Alabama Code 9-9-25. Correction of errors in or amendments to water management plan
Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-9-25
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The board of water management commissioners may correct errors in or amend the plan of water management at any time upon the recommendation or concurrence of competent technicians when it appears that the purpose for which the district is organized may thereby be more effectively and economically accomplished; provided, that after assessments of benefits have been confirmed by the court, no such amendment to plans shall be effective until approved by the court having jurisdiction of the district after a hearing, for which notice shall be given as in the case of the assessments of benefits, at which hearing all parties whose property has been assessed for benefits or may be damaged or taken by reason of such amendment shall have opportunity to be heard. When any amendment to the plan is approved by the court, the benefits and damages resulting from such amendment shall be determined at the same hearing.