§ 41-8-101 — Definitions

(a) "Director" means a director of a watershed improvement
district, and "board of directors" means the governing body of a
watershed improvement district.
(b) "Supervisor" means a supervisor of the soil and water
conservation district in which a watershed improvement district
is situated; and "board of supervisors" means the governing body
of the soil and water conservation district in which a watershed
improvement district is situated.
(c) "Landowner" means any person, or group of persons,
firm or corporation holding title to, or occupying under a
contract of purchase, any land lying within a watershed
improvement district organized or proposed to be organized under
the provisions of this act.
(d) "Due notice", for provisions other than election and
referendum provisions, means notice published at least twice,
with an interval of at least six (6) days between the two (2)
publication dates, in a newspaper of general circulation within
the boundaries of the proposed or organized district. The notice
of any hearing required to be held under this act shall fix the
time, place and purpose thereof, which time shall be not less
than ten (10) or more than fifteen (15) days after the first
publication or first posting of such notice. At any hearing held
pursuant to such notice, at the time and place designated in
such notice, adjournment may be made from time to time without
the necessity of renewing such notice for such adjourned dates.
Notice for any election or referendum required by this act shall
be as specifically provided in this act, or if not specifically
provided in this act, as required in the Special District
Elections Act of 1994.
(e) Repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 115, § 5.
(f) "Written authorization" means an affidavit filed with
the election official conducting the election setting forth a
general legal description of the property owned, the street or
common name address for the property, the name or names of all
owners of the property described, and a statement that the
person signing the written authorization is the only person
having authority to act on behalf of the owner or owners of the
property.