45-3-140.01
Section 45-3-140.01 Legislative findings. The Legislature declares that volunteer fire
departments and the Barbour County Firefighters Association that receive funds pursuant to
this article are nonprofit organizations which are public in nature, as they protect the health,
safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county. (Act 2007-272, p. 366, §2.)...
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36-32-2
Section 36-32-2 Creation; composition; qualifications of members; appointment; terms
of office; adoption of bylaws. (a) The Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education
Commission shall consist of seven members, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of the
state who is over the age of 18 years. The Professional Firefighters Association of Alabama
shall nominate one certified firefighter to serve for a term of four years; the Alabama Firefighter's
Association shall nominate one certified firefighter to serve for a term of four years; the
Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs shall nominate one certified firefighter to serve for a
term of four years; the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments shall nominate one
certified volunteer firefighter to serve for a term of four years; the State Fire Marshal
or his or her designee shall serve as a member; the Lieutenant Governor shall nominate one
member; and the Governor shall nominate one member of the commission. The...
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45-2-261.04
Section 45-2-261.04 Procedure for adoption and amendment of ordinances and regulations.
(a) The Baldwin County Commission may adopt ordinances and regulations as necessary to effect
the provisions of this subpart. The ordinances or regulations shall be made in accordance
with a master plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from
fire, panic, and other dangers, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate
light and air, to prevent overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population
and to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks,
and other public requirements. The ordinances and regulations shall be made with reasonable
consideration, among other things, to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability
for particular uses and with the view of conserving the value of the buildings and encouraging
the most appropriate use of land throughout the district. For the purpose of...
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45-49-142.09
Section 45-49-142.09 Investment of excess funds. If the Mobile County Commission finds
or determines that the funds provided by this part, after the deductions for administrative
costs and investment, exceed the financial needs of the eligible volunteer fire departments,
the Mobile County Commission may invest any excess funds for future expenses or use those
funds for other fire suppression or protection service programs located within Mobile County
Commission District 1. (Act 2015-258, § 10; Act 2019-152, § 1(11).)...
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45-49-261.04
Section 45-49-261.04 Procedure for adoption and amendment of ordinances and regulations.
(a) The Mobile County Commission may adopt ordinances and regulations as necessary to effect
this part. The ordinances or regulations shall be made in accordance with a master plan and
designed to lessen congestion in the streets, to secure safety from fire, panic, and other
dangers, to promote health and general welfare, to provide adequate light and air, to prevent
overcrowding of land, to avoid undue concentration of population, and to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements.
The ordinances and regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things,
to the character of the planning jurisdiction and its peculiar suitability for particular
uses and with the view of conserving the value of the buildings and encouraging the most appropriate
use of land throughout the planning jurisdiction. For the...
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45-28-140
Section 45-28-140 Purchase of gasoline or motor fuel; equipment repairs. (a) This section
shall apply only to Etowah County. (b) It is the legislative intent of this section
to declare that volunteer rescue squads, volunteer fire departments, certain retired senior
citizen volunteer organizations, and certain other charitable foundations, agencies, and organizations
are performing vital governmental functions or services in behalf of the public welfare of
our citizens and for the public purpose. It is further declared that these volunteer organizations,
agencies, and foundations perform these governmental functions or services for the public
at a cost for less than it would cost the governing body to perform the same functions or
services. (c) The county governing body, in its sole discretion, upon resolution duly adopted,
may allow any volunteer rescue squad operating within the county, to buy gasoline or other
motor fuels from the county at its cost. Such purchases shall include any...
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45-48-142.23
Section 45-48-142.23 Fire protection service fee - Referendum. (a) After the county
commission establishes a fire district, the qualified electors of that district may file a
petition, signed by at least five percent of the qualified electors in the fire district who
voted in the last general election, with the office of the judge of probate who shall then
order a referendum to be held in the fire district on the question of establishing a fire
protection service fee for the fire district. Section 45-48-142.27 shall apply to all
elections provided by this subpart. (b) The petition shall contain the name and description
of the fire district area and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the
following question: "Do you favor the assessment of a fire service fee in the amount
of $ (dollars) a month for the purpose of funding fire protection services in this volunteer
fire district? Yes No" (c) The fee shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) a month. (Act 2013-403,
p. 1543,...
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40-12-250
Section 40-12-250 Tags for motor vehicles used by state, etc. (a) Motor vehicles owned
and used by the state, a county, or a municipality of this state shall not be subject to the
payment of license taxes levied, but shall display permanent license plates. Any agency which
obtains or possesses a vehicle through a lease-purchase or an installment-sales agreement
with an option to buy shall be considered as owning the vehicle for purposes of this section.
The purchasing agent or other officer of the state, county, or municipality, shall apply to
the Department of Revenue giving the make, type, model, and vehicle identification number
of the vehicle or vehicles owned and used by the state, county, or municipality, together
with any other information the department may require, which shall be furnished under oath
by the applying officer. If upon examination the application appears correct to the department,
it shall issue, to be placed on the motor vehicles, the number of license plates,...
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45-23-141.01
Section 45-23-141.01 Public organizations. The Legislature declares that volunteer fire
departments, emergency medical service squads, the Volunteer Firefighters Association, and
the Rescue Squad Association that receive funds pursuant to this part are organizations which
are public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the
county. (Act 2006-390, p. 990, §2.)...
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45-3-140.04
Section 45-3-140.04 Fire protection service fee - Collection, administration, and enforcement.
The fire protection service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced in the same
manner, and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of this 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 services fund no later than February 1. Within 30 days
of payment into the special fund, the county commission shall transfer the funds to the Barbour
County volunteer fire departments in the following manner: Ninety-seven percent of the fee
shall be distributed among Barbour County's eligible volunteer fire departments in equal shares,
and three percent of the fee shall be distributed to the Barbour...
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