(a) The 24 soil conservation districts are established and continued with boundaries corresponding to county boundaries, except for Frederick County, and include all land and water and incorporated areas, as follows: (1) Allegany Soil Conservation District; (2) Anne Arundel Soil Conservation District; (3) Baltimore County Soil Conservation District; (4) Calvert Soil Conservation District; (5) Caroline Soil Conservation District; (6) Carroll Soil Conservation […]
(a) The governing body of each district consists of five supervisors. (b) Each supervisor shall be interested and knowledgeable in conservation of soil, water, and related natural resources. By training and experience, each supervisor shall be qualified to perform the specialized skilled services which are required in performing the duties under this subtitle. (c) The supervisors shall be […]
(a) The supervisors shall designate annually a chairman and such other officers as may be necessary, and shall have authority to change these designations. A majority of the supervisors constitutes a quorum and the concurrence of a majority in any matter is required for its determination. A supervisor may receive his travel expenses and per diem […]
A member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation district shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5-517 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.
The supervisors, upon request, shall furnish the Committee with copies of each ordinance, rule or regulation, order, contract, form, or other document they adopt or employ, and other information concerning their activities as the Committee requires in the performance of its duties under this subtitle.
(a) Any State agency, or any agency of any county, or other political subdivision of the State having jurisdiction over or charged with the administration of any State, county, or other publicly owned lands lying within the boundaries of any district, shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the supervisors of the district to effectuate the […]
(a) A soil conservation district constitutes a political subdivision of the State, and a public body corporate and politic, exercising public powers. The supervisors may: (1) Conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion and the preventive and control measures needed and publish the results, if the research program is executed in cooperation […]
(a) The supervisors of any district may formulate rules and regulations governing the use of land within the district in order to conserve soil and soil resources and prevent and control soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct public meetings and public hearings upon tentative rules and regulations as necessary. (b) The district supervisors, by rules and regulations, […]
(a) Before any land-use rule or regulation is enacted into law the supervisors shall give due notice of their intention to submit the rules and regulations to a referendum among the land occupiers within the boundaries of the district for their approval or disapproval. (b) The proposed rules and regulations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance. […]
The supervisors may go upon any lands within the district to determine whether land-use rules and regulations are being observed. The supervisors may provide, by ordinance, that any land occupier who sustains damages from any violation of the rules and regulations by any other land occupier may recover damages at law from the other land […]
(a) If the supervisors of any district find that any provision of the land-use rules and regulations is not being complied with on any parcel of land and that noncompliance tends to increase erosion on the land, and is interfering with prevention or control of erosion on other land in the district, the supervisors may seek […]
(a) In order to develop a fee system to be implemented under § 8-306(a)(18) of this subtitle and § 4-103(c) of the Environment Article, a soil conservation district shall each year determine the reasonable costs of review of grading and sediment control plans for the succeeding year. (b) The soil conservation district shall develop the fee system […]
A soil conservation district or a county in which a soil conservation district is located may supplement the salary of an employee of the Department who is assigned to work for a district by providing a grant to the employee.
