76-15-403. Operation of projects and works. A conservation district and the supervisors thereof shall have the power to:
     (1) conduct soil, vegetation, and water resources conservation projects on lands within the districts upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the necessary rights or interest in such land;
     (2) carry out preventive and control measures and works of improvement for flood prevention and the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water within the district, including but not limited to engineering operations, range management, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and the measures listed in 76-15-101(3) on lands owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the cooperation of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within the district upon obtaining the consent of the occupier of such lands or the necessary rights or interests in such lands;
     (3) cooperate or enter into agreements with and, within the limits of appropriations duly made available to it by law, furnish financial or other aid to any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any occupier of lands within the district in the carrying on of erosion control and prevention operations, works of improvement for flood prevention, and the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water within the district, subject to such conditions as the supervisors may deem necessary to advance the purposes of this chapter;
     (4) construct, improve, operate, and maintain such structures as may be necessary or convenient for the performance of any of the operations authorized in this chapter;
     (5) take over, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and administer any soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention project, or combinations thereof, located within its boundaries undertaken by the United States or any of its agencies or by this state or any of its agencies; manage, as agent of the United States or any of its agencies or of this state or any of its agencies, any soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention project, or combination thereof, within its boundaries; act as agent for the United States or any of its agencies or for this state or any of its agencies in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, or administration of any soil conservation, flood prevention, drainage, irrigation, water management, erosion control, or erosion prevention projects, or combination thereof, within its boundaries; accept donations, gifts, and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise from the United States or any of its agencies or from this state or any of its agencies and use or expend such moneys, services, materials, or other contributions in carrying on its operations.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 72, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 5, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 291, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 431, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 75, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 395, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 76-108(A)(2) thru (4), (7), (9).