45-49-142.02
Section 45-49-142.02 Duties of board. The board shall review and evaluate the delivery
of volunteer fire services to owners of dwellings and commercial buildings within the unincorporated
area in Mobile County Commission District 1 and any incorporated area in the district served
by a volunteer fire department. The board shall study and evaluate fire suppression, emergency
communication and dispatch, water supply and facilities, and the adequacy of fire protection
within the district. The board shall also review and collect data regarding a reasonable fire
protection and suppression service fee for funding fire protection, suppression, and emergency
dispatch. The board shall report its findings to the Mobile County Commission no later than
August 1, 2020. Thereafter, the board shall continue to serve in an advisory capacity as long
as needed by the Mobile County Commission. (Act 2015-258, § 4; Act 2019-152, § 1(4).)...

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45-49-142.06
Section 45-49-142.06 Authorized expenditures; recordkeeping. The remaining proceeds
from this part shall be distributed among the volunteer fire departments serving residents
in Mobile County Commission District 1 and which have written contracts with the Mobile County
Commission. The funds may only be expended for fire protection, emergency medical services,
training, supplies and 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 which are committed by a fire department and the personnel of a volunteer fire
department. The funds may not be expended for food, drink, social activities, fundraising
activities, or salaries for the volunteer fire department. After receiving the funds, the
fire departments shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended.
(Act 2015-258, § 8; Act 2019-152, § 1(8).)...
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45-49-142.08
Section 45-49-142.08 Auditing; improper expenditures. All funds distributed to the volunteer
fire departments under this part may be audited by the Mobile County Commission at any time,
but not less than every two years. If the Mobile County Commission finds or determines that
funds provided by this part have been improperly expended by an eligible fire volunteer department,
the department shall return all funds improperly expended and in addition thereto shall pay
a penalty equal to 10 percent of all improperly expended funds. At the discretion of the Mobile
County Commission, any volunteer fire department that fails to comply with this part may be
deemed to have forfeited its right to receive any funds generated by this part. (Act 2015-258,
§ 9; Act 2019-152, § 1(10).)...
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45-1-242.25
Section 45-1-242.25 Use of funds; accounting forms. 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 of acts which are directly related
to the functions of a volunteer fire department and 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 15 of each year, the department shall file a form with
the county association detailing the expenditure of all funds during the previous 12 months.
The filing shall also account for all unspent funds and whether unspent...
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45-16-140.07
Section 45-16-140.07 Liability of personnel. The personnel of the fire departments,
emergency medical service squads, and volunteer firefighters association provided for in this
article shall not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county. The members
of the county commission and the officers and employees of the county and the members of the
Coffee County Commission and the officers and employees of the county shall not be liable
either in their official capacity or in a private or individual capacity for the actions of
the fire departments, contracted emergency medical service squads, or the volunteer firefighters
association or their personnel. (Act 2010-110, §8; 2010-130, §8.)...
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45-41-141.07
Section 45-41-141.07 Compensation for loss of territory. (a) In the event that any territory
lawfully included within the boundaries of a district shall thereafter be excluded therefrom
at the instance of the governing body of a municipality pursuant to Section 45-41-141.02,
or as a result of the incorporation or annexation of such territory under the circumstances
described in Section 45-41-141.05 or 45-41-141.06, the municipality, upon the written
request of the commission delivered to the governing body of such municipality, shall enter
into a written agreement with the county whereunder such municipality shall agree to take
any or all of the following actions (if applicable under the circumstances) that the commission
may specify: (1) In the event that there is then located within such territory to be so excluded
from such district any fire station and appurtenant facilities used or operated, whether by
the county or any volunteer fire department, for the purpose of providing fire...
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45-42-140.03
Section 45-42-140.03 Fire protection service fee - Collection, administration, and enforcement.
The fire protection service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced as closely
as possible 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 mobile homes, the fee shall be collected,
administered, and enforced as closely as possible 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 fund. Within 30 days of payment into the special fund, the county commission shall
divide the funds equally among all eligible volunteer fire departments and the Limestone County
Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. The county commission may establish rules and procedures
regarding the transfer, investing, accounting, and handling of the...
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45-48-142
Section 45-48-142 Centralized purchasing system. In order that the several volunteer
fire departments throughout Marshall County may be able to purchase their supplies and equipment
at more competitive prices, there is hereby created and established within the Marshall County
Association of Volunteer Firemen, a centralized purchasing system to be administered according
to rules and procedures adopted, from time to time, by resolution spread upon the minutes
of such association. Participation in the centralized purchasing system authorized by this
section shall be optional at the discretion of each volunteer fire department belonging
to such association. (Act 90-437, p. 602, § 1.)...
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45-14-71
Section 45-14-71 Sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products to volunteer
fire departments and rescue squads. In Clay County, the Clay County Commission may sell gasoline,
diesel fuel, and other petroleum products to any volunteer fire departments and rescue squads
serving the county. The gasoline, diesel fuel, and petroleum products may only be used for
the official business of any volunteer fire department or rescue squad. (Act 2013-358, p.
1287, §1.)...
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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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