§ 299-M — County small watershed protection districts

§ 299-m. County small watershed protection districts. The board of\nsupervisors of each county may establish or extend county small\nwatershed protection districts in the manner hereinafter provided, for\nthe purpose of undertaking, constructing and maintaining projects and\nworks of improvement for flood prevention, land treatment, and for the\nconservation, development, disposal and utilization of water including\nbut not limited to use for irrigation in watershed and sub-watershed\nareas as provided for in the federal act approved August four, nineteen\nhundred fifty-four, and known as public law five hundred sixty-six, and\nas the "Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act", and all acts\namendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and which projects and\nworks of improvement have been or may be approved by the federal\ngovernment and for which federal financial and other forms of assistance\nshall be made available.\n