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GA Code § 2-6-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 1 - Soil Conservation Generally|§ 2-6-7. Assistance of Other Agencies and Associations; Rules and Regulations; Lease or Purchase of Equipment, Facilities, and Supplies; Employment of Personnel

  The Cooperative Extension Service shall utilize such available services and assistance of other state agencies and of voluntary county and community committees and associations of agricultural producers as it determines to be necessary or calculated to assist substantially in the effective administration of this article.   The Cooperative Extension Service shall have the authority to make such rules and regulations consistent with this article and to do any and all other acts consistent with this article which it finds to be necessary or proper for the effective administration of this article.   The Cooperative Extension Service shall have the power and authority to obtain, by lease or purchase, such equipment, office accommodations, facilities, services, and supplies and to employ and determine the qualifications, duties, and compensation of such technical or legal experts or assistants and such other employees, including clerical and stenographic help, as it determines to be necessary or proper to carry out this article.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 538, § 7.)
GA Code § 2-6-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 1 - Soil Conservation Generally|§ 2-6-8. Reports; Investigations

 The Cooperative Extension Service shall compile or require to be made such reports as it determines to be necessary or proper in order to ascertain whether any plans provided for in this article are being carried out according to their terms. The Cooperative Extension Service shall provide for compliance with such requirements on the part of all persons and agencies participating in the administration of any such plan and may make or cause to be made such investigations as it determines to be necessary or proper to assure the correctness of such reports and to make possible the verification of the reports.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 538, § 10.)
GA Code § 2-6-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 1 - Soil Conservation Generally|§ 2-6-9. Community Associations; Community and County Committees

 The Cooperative Extension Service, by regulation, shall provide for the organization within each community of a voluntary association in which all agricultural producers who are citizens of this state and residents in such community shall be entitled to equal participation; for the selection by each such association of a community committee, which shall be composed of three members of such association; and for a chairman to be chosen for each such community committee. The Cooperative Extension Service shall also provide for the selection by the members of such community committees within each county of a county committee for such county, to be composed of three members of such community committees, and for the selection of a chairman of each such county committee.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 538, § 8.)
GA Code § 2-6-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 1 - Soil Conservation Generally|§ 2-6-10. State Advisory Board

  The Cooperative Extension Service shall, by regulation, provide for the selection of five persons of legal age, resident in this state, to act as farmer members of a state advisory board. Such members shall be selected from the standpoint of their actual farming experience and comprehensive understanding of the agricultural problems of this state and shall represent, as nearly as possible, all sections of the state and all major types of farming.   The state advisory board, upon the request of the Cooperative Extension Service, shall advise the Cooperative Extension Service with regard to all matters of major importance in carrying out this article and may, in the absence of such request, submit advice and information to the Cooperative Extension Service with respect to the administration of this article.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 538, § 9.)
GA Code § 2-6-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-20. Short Title

 This article may be known and cited as the "Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law."   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 1; Ga. L. 1962, p. 116, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-6-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-24. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Chairperson; Quorum; Compensation; Surety Bonds; Records; Audits

 The commission shall designate one of its members as chairperson and may, from time to time, change such designation. A member of the commission shall hold office so long as he or she retains the office by virtue of which he or she is serving on the commission. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority shall be required for the determination of any matter within its duties. The members of the commission shall receive for each day of actual attendance of meetings of the commission a daily expense allowance in the amount specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-7-21 and shall be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties on the commission. The commission shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who are entrusted with funds or property. It shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted and shall provide for an annual audit of the accounts of receipts and disbursements.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 4; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 3; Ga. L. 2002, p. 951, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-6-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-25. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Employment of Administrative Officer, Experts, Agents, and Employees; Legal Services; Delegation of Powers and Duties; Furnishing of Information; Agency Cooperation

 The commission may employ an administrative officer and such technical experts and other agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require. It shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The commission may call upon the Attorney General of this state for such legal services as it may require. It shall have authority to delegate, to one or more of its members or to one or more agents or employees, such powers and duties as it may deem proper. The commission is authorized to furnish information and to call upon any or all state or local agencies for cooperation in carrying out this article.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 4; Ga. L. 1975, p. 724, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 4.)
GA Code § 2-6-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-26. State Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Merit and Retirement Systems for Employees

 All employees of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission, not including members of the commission, shall be subject to a merit system of employment as promulgated by the commission, under which all such employees shall be selected on a basis of merit, fitness, and efficiency, according to law. All such employees are authorized to become and be members of the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia, as established by Chapter 2 of Title 47. There shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the operation of the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission all employer contributions required by Chapter 2 of Title 47 creating the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia. All rights, credits, and funds in such retirement system which were possessed by persons at the time of their employment by the commission are continued and preserved, it being the intention of the General Assembly that such persons shall not lose any rights, credits, or funds to which they may be entitled prior to becoming employees of the commission.   (Ga. L. 1973, p. 908, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 5.)
GA Code § 2-6-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-28. Number and Boundaries of Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Alteration of Existing Districts or Formation of New Districts

