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Section 9-9-1 - Short Title. - This article shall be known as the "Alabama Water Management...
Section 9-9-2 - Definitions. - Whenever used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 9-9-3 - Declaration of Benefits of Drainage, etc.; Duty of Soil and Water Conservation Committee. - The establishing of proper works of improvement for the drainage...
Section 9-9-4 - Who May Sign Petitions. - All petitions provided for under this article may be signed...
Section 9-9-5 - Establishment of District - Jurisdiction Generally; Purposes. - (a) The court of probate of any county of the...
Section 9-9-6 - Establishment of District - Maintenance of Record of Proceedings in Probate Court; District Record Book. - The court of probate shall keep a complete record of...
Section 9-9-7 - Establishment of District - Filing of Petition for Organization of District; Appointment, etc., of Engineer; Report of Engineer. - (a) Whenever a petition praying for the organization of a...
Section 9-9-8 - Establishment of District - Jurisdiction of Probate Court in Which Petition Filed. - The court of probate of the county in which said...
Section 9-9-9 - Establishment of District - Notice of Filing of Petition and of Hearing. - Immediately upon the filing of the report of the engineer...
Section 9-9-10 - Establishment of District - Presentation of Opinion by Representative of State Committee. - On the day appointed for the hearing, a representative of...
Section 9-9-11 - Establishment of District - Filing of Objections to Organization of District; Hearing and Proceedings Upon Petition and Objections; Issuance of Order Declaring Organization of District; Dismissal of Petition and Issuance of Itemized... - (a) Any owner of real property affected by said proposed...
Section 9-9-12 - Establishment of District - Appeal as to Inclusion in or Exclusion From District of Property. - If the court finds that any property set out in...
Section 9-9-13 - Establishment of District - Effect of Order Establishing District. - The order of the court of probate establishing said district...
Section 9-9-14 - Board of Water Management Commissioners - Composition; Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office, Oath and Bond of Commissioners; Seal; Officers and Employees Generally; Meetings; Vacancies; Quorum. - Upon the organization of the district, the court of probate...
Section 9-9-15 - Board of Water Management Commissioners - Powers and Duties Generally. - The board of water management commissioners shall have the right...
Section 9-9-16 - Board of Water Management Commissioners - Election of District Treasurer. - The board of water management commissioners shall elect some competent...
Section 9-9-17 - Board of Water Management Commissioners - Appointment, etc., of Fiscal Agent. - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this...
Section 9-9-18 - Board of Water Management Commissioners - Auditing of District Accounts; Annual Report; Notice of Reports and Annual Meeting. - On or before August 1 of each year, the board...
Section 9-9-19 - Compensation of District Officers and Employees. - Each member of the board of viewers shall receive as...
Section 9-9-20 - Removal of Commissioners, Viewers or Other District Officers. - Any commissioner, viewer or other officer of any district organized...
Section 9-9-21 - Right of Condemnation. - The power of eminent domain is hereby conferred, and such...
Section 9-9-22 - Right of Commissioners, etc., to Enter Lands to Make Surveys, etc.; Liability for Damages; Obstruction of Entrance. - The board of water management commissioners of any district organized...
Section 9-9-23 - Appointment of District Engineer, etc.; Preparation, Adoption, etc., of Report and Water Management Plan for Improvements in District. - (a) Within 60 days after the district is established, it...
Section 9-9-24 - Procedure as to Proposed Improvement Crossing Railroad Right-of-Way. - Whenever the proposed improvement crosses the right-of-way of any railroad...
Section 9-9-25 - Correction of Errors in or Amendments to Water Management Plan. - The board of water management commissioners may correct errors in...
Section 9-9-26 - Transmittal of Certified Copy of Water Management Plan to Probate Court; Petition for Appointment of Viewers; Composition, etc., of Board of Viewers; Qualifications and Appointment of Members. - Within 90 days after the adoption of the plan of...
Section 9-9-27 - Viewing and Assessment of Lands by Board of Viewers; Report of Findings. - (a) Within 30 days after qualifying, the board of viewers...
Section 9-9-28 - Notice of Hearing on Report of Board of Viewers. - When the report of the board of viewers is fully...
Section 9-9-29 - Filing of Exceptions to Report; Hearing Upon Exceptions and Report; Approval and Confirmation of Report; Dismissal of Proceedings and Dissolution of District; Transmittance of Copies of Court Decree and Report of Viewers; Filing Fee. - On or before the day set for the hearing of...
