45-34-242.06
Section 45-34-242.06 Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized less the actual cost of collection, not to exceed 10 percent, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission on a monthly basis. The proceeds are to be used for the purposes of fire protection in Henry County. These funds shall be payable on a quarterly or monthly basis and shall be expended solely for purposes of fire protection, prevention, fire safety, education, and in order to encourage a strong volunteer firefighters network in Henry County. The proceeds paid by the Department of Revenue to the Alabama Forestry Commission shall be distributed by the Alabama Forestry Commission to volunteer fire departments in the county as determined by the Alabama Forestry Commission in consultation with the Henry County Volunteer Fire Department Association on an equal basis, share and share alike. (Act 89-703, p. 1398, ยง7.)...
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45-48-141.01
Section 45-48-141.01 Financial charge - Authorized; payment. (a) After the Marshall County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Marshall County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a financial charge to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Marshall County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such forest protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($0.10) per acre, provided such financial charge is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. (b) Forest lands as used in this part, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth. Forest lands as used in this part shall not include any lands primarily used for residential purposes nor shall it include any publicly owned lands. (c) The financial charge fixed as provided in the above section shall be payable at the same time and in the...
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45-41-140.01
Section 45-41-140.01 Financial charge - Authorized; payment. (a) After the Lee County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Lee County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a financial charge to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Lee County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such forest protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such financial charge is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. (b) Forest lands as used in this part, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or which under prevailing natural and economic conditions may be expected to support such a growth in the future, or which is being used or reserved for any forest purpose. Forest lands as used in this part, shall not include any lands primarily used for residential purposes...
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45-14-244.07
Section 45-14-244.07 Disposition of funds. (a) The proceeds from the tobacco tax authorized in Clay County pursuant to Section 45-14-244, and as further provided for in Sections 45-14-244.01 to 45-14-244.03, inclusive, and Section 45-14-244.06, less two percent of the actual cost of collection, which shall be retained by the Department of Revenue, shall be distributed to the Clay County General Fund to be expended as follows: (1) Thirty-two percent to the Alabama Forestry Commission to be utilized for fire protection in the county, as provided in subsection (b). (2) Twenty percent to the Clay County Industrial Development Council. (3) Twenty percent to the Clay County Animal Shelter. The Clay County Animal Shelter shall annually report to the county commission regarding the expenditure of the funds in the preceding year. (4) Thirteen percent to the Clay County Commission to be deposited into a special fund in the county treasury and, subject to an application process developed by the...
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9-13-193
Section 9-13-193 Referendum; amount of assessment; payment and remission of assessment; notice of referendum. (a) The commission shall authorize a referendum among owners or lessees of forest land to determine whether an assessment shall be levied upon said owners or lessees to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of forestry and forest fire protection programs. (b) The assessment levied against each owner or lessee under this article shall be ten cents per acre of forest land owned. (c) All affected owners or lessees of forest land shall be entitled to vote in any such referendum. The commission shall determine any questions of eligibility to vote and shall establish rules and regulations pertaining to the vote. (d) If a majority of those voting at the referendum vote in favor of the assessment, then the charge, fee or assessment shall be collected from the owners or lessees of forest land. The finance charge, fee or assessment levied by this article shall not be effective until a...
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45-14-244-07
Section 45-14-244-07 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2017. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The proceeds from the tobacco tax authorized in Clay County pursuant to Section 45-14-244, and as further provided for in Sections 45-14-244.01 to 45-14-244.03, inclusive, and Section 45-14-244.06, less two percent of the actual cost of collection, which shall be retained by the Department of Revenue, shall be distributed to the Clay County General Fund to be expended as follows: (1) Thirty-two percent to the Alabama Forestry Commission to be utilized for fire protection in the county, as provided in subsection (b). (2) Twenty percent to the Clay County Industrial Development Council. (3) Eighteen percent to the Clay County Animal Shelter. The Clay County Animal Shelter shall annually report to the county commission regarding the expenditure of the funds in the preceding year. (4) Fifteen percent to the Clay...
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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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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER. Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic, lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER. Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority, or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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45-36-252.06
Section 45-36-252.06 Bonds of the authority; obligations. (a) In addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, the authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To sell and issue bonds of the authority in order to provide funds for any corporate function, use, or purpose, any such bonds to be payable solely out of one or more of the following: a. Any or all proceeds or receipts from the privilege, license, or excise tax levied on the sale, distribution, storage, use, or consumption of tobacco and certain tobacco products in Jackson County by Section 45-36-247. b. Any or all proceeds from any tax received by the Jackson County Commission which are required by law to be deposited to the credit of the Jackson County Water Authority. c. The revenues derived from any water, sewer, or garbage system or facility of the authority. (2) To pledge for payment of any bonds issued...
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9-13-183
Section 9-13-183 Participation by county commissions in fire protection program of State Forestry Commission - Assessments against owners of forestlands for costs - Determination of need therefor; determination and establishment of amount. The need for special assessments to provide forest fire protection within the county shall be determined by the county commission after a public hearing is held thereon. Such hearing shall be held by such body only after a petition signed by a majority of the total number of persons owning forestlands within the county has been presented thereto; provided, that such persons are the owners of more than one half of the forestland situated within the county. The county commission shall give 10 days' notice of the time and place at which they shall meet to determine the need for a program in such county to provide protection against forest fires, the manner of financing a fire protection program, the part of the cost of such program to be assessed...
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