  The number and geographical boundaries of the several soil and water conservation districts shall remain as they existed on July 1, 1973, unless changed as provided in this Code section.   If two-thirds of the supervisors within each of the affected districts, each of the governing authorities of each county within any affected district, and the State Soil and Water Conservation Commission agree to the alteration of any district or the formation of any new district, the alteration or formation may be effected if all such approvals are filed with the commission along with the description of the altered boundaries or the boundaries of the new districts. The alteration of existing districts or formation of new districts may not be effected so that the boundaries of any such district will traverse the boundaries of any regional commission within the district or districts. All of the property and assets of any altered district shall be distributed among the affected districts in accordance to the same ratio used in the distribution of state appropriated funds to the affected districts.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 5; Ga. L. 1973, p. 929, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 7; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1317, § 6.1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 181, § 11/HB 1216.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, the hyphen in "state appropriated" near the end of subsection (b) was deleted.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Federal funds finance construction of watershed projects.   - The local soil and water conservation districts carry out the construction of watershed projects financed in whole or in part by federal funds. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-29.
GA Code § 2-6-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-29. District Supervisors - Number; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Appointive Supervisors; County Basis of Election of Elected Supervisors

  The governing body of each district shall consist of not less than five supervisors. Two supervisors shall be appointed by the commission, provided that in those districts which contain three or more counties or portions of three or more counties, the commission shall appoint one supervisor for each county in the district. Appointments by the commission shall be made from a list submitted to the commission by the elected supervisors of the district, containing three nominees for each appointive position. The supervisors appointed by the commission shall be persons who are qualified by training and experience to perform the specialized, skilled services which will be required of them in the performance of their duties under this article. Appointed supervisors shall serve for terms of office of two years and until their successors are appointed.   Elected supervisors shall be elected upon a county basis, as provided in Code Section 2-6-30. Not more than one elected supervisor shall be elected from each county within a district, except in districts consisting of less than three counties.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 7; Ga. L. 1949, p. 584, § 5; Ga. L. 1973, p. 929, § 3; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 8.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Nominees grouped on ballot by counties.   - The elected supervisors of soil conservation districts continue to be elected by the voters of the whole district, but the nominees are to be grouped on the ballot by counties; the nominee receiving the largest number of votes cast from one's county in one's group shall be elected to represent one's county. 1948-49 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 458.   Elected soil and water district supervisors.   - Elected soil and water district supervisors are elected state officials and are thus subject to the constitutional provision that their office is vacated when they qualify for another state, county or municipal office. 1992 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 92-28.
GA Code § 2-6-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-30. District Supervisors - Election Procedure for Elected Supervisors

  Within 30 days after the date of issuance by the Secretary of State of a certificate of organization for a soil and water conservation district, nominating petitions may be filed with the commission to nominate candidates for supervisors of such district. The commission shall have authority to extend the time within which nominating petitions may be filed. No such nominating petition shall be accepted by the commission unless it is subscribed by 25 or more qualified electors of the county in which the nominee resides. Qualified electors may sign more than one such nominating petition to nominate more than one candidate for supervisor.   The commission shall be required to give due notice of an election only in the particular county in which an election is to be held. The ballot for each county shall contain only the names of the nominees from that county and the electors of each county shall be eligible to vote only for the nominees of their particular county. The names of all nominees within the county on behalf of whom nominating petitions have been filed within the time designated shall appear upon the ballots arranged in the alphabetical order of their surnames, with a square before each name and a direction to insert an "X" in the square appearing before the name of the person for whom the elector desires to vote. The nominee receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared the duly elected district supervisor from that county.   The commission shall pay all the expenses of such election, shall supervise the conduct thereof, shall prescribe regulations governing the conduct of such election and the determination of the eligibility of voters therein, and shall publish the results thereof.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 6; Ga. L. 1949, p. 584, § 6; Ga. L. 1950, p. 293, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 9.)   Cross references.   - Definition of public office, § 21-2-2.    Disclosure reports, § 21-5-34.
GA Code § 2-6-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-32. District Supervisors - Services of County Agricultural Agents; Employees and Agents; Copies of Rules, Orders, and Other Documents; Surety Bonds; Removal of Supervisor; Consultation

