45-16-140.03
Section 45-16-140.03 Fire protection service fee. - Collection, administration, and enforcement. The fire protection and emergency medical service 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. In the case of a manufactured home, 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 the Coffee County General Fund. The Coffee County Commission may establish rules and procedures regarding the transfer, accounting, and holding of the funds, including an administrative fee not to exceed three percent of the total funds collected. Within 30 days of payment into the general fund, the Coffee County Commission shall transfer any funds collected on property located in...
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45-16-140.05
Section 45-16-140.05 Disposition of funds. Funds distributed to the Coffee County Volunteer Firefighters Association and to eligible fire departments and emergency medical service squads with a written contract with the Coffee County Commission may only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical services, including training, supplies, equipment, and to purchase insurance including liability insurance to insure coverage of acts or omissions which are directly related to the functions of a fire department or emergency medical service squad which are committed by a fire department or emergency medical service squad and the personnel of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad. The funds may not be expended for food, drink, social activities, or fund-raising activities. After receiving the funds, the fire departments and emergency medical service squads shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended. Should the Coffee County...
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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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45-31-141.11
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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40-12-10
Section 40-12-10 License inspectors generally; when taxes due and payable; collection and distribution of penalties and citation fees on delinquent licenses. (a) The county commission of each county is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a license inspector. (b) It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the probate judge and also to examine the license records of each city or town located in the county or counties of which he has been appointed license inspector; and, if it shall be reported to any license inspector or come to his knowledge that any person, persons, firms, or corporations have failed or refused to take out a license for a business or occupation for which a license is required by the state or have failed or refused to take out a license for operating any motor vehicle or trailer for which a license is required by law, the license inspector shall thereupon cite such delinquent to appear before the...
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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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45-16-140.06
Section 45-16-140.06 Transfer of funds upon dissolution or abandonment of volunteer fire department. Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible fire department or emergency medical service squad and after all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with funds derived from this article shall be transferred to the Coffee County Commission. If a fire department is abandoned or dissolved, the Coffee County Commission shall transfer the funds to the Coffee County Volunteer Firefighters Association. If an emergency medical service squad is abandoned or dissolved, the Coffee County Commission shall transfer the funds to the Coffee County General Fund. Those entities shall distribute remaining funds in the best interest of providing emergency medical services and fire protection in the area once served by the abandoned or dissolved fire department or emergency medical service squad. In the event there are no fire...
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45-23-141.06
Section 45-23-141.06 Disposition of funds. Funds paid to the county firefighters and rescue squad association, to be distributed to volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service squads, shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical services, including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase insurance, including liability insurance, to insure coverage of acts or omissions which are directly related to the functions of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad which are committed by a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad and the personnel of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad. The funds may not be expended for salaries, food, drink, social activities, or fund-raising activities. After receiving the funds, the volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service squads shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended....
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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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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election. (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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