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. A governmental subdivision of this state and a public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the […]
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 among the basic assets of the state and that the preservation of these lands is necessary to protect and promote the health, safety […]
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 State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. (b) This committee shall consist of nine persons: The Director of the State Cooperative Agricultural Extension […]
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 the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation […]
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 five, appointed as provided in this article. The supervisors shall be persons who are by training and experience qualified to perform the specialized skilled service which will […]
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 politic, exercising public powers, and such district […]
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 soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct such public […]
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 are being observed. The supervisors are further authorized to provide by ordinance that […]
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 provisions of Section 9-8-26 are not being observed on particular lands and that such nonobservance tends to increase erosion on such lands and is […]
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 or all powers conferred in this article. (Acts 1939, No. 147, p. 202, §11; Code 1940, T. 2, §667.)
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 governmental subdivision of the state which shall have jurisdiction over or be charged with the administration of any county-owned or other publicly […]
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 within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee praying that the operations of the district be terminated […]
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 organized under the provisions of this article, the Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his warrant on the Treasurer, as provided by law, […]
