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Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 25-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...
Section 25-102 - Construction of Title - This title does not authorize: (1) the interference with legal...
Section 25-103 - Power to Establish - (a) On a petition filed under § 25–201 of this...
Section 25-104 - Statement of Public Benefit - Watershed protection, flood prevention, recreation, soil conservation, drainage, and the...
Subtitle 2 - Petition to Establish Watershed Association
Section 25-201 - Filing - A petition to establish a watershed association shall be filed...
Section 25-202 - Petition - (a) The petition shall: (1) clearly describe the area’s location,...
Section 25-203 - Report Required - (a) (1) The petition shall be accompanied by a report...
Section 25-204 - Examinations of Petition and Report; Hearing; Notice - (a) (1) The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and...
Section 25-205 - Multiple Counties -- Jurisdiction and Venue - If the land described in the petition is located in...
Section 25-206 - Hearing and Action on Petition and Report - (a) At the hearing on the petition and report, the...
Subtitle 3 - Establishment and Organization
Section 25-301 - Establishment of Watershed Association - (a) On approval of the petition and report filed under...
Section 25-302 - Board of Directors -- Initial Election - (a) Within 30 days after the approval of the petition...
Section 25-303 - Board of Directors -- Annual Election or Appointment - (a) Each year, the landowners shall meet to elect a...
Section 25-304 - Board of Directors -- Tenure; Vacancies - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 25-305 - Officers; Surety Bonds - (a) The board of directors shall elect a chair, a...
Section 25-306 - Immunity From Liability - An officer or a director of a watershed association shall...
Section 25-307 - Distribution and Retention of Petition and Report - The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City Council...
Section 25-308 - Watershed File - (a) The designated officer with whom a petition for the...
Section 25-309 - Annual Meeting of Landowners - (a) In January of each year, the board of directors...
Section 25-310 - Special Meetings - (a) The board of directors may call a special meeting...
Subtitle 4 - Watershed Work Plan
Section 25-401 - Development - (a) (1) The board of directors of the watershed association...
Section 25-402 - Contents - The watershed work plan developed under § 25–401 of this...
Section 25-403 - Adoption of Plan - (a) On completion of the watershed work plan, or on...
Section 25-404 - Filing With County - (a) (1) If the board of directors decides to submit...
Section 25-405 - Supplemental Work Plan - (a) (1) If, after the review and approval of the...
Subtitle 5 - Board of Viewers
Section 25-501 - Appointment - (a) (1) On approval of a watershed work plan submitted...
Section 25-502 - Duties - (a) On receipt of a copy of a watershed work...
Section 25-503 - Costs - (a) A board of viewers: (1) shall determine the amount...
Section 25-504 - Existing Watershed Projects - (a) A board of viewers may adopt an existing watershed...
Section 25-505 - Report to County - (a) At the earliest practicable date, the board of viewers...
Section 25-506 - Examination of Report; Hearing; Notice; Report Open to Inspection - (a) (1) The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and...
Section 25-507 - Hearing Procedure - (a) At a hearing under § 25–506 of this subtitle:...
Section 25-508 - Payment of Expenses if Report Disapproved - (a) If a report is disapproved, the county commissioners, county...
Section 25-509 - Protection of Interests of Minor - If the property or interest of a minor who does...
Section 25-510 - Amendment of Petition or Related Proceedings - (a) The county commissioners, county council, or Mayor and City...
Section 25-511 - Application for Order of Review - (a) A person who may be adversely affected by any...
Section 25-512 - Judicial Review - (a) A person who is aggrieved by a determination of...
Subtitle 6 - Rights-of-Way, Easements, and Condemnation
Section 25-601 - Rights-of-Way and Easements Generally - (a) A watershed association may acquire any right–of–way, easement, or...
Section 25-602 - Rights-of-Way and Easements for Channel Improvements and Disposition of Excavated Material Generally - For a watershed project that consists of stream channel improvement...
Section 25-603 - Rights-of-Way and Easements for Drainage Improvements and Disposition of Excavated Material in Charles County - For a watershed project that consists of stream channel improvement...
Section 25-604 - Condemnation Proceedings - (a) If a landowner refuses to accept the damages awarded...
Subtitle 7 - Implementation of Plan
Section 25-701 - Powers and Duties of Directors - (a) The board of directors shall implement the watershed project....
Section 25-702 - Maintenance and Operation of Watershed Projects - (a) The board of directors shall control and supervise each...
Subtitle 8 - Financing
Section 25-801 - Imposition of Special Assessments on Benefited Lands - (a) A special assessment imposed under this title shall be...
Section 25-802 - Payments by Units of Government - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a unit of State...
Section 25-803 - Implementation of Plan - (a) The board of directors shall determine the amount to...
Section 25-804 - Issuance of Bonds or Notes - (a) As an alternative to raising funds as provided in...
Section 25-805 - Annual and Special Assessment for Maintenance and Operation - (a) (1) The board of directors shall impose an annual...
Section 25-806 - Duties of County Tax Collector - (a) The special assessments imposed under this subtitle shall remain...
Section 25-807 - Collection of Special Assessments if Land in Multiple Counties - (a) If the land affected by the watershed association that...
Section 25-808 - Order of Payments to Be Made by Board of Directors - (a) From the money that first becomes available under this...
Section 25-809 - Appropriations by Governmental Entities - (a) This section applies to the following governmental entities: (1)...
Subtitle 9 - Dissolution
Section 25-901 - Dissolution Procedure Generally - (a) (1) A majority of the landowners or the owners...
Section 25-902 - Inactive Association in Washington County - (a) Notwithstanding § 25–901 of this subtitle, on a written...
Subtitle 10 - Miscellaneous
Section 25-1001 - Right to Open Cross Ditches or Drains - (a) A person who is assessed for a ditch or...
Section 25-1002 - Requirements When Improvement Crosses Public Highway - (a) If a watershed project established under this title crosses...
Section 25-1003 - Requirements When Channel Crosses Railroad Right-of-Way - (a) If a channel established under this title crosses a...
Subtitle 11 - Prohibited Acts
Section 25-1101 - Preventing Entry on Watershed Land - (a) A person may not prevent a member of the...
Section 25-1102 - Obstruction of Watershed Project - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...