15 – Effective Date.
§ 15. Effective date. This chapter shall take effect immediately.
14 – Inconsistency With Other Acts.
§ 14. Inconsistency with other acts. Insofar as any of the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
7 – Appointment, Qualifications, Compensation and Tenure of Directors.
§ 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 first three appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two and three years respectively. A director shall hold […]
8 – Organization of Directors.
§ 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 designation. The directors may delegate to their chairman, or to one or more directors, such powers and duties as they shall deem proper. They shall […]
9 – Powers of Districts and Directors.
§ 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: (1) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion, floodwater, sediment damages, nonpoint source water pollution, and the […]
10 – Cooperation Between Districts.
§ 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 or all powers conferred in this chapter.
11 – State Agencies to Cooperate.
§ 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 governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any county-owned, or other publicly owned lands, […]
11-A – State Aid to Districts.
§ 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 the amount appropriated therefor, shall: (a) Reimburse each soil and water conservation district to the extent of fifty percent of the amount expended by […]
11-B – Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Projects.
§ 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 meet the following criteria: a. the project must consist of activities or plans which will identify, reduce, abate, control or prevent […]
12 – Discontinuance of Districts.
§ 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 the city of New York to be a soil and water conservation district, may at any time after five years from the passage of said […]