  The supervisors of a district may utilize the services of the county agricultural agents and the facilities of the county agricultural agents' offices insofar as practicable and feasible. With the approval of the commission they may employ additional employees and agents, permanent and temporary, as they may require and may determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The supervisors may delegate to their chairman, to one or more supervisors, or to one or more agents or employees such powers and duties as they may deem proper.   The supervisors shall furnish to the commission, upon request, copies of such rules, regulations, orders, contracts, forms, and other documents as they shall adopt or employ and such other information concerning their activities as the commission may require in the performance of its duties under this article.   The supervisors shall provide for the execution of surety bonds for all employees and officers who are entrusted with funds or property. They shall provide for the keeping of a full and accurate record of all proceedings and of all resolutions, regulations, and orders issued or adopted and shall provide to the commission summary financial data listing cash receipts and disbursements for each state fiscal year.   Any supervisor may be removed by the commission, upon notice and hearing, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, but for no other reason.   The supervisors of a district may invite the legislative body of any municipality or county located near the territory comprised within the district to designate a representative to advise and consult with the supervisors on all questions of program and policy which may affect the property, water supply, or other interests of such municipality or county.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 7; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 11; Ga. L. 1998, p. 206, § 1.)
GA Code § 2-6-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-34. Conditions to Extending Benefits or Performing Work

 As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this article to or the performance of any work upon any lands not owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies, the supervisors of a district may require contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise to any operations conferring such benefits and may require landowners and occupiers of land to enter into and perform such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will tend to prevent or control erosion thereon.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 8.)
GA Code § 2-6-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-35. Land Use Regulations - Adoption Authorized; Public Hearings

 The supervisors of each district shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of lands within the district, in the interest of conserving soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon proposed regulations as may be necessary to assist them in this work.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9.)   Cross references.   - Rules, regulations, and ordinances adopted by Board of Natural Resources and local governments for purpose of governing certain land-disturbing activities, § 12-7-6.
GA Code § 2-6-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-36. Land Use Regulations - Referendum

  The supervisors shall not have the authority to adopt land use regulations until after they shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct a referendum for submission of such regulations to the owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district, for their indication of approval or disapproval of such proposed regulations, and until after the supervisors have considered the result of such referendum. No proposed regulations shall be submitted in a referendum until after they have been submitted to and approved in writing by the commission. Copies of such proposed regulations shall be available for the inspection of all eligible voters during the period between the publication of the notice and the date of the referendum. The notice of the referendum shall recite the contents of the proposed regulations or shall state where copies of such proposed regulations may be examined.   The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which the words:   The supervisors shall supervise such referendum, shall prescribe appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, and shall publish the result thereof.   All owners of lands within the district, and only such landowners, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum.   No informalities in the conduct of the referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate the referendum or the result thereof, if notice thereof was given substantially as provided in this Code section and if the referendum was conducted fairly.   The supervisors shall not have the authority to adopt proposed regulations unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum were cast for approval of the proposed regulations. However, the approval of the proposed regulations by a majority of the votes cast in such referendum shall not be deemed to require the supervisors to adopt such proposed regulations.    " [ ] YES Shall the proposed land use regulations for conser- [ ] NO vation of soil and prevention of erosion be ap- proved?" shall appear, with directions that all persons desiring to vote for approval of the regulations shall vote "Yes" and all persons desiring to vote against the regulations shall vote "No."   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9; Ga. L. 1988, p. 269, § 13.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, the comma after " 'erosion be approved?' " in subsection (b) was deleted.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Referendum of general legislative act to people in absence of constitutional requirement in that regard, 76 A.L.R. 1053.
GA Code § 2-6-37 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-37. Land Use Regulations - Provisions Authorized; Uniformity Required; Availability of Copies

  The regulations to be adopted by the supervisors under this article may include:   Provisions requiring the carrying out of necessary engineering operations, including the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, ditches, and other necessary structures, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Code Section 2-6-21;   Provisions requiring the observance of particular methods of cultivation, including: contour cultivating; contour furrowing; lister furrowing; sowing; planting; strip cropping, changes in cropping systems, seeding, and planting of lands to water-conserving and erosion-preventing plants, trees, and grasses; forestation; and reforestation; having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Code Section 2-6-21; and   Provisions requiring the retirement from cultivation of highly erosive areas or of areas on which erosion may not be adequately controlled if cultivation is carried on, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Code Section 2-6-21.     The regulations shall be uniform throughout the territory within the district, provided that the supervisors may classify the lands within the district with reference to such factors as soil type, degree of slope, degree of erosion threatened or existing, cropping and tillage practices in use, and other relevant factors and may provide regulations varying with the type or class of land affected but uniform as to all lands within each class or type.   Copies of land use regulations adopted under this article shall be printed and made available to all owners and occupiers of lands lying within the district.    (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9.)
GA Code § 2-6-38 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 2 - Agriculture|Chapter 6 - Soil and Water Conservation|Article 2 - Soil and Water Conservation Districts|§ 2-6-38. Land Use Regulations - Binding Effect

 Land use regulations adopted pursuant to Code Sections 2-6-35 and 2-6-36 by the supervisors of any district shall be binding and obligatory upon all owners and occupiers of land within such districts.   (Ga. L. 1937, p. 377, § 9.)