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The referendum ballot must show options for and against creating the watershed conservancy district, and qualified voters may vote absentee under board rules.
Election officers must count the votes and deliver the results and ballots; the polling superintendent must certify the results to the board of supervisors, and if the vote favors creation of the district, the board must certify the results to the judge of probate.
The board of supervisors must hold an election for watershed conservancy district directors within 30 days after a district is created, and landowners in the district are the only voters.
Board members may not receive salaries, but they may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses if the board of supervisors approves it.
The board of directors of a watershed conservancy district has power, subject to board approval, to carry out district functions by acquiring land or rights-of-way, building and maintaining structures, borrowing money and issuing bonds, disposing of property, making contracts, suing and being sued, cooperating with gov
Bonds cannot be issued until the board of directors proposes them and sends a certified copy to the board of supervisors, the supervisors hold a noticed hearing, and the proposal is approved through the required referendum process.
Landowners may petition to add land to a watershed conservancy district, and the board must give notice, hold the process required by the section, and certify any approval.
Landowners whose land cannot be benefited by the watershed conservancy district may ask the board of supervisors to detach the land, and the petition process must include a hearing, notice, certification, and filing steps.
Landowners in a watershed conservancy district may petition to discontinue the district, and the board of supervisors must oversee a referendum and follow-up discontinuance process.
If a supervising soil and water conservation district is discontinued, the county commission must take over the same supervising role for the watershed conservancy district.
Property and interests acquired by a watershed conservancy district under this article are exempt from state, county, and other taxation.
This provision defines terms used in the chapter, including eligible land, eligible person, landowner, commission, program year, and related conservation terms.
A qualified technician for the relevant soil and water conservation district must design and lay out proposed conservation practices, and must determine whether they meet applicable design standards and specifications.
People receiving certain conservation grants must sign maintenance or performance agreements and keep the practices in place for the required life of the practice.
District committees and districts must keep separate funding records and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
The commission’s property, income, and related instruments are exempt from state and local taxation, including certain license and excise taxes.
Eligible people receiving a cost-share grant do not include that grant in Alabama gross income; the commission must take steps to qualify the grant program under federal tax rules.
The commission is given full and adequate powers to carry out its functions, and the chapter generally says no proceeding, notice, or approval is required for its incorporation or for exercising its powers, except where the chapter expressly provides otherwise.
The commission is described as a political subdivision of the state, and its net earnings after expenses may not benefit private individuals or businesses except through the stated cost-share grants.
The provision states state policy to restore and conserve soil resources, improve agricultural water, and control erosion, floodwater, and sediment damage, while supporting forestry improvement and related public benefits.
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