46A-18-38. Powers of directors.The district board of directors may:(1)Make surveys or utilize other surveys and data to plan and develop water projects;(2)Cooperate or contract with any person, state, or subdivision thereof, federal agency or private or public corporation as necessary;(3)Construct, clean, repair, alter, abandon, consolidate, reclaim, or change any watercourse, natural or artificial, within the district in cooperation with other state or federal public bodies having jurisdiction;(4)Acquire, lease, operate, construct, and maintain dams, dikes, reservoirs, or other works as necessary;(5)Acquire by gift, lease, purchase, or eminent domain any real and personal property as necessary;(6)Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of unneeded district property;(7)Contract for purchase of insurance;(8)Establish and maintain devices for acquiring and recording hydrological data;(9)Enter into contracts for construction authorized by this chapter; and(10)Acquire property and construct works outside the boundaries of the district. Source: SL 1984, ch 293, §37.
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