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SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS LAW Laws 1940, Chapter 727 AN ACT establishing the state soil and water conservation committee, and creating soil and water conservation districts, constituting chapter nine-b of the consolidated laws Became a law April 23, 1940, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fif…
ARTICLE I SHORT TITLE; DECLARATION OF POLICY; DEFINITIONS Section 1. Short title. 2. Declaration of policy. 3. Definitions.
Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and cited as the "soil and water conservation districts law".
§ 2. Declaration of policy. (1) Preservation of soil and water resources. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to provide for the conservation of the soil and water resources of this state, and for the improvement of water quality, and for the control and prevention of soil erosion and for the prev…
§ 3. Definitions. Wherever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) "District" or "soil and water conservation district" means a county whose board of supervisors has by resolution declared said county to be a soil and water conservation district. (2) "Direct…
ARTICLE II STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS Section 4. State soil and water conservation committee. 4-a. Farm drain tile revolving loan program. 5. Creation of soil and water conservation districts. 6. Designation of district directors. 7. Appointme…
§ 4. State soil and water conservation committee. (1) There is established in the department of agriculture and markets, the state soil and water conservation committee as an agency of this state which committee shall exercise the functions conferred upon it in this chapter. The administrative functions of such departm…
§ 4-a. Farm drain tile revolving loan program. (1) Definitions. (a) "Farm drain tile project." A specific work or improvement that is undertaken by an agricultural producer for the construction or improvement of drain tile for the purpose of enhancing farm fields. (b) "Local loan administrator." A farm credit bureau or…
§ 5. Creation of soil and water conservation districts. (1) When the board of supervisors of any county determines that conservation of soil and water resources and control and prevention of soil erosion and prevention of floodwater and sediment damages are problems of public concern in the county, and further determin…
§ 6. Designation of district directors. 1. (a) When a county has been declared a soil and water conservation district a board of directors consisting of five members shall be appointed by the county board. This board of directors shall consist of two members of the county board and three persons not members of the coun…
§ 7. Appointment, qualifications, compensation and tenure of directors. The two members from the county board shall be appointed annually. The other members shall serve for terms of three years each, except that the first three appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two and three years respectively. A…
§ 8. Organization of directors. (1) The directors of the district shall be the governing body thereof. They shall designate a chairman and may, from time to time, change such designation. The directors may delegate to their chairman, or to one or more directors, such powers and duties as they shall deem proper. They sh…
§ 9. Powers of districts and directors. The directors of a soil and water conservation district shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this chapter: (1) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion, floodwater, sediment damages,…
§ 10. Cooperation between districts. The directors 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.
§ 11. State agencies to cooperate. Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any state-owned lands, and of any county, or other governmental subdivision of the state, which shall have jurisdiction over, or be charged with the administration of, any county-owned…
§ 11-a. State aid to districts. (1) To aid districts in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, providing technical assistance to landowners, the state, within the amount appropriated therefor, shall: (a) Reimburse each soil and water conservation district to the extent of fifty percen…
§ 11-b. Agricultural nonpoint source abatement and control projects. 1. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, a matching grant program is established to fund agricultural nonpoint source abatement and control projects that meet the following criteria: a. the project must consist of activities or p…
§ 12. Discontinuance of districts. (1) The county board of any county or the city council of the city of New York which, by resolution, has declared the county or the city of New York to be a soil and water conservation district, may at any time after five years from the passage of said resolution, and after determinin…
ARTICLE III SEPARABILITY CLAUSE; INCONSISTENCY WITH OTHER ACTS; EFFECTIVE DATE Section 13. Separability clause. 14. Inconsistency with other acts. 15. Effective date.
§ 13. Separability clause. If any provisions of this chapter or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
§ 14. Inconsistency with other acts. Insofar as any of the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
§ 15. Effective date. This chapter shall take effect immediately.