§ 139-54 – Purposes for which grants may be requested.
139-54. Purposes for which grants may be requested. Applications for grants may be made for the nonfederal share of small watershed projects for the following purposes in amounts not to exceed the percentage of the nonfederal costs indicated: (1) Land rights acquisition for impounding or retarding water – fifty percent (50%). (2) Engineering fees – […]
§ 139-41.2 – Review of watershed work plans.
139-41.2. Review of watershed work plans. (a) Watershed work plans developed under Public Law 566 (83rd Congress) as amended, and all other work plans developed pursuant to this Chapter, shall be submitted to the Soil and Water Conservation Commission for review and approval or disapproval. No work of improvement may be constructed or established without […]
§ 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 […]
§ 139-12 – Cooperation between districts.
139-12. Cooperation between districts. The supervisors 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. (1937, c. 393, s. 12.)
§ 139-13 – Discontinuance of districts.
139-13. Discontinuance of districts. At any time after five years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this Chapter, any 25 occupiers of land lying within the boundaries of such districts may file a petition with the Soil and Water Conservation Commission praying that the operations of the district be terminated and […]
§ 139-14 – Dividing large districts.
139-14. Dividing large districts. Whenever the Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall receive a petition from any board of district supervisors signed by all supervisors of such district, the Commission shall have the authority to divide such district into two or more districts. The governing bodies of the resulting districts shall be composed of supervisors […]
§ 139-15 – "County committeeman" construed to mean "county supervisor"; powers and duties.
139-15. "County committeeman" construed to mean "county supervisor"; powers and duties. Wherever the words "county committeeman" or "county committeemen" appear in this Chapter, the same shall be construed to mean "county supervisor" or "county supervisors"; and each such county committeeman or county supervisor shall receive the same compensation and have and exercise the same rights, […]
§ 139-20.1 – Validation of creation of certain districts.
139-20.1. Validation of creation of certain districts. All actions had and taken prior to March 1, 1963, by supervisors of soil and water conservation districts, boards of county commissioners, boards of election, registrars, or other officials in the course of attempting to form and create watershed improvement districts, are hereby ratified, approved, validated and confirmed, […]