Section 9-9-30 - Appeal From Confirmation of Board of Viewers' Report. - Any person aggrieved may within 10 days after the confirmation...
Section 9-9-31 - Tax Levy to Defray Expenses of Proposed Works and Improvements Generally; Water Management Tax Record; Additional Taxes. - (a) After the list of lands and other property with...
Section 9-9-32 - Levy of Annual Installment of Tax; Form of Certificate and Order Directing Collection of Tax; Preparation of Tax Record; Proceedings as to Delinquencies. - (a) The said board of water management commissioners shall each...
Section 9-9-33 - Collection of Taxes on Property Divided, Sold or Transferred. - When any property in a water management district has been...
Section 9-9-34 - Compensation of Tax Collector; Failure of Collector to Make Prompt Payment of Tax to Treasurer. - The tax collector of each county shall retain for his...
Section 9-9-35 - Payment of Tax to District Treasurer - Required; Records. - Any person owning lands and other property assessed for the...
Section 9-9-36 - Payment of Tax to District Treasurer - Failure Deemed Consent to Issuance of Bonds and Waiver of Defenses. - Each and every person owning land in the district who...
Section 9-9-37 - Bonds - Issuance. - The board of water management commissioners may issue bonds of...
Section 9-9-38 - Bonds - Sale; Disposition of Proceeds, Etc. - The board of water management commissioners may sell the bonds...
Section 9-9-39 - Bonds - Payment of Principal and Interest. - The principal and interest of bonds issued under this article...
Section 9-9-40 - Bonds - Remedies and Proceedings Upon Default. - (a) If any installment of principal and interest evidenced by...
Section 9-9-41 - Bonds of District Employees, Etc. - Bonds in behalf of the district for the safekeeping of...
Section 9-9-42 - Construction of Improvements Under Water Management Plan - Authority and Procedure for Letting Contracts. - The board of water management commissioners may secure and use...
Section 9-9-43 - Construction of Improvements Under Water Management Plan - Duties of Water Management Engineer; Payment of Contractor. - The water management engineer shall have charge of the construction...
Section 9-9-44 - Construction of Improvements Under Water Management Plan - Default of Contractor. - If any contractor to whom said work shall have been...
Section 9-9-45 - Construction of Improvements Under Water Management Plan - Contractor's Right of Entry Upon Lands, Etc. - In the construction of the works of improvement, the contractor...
Section 9-9-46 - Cost of Construction, etc., of Bridges and Culverts When Public Ditch, Drain or Watercourse Crosses Public Highway. - Where any public ditch, drain or watercourse established under the...
Section 9-9-47 - Construction of Improvements Crossing Railroad Right-of-Way. - After a district has let a contract for work which...
Section 9-9-48 - Control and Supervision of Completed Improvements; Annual Tax for Repairs and Maintenance; Payment of Costs of Repairs and Maintenance; Injury, Damage or Obstruction of Improvements. - Whenever any improvement constructed under this article is completed, it...
Section 9-9-49 - Rights of Landowners as to Use of Drains, Watercourses, etc., as Outlets for Lateral Drains From Lands. - The owner of any land that has been assessed for...
Section 9-9-50 - Annexation of Land to District. - Any body of land, however large, contiguous or adjacent to...
Section 9-9-51 - Organization of District Over Lands of Watershed Conservancy District. - A water management district may be organized over the whole...
Section 9-9-52 - Organization of District Not to Preclude Inclusion of Lands in Another District, Etc. - The organization of any district or subdistrict under the provisions...
Section 9-9-53 - Joint Works of Improvement With Adjoining States. - Whenever it may be desirable to construct, widen, deepen, straighten...
Section 9-9-54 - Procedure as to Warrants Not Paid Because of Lack of Funds. - Any warrant issued under this article that is not paid...
Section 9-9-55 - Correction of Errors in Court Proceedings, Etc. - The board of water management commissioners may petition the court;...
Section 9-9-56 - Drainage Districts to Continue and Be Known as Water Management Districts; Petition Requesting Additional Powers; Notice to Landowners and Proceedings. - All drainage districts created under Title 2, Sections 208 through...
Section 9-9-57 - Dissolution. - Any district organized under this article may be dissolved by...
Section 9-9-58 - Construction of Article; Effect of Defect in Proceedings Upon Collection of Assessment; Remedies Provided in Article Exclusive. - The provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to...