69-6-117 - Alternative method for establishment of district Procedure.
69-6-117. Alternative method for establishment of district Procedure.
(a) As an alternative method for the establishment of a watershed district, any such district may be organized and established in the same manner as a levee and drainage district by the procedure set forth in chapter 5 of this title.
(b) In event this alternative procedure is followed, it will not be necessary to file a petition with the state soil conservation committee, and chapter 5 of this title shall apply to the organization of the district.
(c) Any watershed district that is organized by following the procedure prescribed by chapter 5 of this title has the same objectives and purposes and possesses the same powers as provided for in this chapter.
[Acts 1955, ch. 112, § 12; T.C.A., § 70-1817; impl. am. Acts 1984, ch. 687, § 3; T.C.A. § 69-7-117.]