§ 139-55 – Review of applications.
139-55. Review of applications. (a) The State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall receive and review applications for grants for small watershed projects authorized under Public Law 566 (83rd Congress, as amended) and approve, approve in part, or disapprove all such applications. (b) In reviewing each application, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall […]
§ 139-56 – Recommendation of priorities and disbursal of grant funds.
139-56. Recommendation of priorities and disbursal of grant funds. Whenever two or more applications for grants are approved in whole or in part, the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall establish priorities among the several applications for disbursal of grant funds. To the extent that funds are available, the State Soil and Water Conservation […]
§ 139-57 – Availability of funds.
139-57. Availability of funds. All grants shall be contingent upon the availability of funds for disbursement to applicants. At the end of each fiscal year the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall notify all applicants whose applications have been approved and to whom grant funds have not been disbursed of the status of their […]
§ 139-60 – Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program.
139-60. Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program. (a) Program Established. – The Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program is established. The purpose of the Program shall be to assist farmers and landowners in doing any one or more of the following: (1) Identify opportunities to increase water use efficiency, availability, and storage. (2) Implement best management practices […]
§ 139-65 – Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program.
139-65. Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program. (a) Program Established. – The Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program is established. The purpose of the Program shall be to assist an eligible grantee in protecting and restoring the integrity of drainage infrastructure through routine maintenance to existing streams and drainage ways by removing blockages caused by accumulated debris or sediment, […]
§ 139-41.3 – Liability of owners of land associated with watershed improvement projects.
139-41.3. Liability of owners of land associated with watershed improvement projects. (a) Purpose. – The purpose of this section is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to the public at no cost for educational and recreational purposes by limiting the liability of the owner to persons entering the land […]
§ 139-42 – Article intended as supplementary.
139-42. Article intended as supplementary. This Article is intended to provide an alternative method of financing and operating watershed improvement programs, supplementary to any other method authorized by law. (1959, c. 781, s. 10; 1993, c. 391, s. 26.)
§ 139-44 – Power of eminent domain conferred on counties.
139-44. Power of eminent domain conferred on counties. (a) A county shall have the power to acquire by condemnation any interest in land needed in carrying out the purposes of this act, except interests in land within the boundaries of any project licensed by the Federal Power Commission or interests in land owned or held […]
§ 139-45 – Extraterritorial powers of counties.
139-45. Extraterritorial powers of counties. A county which has been authorized to levy a watershed improvement tax, whether pursuant to Article 3 of General Statutes 139 or by special act or otherwise, may take any authorized watershed action and may expend funds for any authorized watershed purpose (including acquisition of real and personal property, easements, […]
§ 139-46 – Recreational and related aspects of watershed improvement programs.
139-46. Recreational and related aspects of watershed improvement programs. (a) Local watershed sponsors may install and maintain recreational facilities and services in connection with watershed improvement works or projects, and may provide areas (including structures) for the conservation and replacement of fish and wildlife habitat. For any of these purposes said sponsors may appropriate and […]