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The board of commissioners may set where bond payments are made. The district treasurer must send enough money at least two weeks before bond principal and interest are due, and the commissioners must plan for annual levy payments; if needed, they must make additional levies, with total levies capped at 90% of benefits
Certain women, guardians, trustees, executors, administrators, and corporations may sign petitions under this article if the stated conditions are met.
If bond payments are 60 days late, holders can seek court remedies; the court can appoint a receiver, and delinquent land taxes may be foreclosed and sold, with a redemption right for the owner.
Specified district officers, fund handlers, and some contractors must provide bonds for safekeeping funds and faithful performance of duties, and the district pays the bond fees.
The board may use its own resources or let contracts for water-management improvements, but it must set the letting time and place, publish notice, and conduct the bid process on the appointed date.
The water management engineer controls the construction plan, prepares monthly work estimates, and later estimates the full amount due. Commissioners must act within five days after estimates are filed, and the district treasurer must pay the amount due on a properly signed warrant. If the district works with another o
If a contractor fails to perform the work as required by the contract, the board of water management commissioners may forfeit the contract and sue the contractor and the bond sureties for damages.
The contractor may enter needed land and remove bridges or fences, and may cross private lands to reach the work. If the improvement crosses timber, the timber owner may remove it before construction begins.
This provision allocates bridge and culvert construction or repair costs to the county or highway-maintaining authority in one crossing scenario, and to the water management district in another.
When construction crosses a railroad right-of-way, the engineer must notify the railroad, the railroad must coordinate and remove obstructions at the agreed time, and the work must be planned to minimize interference with railroad business.
After an improvement is completed, the board of water management commissioners controls it, must keep it in good repair, may levy an annual tax up to 10% of assessed benefits to fund repairs, and may require owners or railroads to pay certain repair costs. It is unlawful to damage, obstruct, or build certain structures
Qualified landowners may use a ditch, drain, or watercourse as an outlet for lateral drains, and the board of water management commissioners controls and repairs the drainage system after construction.
The court of probate of any county of Alabama may establish water management districts for listed water and flood-control purposes.
Land may be annexed to a water management district if the petition meets the ownership thresholds and the court approves it.
A water management district may be organized over all or part of land covered by an existing watershed conservancy district if there is no objection from the listed district officials and it assumes the district’s outstanding obligations and responsibilities.
Organizing a district or subdistrict does not bar land from being included in another district, and the land may be taxed to the extent the water-management plan benefits it.
Water management commissioners may work jointly with adjoining counties or districts in another state on boundary-area drainage and improvement works, and may contract for the work and split costs as deemed just.
If a warrant is unpaid because the treasury lacks funds, it must be marked “not paid for lack of funds,” earns 6% annual interest until money is available, and the treasurer must track and pay such warrants in presentation order.
The board of water management commissioners may ask the court to correct errors or omissions in district proceedings or decrees, and the court must do so if there is a proper showing.
Existing drainage districts are renamed water management districts, and they continue their drainage work under this article.
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