45-16-140.08
Section 45-16-140.08 Purpose. The purpose and use of funds generated by this article are to enable all participating eligible volunteer fire departments in Coffee County to be better equipped and prepared for emergencies in the county and to assist in maintaining and lowering Insurance Services Organization ratings. This article is also intended to help insure emergency medical services to the citizens of Coffee County. Each fire department shall obtain and maintain a level of preparedness as determined by the Coffee County Volunteer Firefighters Association. Any fire department that does not meet the levels set within five years of the approval of this article shall forfeit any received funds generated by this article. The emergency medical service squad is required to attain and maintain an advanced life support/basic life support ambulance transport license with the Alabama Department of Public Health. Any emergency medical service squad failing to maintain this license shall...
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45-16-242.23
Section 45-16-242.23 Disposition of funds. (a) The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less the actual cost of collection not to exceed five per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Coffee County Commission, on a monthly basis. Five percent of the revenue shall be paid into the county general fund. The remaining funds shall be placed by the Coffee County Commission into a special account to be used exclusively for county fire protection purposes. The county commission shall be authorized to enter into a service contract with the Coffee County firefighters association which represents more than one fire department to provide fire protection to a part or all of the county. The county commission shall be authorized to develop criteria which shall be met by the association with which it enters into contract. The compensation for the contract shall be paid from funds in the special account. The association may be composed of volunteer fire departments or both...
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45-21-242.08
Section 45-21-242.08 Eligible fire departments and rescue squads - Defined. For purposes of this part, an eligible fire department means 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 rescue squad, for purposes of this part, means a rescue squad that is certified by the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads or Emergency Medical Services. (Act 96-604, p. 947, ยง9.)...
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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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45-29-243.05
Section 45-29-243.05 Disposition of funds. (a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Fayette County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority or the Fayette County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association as follows: (1) Sixty percent to the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. (2) Forty percent to the Fayette County Fire and Rescue Squad Association with five percent of this directed to public licensed ambulance services if such services are authorized and created by such association. (b) The Fayette County Fire and Rescue Association shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations having the force and effect of law for the distribution of the funds under subdivision (2). (c) Distribution shall be made by the Fayette County...
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45-23-141.07
Section 45-23-141.07 Transfer of funds upon dissolution or abandonment. Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad, any remaining funds derived from this part or any assets purchased with funds derived from this part, after all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the county commission. The county commission shall transfer the funds in the following manner: If a volunteer fire department is abandoned or dissolved, funds shall be transferred to the county firefighters association. If an emergency medical service squad is abandoned or dissolved, funds shall be transferred to the county rescue squad association. Those associations 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 volunteer fire...
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45-40-141.06
Section 45-40-141.06 Use of funds. Funds disbursed to eligible volunteer fire departments pursuant to this part shall be expended only for fire protection and emergency medical services, including training, supplies, buildings, capital improvements, equipment, insurance, professional services, and dues. The funds shall 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 are properly expended. By September 15th of each year, the department shall file a report with the county association detailing the expenditure of all funds during the previous 12 months and setting out a schedule of all proposed projects. The filing shall account for all unspent funds and whether any unspent funds have been obligated. Unspent funds that have not been obligated which exceed the amount of total receipts paid to the department for the prior year from this fee...
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45-49-142.04
Section 45-49-142.04 Billing and collection of service fee. The fire protection and suppression service fee shall be effective upon adoption by the Mobile County Commission and shall be billed and collected annually by the Mobile County Revenue Commissioner at the same time and in the same manner as the ad valorem tax bill of the state. In the event a fire protection and suppression service fee payable to a volunteer fire department district is assessed and paid on the property where the dwelling or commercial building is located, a credit against the fire protection and suppression service fee shall be given the owner for any amount assessed for a volunteer fire department district. No fire protection and suppression service fee shall be levied or collected on any commercial building on a governmental dedicated industrial park or on any commercial building owned by or on property where the business provides its own established fire protection department. The Mobile County Commission...
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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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45-21-242.09
Section 45-21-242.09 Eligible fire departments and rescue squads - Use of funds. Funds paid to eligible fire departments and rescue squads 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 omissions which are directly related to the functions of a fire department or rescue squad which are committed by a fire department or rescue squad or the personnel of a fire department or rescue squad. The funds may not be expended for food, drink, social activities, fund-raising activities, or salaries. After receiving funds, the fire departments and rescue squads shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended. By September 15 of each year, the fire departments and rescue squads shall file a financial statement with the Crenshaw County Commission detailing the expenditure of all funds received from...
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