Code of Alabama - Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources - Chapter 8 - Soil and Water Conservation Generally
- Article 1 Water Resources Research Institute.
- Article 2 Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
- 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....
- Section 9-8-21 Legislative findings; declaration of policy
(a) It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination: (1) That the farm, forest and grazing lands of the State of Alabama are...
- Section 9-8-22 State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
(a) There is hereby established, to serve as an agency of the state and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this article, the...
- 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...
- Section 9-8-24 Supervisors
The governing body of the district shall consist of one supervisor from each of the counties within the district, but in no event less than...
- Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands; acquisition, etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation
(a) A soil and water conservation district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and...
- Section 9-8-26 Land-use regulations - Procedure for adoption; amendment, repeal, etc.; contents; publication, etc
(a) The supervisors of any district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district in the interest of conserving...
- Section 9-8-27 Land-use regulations - Access to lands for investigation as to observance; damage remedy for violations
The supervisors shall have authority to go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land-use regulations adopted under the provisions of Section 9-8-26...
- Section 9-8-28 Land-use regulations - Enforcement
Where the supervisors of any district shall find that any of the provisions of land-use regulations prescribed in an ordinance adopted in accordance with the...
- Section 9-8-29 Cooperation between districts
The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this article may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any...
- Section 9-8-30 Cooperation, etc., of state agencies, etc
Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over or be charged with the administration of any state-owned lands and of any county or other...
- 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...
- 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...
- Article 3 Watershed Conservancy Districts.
- Section 9-8-50 Definitions
For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1)...
- 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...
- Section 9-8-52 Lands which may be embraced in districts
The land area embraced in any watershed conservancy district must be contiguous and must lie within a well-defined watershed. The area shall not include lands...
- Section 9-8-53 Petition for formation of district - Generally
When 25 or more landowners within a proposed watershed conservancy district or, if less than 50 landowners are involved, a majority of the landowners in...
- Section 9-8-54 Petition for formation of district - Where proposed district lies in more than one soil and water conservation district
If the proposed watershed conservancy district lies in more than one soil and water conservation district, the petition may be presented to the board of...
- Section 9-8-55 Hearing upon petition; denial or approval of petition
(a) Within 30 days after such petition has been filed with the board of supervisors, it shall cause due notice to be given of a...
- Section 9-8-56 Referendum upon creation of district - Notice of referendum; appointment of polling superintendent, etc
After the board of supervisors has made and recorded a determination that there is need in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare...
- Section 9-8-57 Referendum upon creation of district - Contents of ballot; qualifications of voters; voting procedure
The question to be voted on shall be submitted by ballots upon which appear the words: "For creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" "Against creation...
- Section 9-8-58 Referendum upon creation of district - Counting, etc., of votes; certification, recordation and filing of results
The votes shall be counted by the election officers at the close of the polls, and report of the results, along with the ballots, shall...
- Section 9-8-59 Board of directors - Composition; qualifications, election and terms of office of members; vacancies; officers; quorum; prior elections, etc., ratified, etc
(a) Within 30 days after a watershed conservancy district is created under the provisions of this article, the board of supervisors shall cause an election,...
- Section 9-8-60 Board of directors - Compensation
Members of the board of directors shall receive no salaries but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenditures incurred in the performance of their...
- Section 9-8-61 Board of directors - Powers and duties generally
Subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district shall have power to: (1) Acquire, by...
- Section 9-8-62 Issuance of bonds
(a) Bonds authorized by Section 9-8-61 shall not be issued until proposed by order or resolution of the board of directors specifying the purpose for...
- 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...
- Section 9-8-64 Detachment of lands from districts
The owner or owners of lands which have not been, are not and cannot be benefited by their inclusion in the watershed conservancy district may...
- Section 9-8-65 Discontinuance
(a) At any time after five years from the organization of a watershed conservancy district, 25 or more landowners within a district or, if less...
- 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...
- Section 9-8-67 Exemption from taxation
The property and interests therein acquired by any watershed conservancy district organized under the provisions of this article shall be exempt from all state, county...
Last modified: May 3, 2021