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
the county) as the commission shall specify and comparable in size and utility to such existing
fire station and appurtenant facilities, or (ii) to pay or cause to be paid the costs of such
acquisition, construction, and equipment, at such time or times and in such manner as the
commission shall determine; provided, that such municipality shall not be required to acquire
(i) the real property on which such new fire station and appurtenant facilities are to be
located or (ii) any items of personal property or equipment, other than fixtures and
so-called building equipment, to be installed or used in or about such new fire station and
appurtenant facilities, or to pay any costs of acquiring such real property, personal
property, or equipment; (2) If any such fire station and appurtenant facilities are located
within such territory to be excluded from such district, to assume any indebtedness or obligations
theretofore incurred by the county or volunteer fire department (as the case...
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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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