of hearing; right of interested parties; record of final determination
  (a) Within 30 days after said petition has been filed with the board of supervisors, it shall cause due notice to be given of a...
• Section 9-10A-9 Creation of board of directors; terms of office; vacancies
  If the board of supervisors determines the authority is needed, it shall determine the number of directors who shall comprise the board of directors of...
• 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...
• Section 9-10A-11 Successor of director; term of office
  The successor of a director who must reside in a particular county shall be either elected or appointed. The method of selection shall be determined...
• Section 9-10A-12 Officers of board; treasurer to execute bond; quorum; notice of meetings; position vacated due to absences; records
  (a) The board of directors of the watershed management authority shall annually elect from its membership a chairman, secretary and treasurer. The treasurer shall execute...
• Section 9-10A-13 Reimbursement for expenditures
  Members of the board of directors shall receive no salaries but may be reimbursed by the authority for actual and necessary expenditures incurred in the...
• Section 9-10A-14 Powers of board
  The board of directors of a watershed management authority shall have power to: (1) Acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, bequest or devise, or through condemnation...
• Section 9-10A-15 Issuance of bonds
  Bonds authorized by Section 9-10A-14 shall not be issued until proposed by order or resolution of the board of directors of the watershed management authority...
• Section 9-10A-16 Petition for discontinuance of authority
  (a) At any time, a watershed management authority's board of directors may file a petition with the Secretary of State, the joint boards of supervisors...
• Section 9-10A-17 Audits
  Every watershed management authority established under the authority of this chapter shall be subject to audits by the state Examiners of Public Accounts.
• Section 9-10A-18 State Code of Ethics; public officials; public employees
  Officers and employees of a watershed management authority established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the State Ethics Law. Members...
• Section 9-10A-19 Employees deemed members of State Retirement System
  (a) Any person who is regularly employed by a watershed management authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be an "employee" of...
• Section 9-10A-20 Health insurance benefits for full-time employees
  (a) Full-time employees of a watershed management authority shall be included in the definitions of "employee" as provided in Section 36-29-1(1), and shall be entitled...
• Section 9-10A-21 Competitive bidding on public contracts
  Every watershed management authority established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be considered a state authority for the purposes of applying the provisions...
• Section 9-10A-22 Property exempt from taxation
  The property and interests acquired by any watershed management authority organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be exempt from all state, county or...

Last modified: May 3, 2021