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45-48-142.21
Section 45-48-142.21 Establishment of volunteer fire districts. The Marshall County
Commission may establish one or more volunteer fire districts within the geographic boundaries
of the county. No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district
is formed shall be included in a district unless the municipality adopts a resolution to be
included in a district. Nothing in this subpart shall be construed to limit or impede the
rights or ability of a municipality to provide fire protection within its corporate limits
or its police jurisdiction. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543, § 3.)...
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9-3-12
Section 9-3-12 Steering committee to represent rural community fire departments - Membership;
appointment, qualifications and term of office of members; filling of vacancies in office.
Said steering committee shall be composed of 13 members; one from each of the 10 administrative
districts of the Alabama Forestry Commission, one member from the Alabama Association of Volunteer
Fire Departments, one member from the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs and one member from
the Alabama Firemen's Association. The President of the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs
shall appoint one member of his association to serve on the committee, the President of the
Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments shall appoint one member of his association
to serve on the committee, and the President of the Alabama Firemen's Association shall appoint
a member of his association to serve on the committee. The State Forester shall appoint the
remaining committee members from each administrative district...
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32-6-270
Section 32-6-270 "Firefighter" and "retired volunteer firefighter"
defined. (a) As used in this division, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
"Firefighter" means a current member or members of, or a retired member or members
from, a paid, part-paid or volunteer fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision
of the state or civilian federal firefighters or of a public corporation organized for the
purpose of providing water, water systems, fire protection services, or fire protection facilities
in the state; and such words shall include the chief, assistant chief, wardens, engineers,
captains, firemen, and all other officers and employees of such departments who actually engage
in fire fighting or in rendering first aid in case of drownings or asphyxiation at the scene
of action. (b) As used in this division, the term "retired volunteer firefighter"
means someone that has retired from performing the required duties of a firefighter on a voluntary...
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45-48-142.28
Section 45-48-142.28 Transfer of funds upon dissolution or abandonment of eligible volunteer
fire district. Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire district, any
remaining funds derived from this subpart or any assets purchased with the funds derived from
this subpart, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the Marshall
County Association of Fire Departments and Rescue Squads. The funds and assets shall be reallocated
to remaining volunteer fire districts that provide fire protection services for the dissolved
or abandoned area. In the event there are no remaining volunteer fire districts, the funds
or assets shall be distributed to remaining volunteer fire departments in the county. Upon
dissolution or abandonment of the fire district, the collection of fire protection service
fees shall cease unless a new district is formed within 30 days to replace the dissolved or
abandoned district. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543, § 10.)...
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11-88-15.1
Section 11-88-15.1 Soliciting contributions for local volunteer fire departments; monthly
usage estimates. (a) County water systems incorporated pursuant to this chapter or other portions
of this title and municipal water systems incorporated pursuant to Chapter 50 or other portions
of this title are expressly authorized to solicit their customers, through monthly or other
periodic billings for water services, for voluntary contributions for local volunteer fire
departments, provided the board of directors of the system has first adopted a resolution
approving the participation in the solicitation authorized by this section, and have
established a minimum amount for the checkoff. County and municipal water systems that are
granted permission to participate may provide for one or more customer checkoffs on their
billings as a method for soliciting such voluntary contributions. Participating county and
municipal water systems shall distribute such contributions to the volunteer fire...
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13A-10-1
Section 13A-10-1 Definitions. The following definitions apply in this article only unless
the context otherwise requires: (1) FIREMAN. Any officer of a fire department, a member of
a volunteer fire department, or any other person vested by law with the duty to extinguish
fires. (2) GOVERNMENT. The state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof,
including public county and city boards of education, the youth services department district,
the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, and all educational institutions under the auspices
of the State Board of Education. (3) GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION. Any activity which a public servant
is legally authorized to undertake on behalf of a government or the fire control activities
of a member of a volunteer fire department. (4) GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. Any record, paper, document,
or thing belonging to, or received or kept by, the government for information or record, or
required by law to be kept by others for information of the...
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36-30-2
Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount
of compensation. (a) In the event a peace officer, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter
who is a member of an organized volunteer fire department registered with the Alabama Forestry
Commission, or a rescue squad member is killed, either accidentally or deliberately, or dies
as a result of injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or
dies as a direct and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke, his or her beneficiaries
or dependents shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) to be paid from the State Treasury as provided in Section 36-30-3, unless
such death was caused by the willful misconduct of the officer, firefighter, or rescue squad
member or was due to his or her own intoxication or his or her willful failure or refusal
to use safety appliances provided by his or her employer or his or her willful refusal or...
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45-1-242.21
Section 45-1-242.21 Legislative findings. The Legislature declares that the fire association
and the volunteer fire departments that receive funds pursuant to this subpart are organizations
which are public in nature, as they promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of
the citizens of the county. (Act 96-859, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 1667, §2.)...
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45-19-243.07
Section 45-19-243.07 Charge for collection; disposition of funds. The department shall
charge Coosa County for collecting the tax levied under this part in an amount or percentage
of total collections as may be agreed upon by the commissioner and the Coosa County Commission.
The charge shall not exceed two percent of the total amount of the tax collected in the county.
The charge may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the tax before certification
of the amount of the proceeds due Coosa County for that month. The Commissioner of Revenue
shall pay into the State Treasury all amounts collected under this part, as the tax is received
by the department on or before the first day of each successive month. The commissioner shall
certify to the Comptroller the amount collected and paid into the State Treasury for the benefit
of Coosa County during the month immediately preceding the certification. The Comptroller
shall issue a warrant each month payable to the County Treasurer...
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45-23-140
Section 45-23-140 Fire protection program. (a) The County Commission of Dale County
is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Dale County
by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner
hereinafter specified. (b)(l) After the Dale County Commission has determined that such a
need does exist in Dale County, the county commission may, in the manner hereinafter specified,
provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in
Dale County for use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any
part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($0.10) per
acre, provided such financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such
forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. (2) "Forest lands" as
used in this section, shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or which
under...
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