11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority:
(1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according
to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the
rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled
to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the
location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and
most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the
minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event
the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission
may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental
from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation,
or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions
which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors,
are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,
or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any
area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated,
or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty
lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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45-41-141
Section 45-41-141 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this part,
and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication
herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT
392. That certain amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, proposed by
Act 80-313 enacted at the 1980 Regular Session of the Legislature. (2) AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT.
That certain amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, proposed by Act
88-479 enacted at the 1988 Regular Session of the Legislature. (3) CODE. The Code of Alabama
1975, as amended. (4) COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any building, structure, or other improvement to
real property, excluding, however, any dwelling that: a. Is subject to ad valorem taxation
and has a fair market value, according to the records of the tax assessor pertaining to state
and county ad valorem taxation for the fiscal or ad valorem tax year of the...
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45-41-244.110
Section 45-41-244.110 Additional sales and use tax authorized. (a) This section
shall only apply to those areas outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn, Opelika,
and Phenix City in Lee County. (b) As used in this section, state sales and use tax
means the tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes, including, but not limited
to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3, 40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and 40-23-63.
(c) Subject to the approval of the majority of the electors voting at a referendum held for
such purposes, the Lee County Commission may levy a one percent sales and use tax against
gross sales, use, storage, or other consumption subject to the state sales or use taxes levied
by subdivision (1) of Section 40-23-2, subdivision (2) of Section 40-23-2, and
subsection (a) of Section 40-23-61, outside the corporate limits of the Cities of Auburn,
Opelika, and Phenix City. The gross proceeds of all sales and use of products or services
which are presently...
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45-31-141.11
Section 45-31-141.11 Fire protection fee levied on dwellings and commercial buildings.
(a) The expenses of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for by the proceeds
of a fire protection fee which shall be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay
the expense. One percent of the fee shall be appropriated to fund the Geneva County office
of the Alabama Forestry Commission. One percent of the fee shall be appropriated to the Geneva
County Volunteer Firefighters Association. The fee shall be levied at a uniform rate upon
each dwelling and commercial building served by the system. The term commercial building shall
not apply to any utility distribution or transmission poles or towers or utility substations.
The fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at the same time, in the same manner,
and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of the state. The property
owner would be provided the same rights in this situation as he or she...
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45-17-140
Section 45-17-140 Fire protection service fee. (a) The provisions of this section
shall apply only to those portions of Colbert County located outside the corporate boundaries
of the Cities of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle Shoals. (b) The Legislature hereby declares
that volunteer fire departments that receive funds pursuant to this section are organizations
which are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of the county. (c)(1) There is hereby levied on the owner of each dwelling and on the owner
of each building or commercial building or facility located in those portions of Colbert County
located outside the corporate boundaries of the Cities of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle
Shoals a fire protection service fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year. (2) For the purposes
of this section a dwelling shall be defined as any building, structure, or other improvement
to real property used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one...
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45-3-140.03
Section 45-3-140.03 Fire protection service fee - Levy; definitions; exemption. (a)
There is levied on the owner of each residence or dwelling in Barbour County, a fire protection
service fee of thirty dollars ($30) per year and on each commercial business at a specified
location, a fire protection service fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) per year. (b) For purposes
of this article, a "residence or dwelling" shall be defined as any building, structure,
or other improvement to real property used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence
for one or more human beings, including, but not limited to: (1) Any building, structure,
or improvement assessed, for the purposes of state and county ad valorem taxation, as "Class
III" single-family owner-occupied residential property. (2) Any mobile home or house
trailer used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one or more human beings.
(c) Any buildings, structure, or other improvement shall be classified as a "dwelling"...

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45-35-140.02
Section 45-35-140.02 Fire protection service fee - Levy; definitions; exemption. (a)
There is levied on the owner of each dwelling and commercial building located in those portions
of Houston County located outside the corporate boundaries of the City of Dothan a fire protection
service fee of thirty dollars ($30) per year. (b) For the purposes of this article a dwelling
shall be defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or
expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one or more human beings, including, but
not limited to, (1) such a building, structure, or improvement assessed for purposes of state
and county ad valorem taxation, as Class III single-family owner-occupied residential property,
(2) a duplex or an apartment building, (3) residential property used to generate rental income,
and (4) any mobile home or house trailer used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence
for one or more human beings. (c) Any such building,...
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45-36-248
Section 45-36-248 Levy of tax; collection and disposition of proceeds; violations. (a)
This section shall apply only to Jackson County. (b) As used in this section,
sales and use tax means a tax imposed by the state sales and use tax statutes and such other
acts applicable to Jackson County, but not limited to, Sections 40-23-1, 40-23-2, 40-23-3,
40-23-4, 40-23-60, 40-23-61, 40-23-62, and Section 40-23-63. (c) Subject to the outcome
of the referendum provided for herein, the County Commission of Jackson County may, upon a
majority vote of the members, levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited
to, county and municipal gross receipts license taxes, a privilege license tax in an amount
up to one cent against each dollar of gross sales or gross receipts. The gross receipts of
any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state
sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this section. (d)
The tax levied by...
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45-16-140.02
Section 45-16-140.02 Fire protection service fee. - Levy; definitions; exemption. (a)
There is levied on the owner of each dwelling and commercial building located in Coffee County
a fire protection and emergency medical service fee of thirty dollars ($30) per year for each
dwelling and commercial building. (b) For the purposes of this article, a dwelling shall be
defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or expected
to be used as a dwelling or residence for one or more human beings including, but not limited
to: (1) Any building, structure, or improvement assessed, for the purposes of state and county
ad valorem taxation, as Class III single-family owner-occupied residential property. (2) A
duplex or an apartment building. (3) Residential property used to generate rental income.
(4) Any manufactured home or house trailer used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence
for one or more human beings. (c) A building, structure, or other...
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