New York Soil & Water Conservation Districts Law Article 2 - STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS

• 4 - State Soil and Water Conservation Committee.
  (1) There is established in the department of agriculture and markets, the state soil and water conservation committee as an agency of this state which...
• 4-a - Farm Drain Tile Revolving Loan Program.
  (1) Definitions. (a) "Farm drain tile project." A specific work or improvement that is undertaken by an agricultural producer for the construction or improvement of...
• 5 - Creation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
  (1) When the board of supervisors of any county determines that conservation of soil and water resources and control and prevention of soil erosion and...
• 6 - Designation of District Directors.
  1. (a) When a county has been declared a soil and water conservation district a board of directors consisting of five members shall be appointed...
• 7 - Appointment, Qualifications, Compensation and Tenure of Directors.
  The two members from the county board shall be appointed annually. The other members shall serve for terms of three years each, except that the...
• 8 - Organization of Directors.
  (1) The directors of the district shall be the governing body thereof. They shall designate a chairman and may, from time to time, change such...
• 9 - Powers of Districts and Directors.
  The directors of a soil and water conservation district shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this chapter:...
• 10 - Cooperation Between Districts.
  The directors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this chapter may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any...
• 11 - State Agencies to Cooperate.
  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...
• 11-a - State Aid to Districts.
  (1) To aid districts in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, providing technical assistance to landowners, the state, within...
• 11-b - Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Projects.
  1. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, a matching grant program is established to fund agricultural nonpoint source abatement and control projects that...
• 12 - Discontinuance of Districts.
  (1) The county board of any county or the city council of the city of New York which, by resolution, has declared the county or...

Last modified: February 3, 2019