1. (a) A watershed association may acquire any right-of-way, easement, or other property right necessary to construct and maintain the watershed project for:

   1. (1) watershed protection;
   2. (2) flood prevention;
   3. (3) recreation;
   4. (4) soil conservation;
   5. (5) drainage; and
   6. (6) the conservation, development, storage, use, and disposal of water for any beneficial purpose.

2. (b)

   1. (1) A watershed association shall submit to the clerk of the circuit court in the appropriate county a book, to be known as the “easement record”, that contains each easement for maintenance or right-of-way, according to the original design specifications or for not less than 20 feet, that the watershed association has in the county.
   2. (2) A watershed association shall keep the easement record current.
   3. (3) The clerk of a circuit court shall make an easement record available for inspection by the public.

Added by Acts 2013, c. 119, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.