45-5-171
Section 45-5-171 Dumping fee. (a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge imposed on the dumping or depositing of solid waste material on or in any privately owned solid waste landfill in Blount County, there is hereby levied a monthly fee of one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per ton of solid waste so dumped or deposited, which shall be collected monthly by the landfill owner and distributed as provided in subsection (b). (b) The fees collected in subsection (a) shall be distributed as follows: 50 percent to the General Fund of Blount County and 50 percent to the Blount County Commission. The Blount County Commission, on a quarterly basis, shall return the 50 percent share of the funds to the Blount County Fire and EMS Association to be distributed equally to all volunteer fire departments and rescue squads belonging to the association. (Act 90-120, p. 140, §§1, 2; Act 2017-170, §1.)...
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45-21-140
Section 45-21-140 Sales and use tax authorized; use of funds. (a) This section shall apply only in Crenshaw County. (b) For purposes of this section, the following term shall have the following meaning: ELIGIBLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS and ELIGIBLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. A fire department in Crenshaw County that maintains an ISO-approved rating of at least Class 9, is certified under the Alabama Forestry Commission guidelines, and is a member in good standing of the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. An eligible emergency medical service means an emergency medical service that is licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health, Office of EMS and Trauma, and is in good standing with the Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. (c) Subject to approval at a local referendum as provided in this section, the Crenshaw County Commission may levy an additional one-half percent sales and use tax paralleling the state sales and use tax. The proceeds...
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45-21-242.07
Section 45-21-242.07 Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax authorized less the actual cost of collection, not to exceed five per centum shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Crenshaw County Commission on a monthly basis. Each municipal fire chief may expend that department's share in any manner he or she deems necessary for the operation and equipment for that fire department, except none shall be expended for salaries. Volunteer fire departments and rescue squads shall expend their shares only as prescribed in their respective bylaws or articles of incorporation, except no proceeds distributed under this part shall be expended for salaries. The funds shall be divided equally among the eligible fire departments, rescue squads, and Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. (Act 96-604, p. 947, §8.)...
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9-3-18
Section 9-3-18 Public governmental entities, political subdivisions, etc., authorized to make donations to organizations deemed public in nature. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section provides assistance to organized volunteer fire departments and organized search, air, and rescue squads including South Alabama Air Rescue, Incorporated, and other nonprofit organizations which provide search, air, or rescue services to the public. The Legislature deems these organizations public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. (b) The state and any department, office, or agency of the state, and any county, any municipality, any fire, water, sewer, garbage, or school district, or any other public governmental entity or political subdivision may donate money, property, equipment, or other thing of value to those organizations deemed public in nature as specified in subsection (a). Unless the donating agency or entity specifies otherwise at the...
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45-47-243
Section 45-47-243 Disposition of funds. All funds paid to Marion County from oil and gas taxes pursuant to Section 40-20-8 shall be distributed in the following manner: (1) Fifty percent to the county commission to be expended at its discretion, with emphasis on road construction and maintenance. (2) Thirty percent to the city and county boards of education with the distribution to be made on the basis of the State Department of Education's percentage distribution ratio for dividing funds between the Marion County and Winfield City school systems. (3) Five percent to the sheriff for law enforcement and alcohol and drug abuse programs. (4) Three percent to the county firefighters association to be distributed by the association to municipal and volunteer fire departments on an equal basis for fire protection. (5) Two percent to the county commission to be distributed to rescue squads and municipal ambulance services and libraries on an equal basis. (6) Ten percent for additional...
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45-23-141.04
Section 45-23-141.04 Fee - Collection, administration, and enforcement. The fire and emergency medical service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of the state. In the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as the annual registration fee for manufactured homes provided in Section 40-12-255. The proceeds of the fee shall be paid into a special county fire and emergency medical services fund. Within 30 days of payment into the special fund, the county commission shall transfer the funds to the Dale County Volunteer Firefighters Association and the Dale County Rescue Squad Association in the following manner: Twenty percent of the fee shall go the Dale County Rescue Squad Association to be divided evenly among Dale County's eligible emergency medical service squads; 80...
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45-24-241.05
Section 45-24-241.05 Expense of funds; financial statement. Funds paid to eligible volunteer fire departments shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical and rescue services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase liability insurance to insure coverage of acts or omission which are directly related to the functions of a volunteer fire department which are committed by a volunteer fire department or the personnel of a volunteer fire department, or both. The funds may not be expended for salaries, food, drink, social activities, or fund-raising activities. After receiving funds, the volunteer fire departments shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended. By September 15th of each year, the department shall file a financial statement with the county association and the county commission detailing the expenditure of all funds during the previous 12 months. The filing shall also account for...
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36-21-101
Section 36-21-101 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. Tuition Eligibility Board. (2) ELIGIBLE PROGRAM. Any program leading to a diploma, certificate, or undergraduate degree in a state college, state community college, state junior college, state technical college, or state university. (3) RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER. A member of an organized rescue squad of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state or of a public corporation, organized for the purpose of providing, within the scope of his or her practice: First aid, treatment or transport of the sick or injured; rescue or recovery operations at incidents of drowning; search and rescue of individuals lost or incapable of self rescue; or any other emergency or non-emergency incident where the services provided by the rescue squad are deemed necessary for incident stabilization. The term includes all commanders, officers, and...
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22-18-40
Section 22-18-40 State Emergency Medical Control Committee. (a) The board shall be assisted in formulating rules and policy pertaining to emergency medical services by the State Emergency Medical Control Committee (SEMCC). Each member of the SEMCC shall have voting privileges. Members of the SEMCC shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of their office at the same rate paid state employees. The chair of SEMCC may establish subcommittees of SEMCC comprised of representatives from ambulance, fire, rescue, and other EMS groups, as needed. (b) The SEMCC shall be composed as follows: (1) The medical directors of each EMS region designated by the board as ex officio members. (2) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. (3) One member who shall be a physician appointed by the State Committee on Trauma of the American College of...
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45-9-244
Section 45-9-244 Tobacco products. (a) Upon adoption of the Legislature, there is hereby imposed on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Chambers County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts: (1) Twenty-five cents ($.25) for each package of cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Twelve cents ($.12) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, but not including cigarette sized and near cigarette sized cigars which shall be taxed in the same manner as cigarettes under subdivision (1). (3) Twenty-five cents ($.25) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (4) Twenty-five cents ($.25) for each sack, plug, package, or other...
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