9-3-17
Section 9-3-17 Certification as volunteer fire department. (a) The term volunteer fire
department shall apply to and be used to define an organized group of area residents who meet
the following requirements for personnel, training, and equipment: (1) The group shall be
organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama as a nonprofit organization
or as an authority of a municipality, fire district, or other legal subdivision. The group
shall actively respond to fires and other emergencies and shall have a clearly defined coverage
area recognized by the Alabama Forestry Commission and the county fire association where the
group is located as the primary fire protection provider for the coverage area. The group
shall be comprised of not less than four members and shall provide monthly emergency response
reports to the commission. All persons who are members of the group shall be known as volunteer
fire fighters, and shall have been qualified as such by participating in...
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45-23-141.06
Section 45-23-141.06 Disposition of funds. Funds paid to the county firefighters and
rescue squad association, to be distributed to volunteer fire departments and emergency medical
service squads, shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical services,
including training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase insurance,
including liability insurance, to insure coverage of acts or omissions which are directly
related to the functions of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad
which are committed by a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad and
the personnel of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad. The funds
may not be expended for salaries, food, drink, social activities, or fund-raising activities.
After receiving the funds, the volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service squads
shall keep accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended....
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45-23-243
Section 45-23-243 Lodging tax levied. (a) This section shall only apply in Dale
County. (b) In addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, the Dale County
Commission may levy a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging
in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to
a transient in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which
rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration.
The amount of the tax shall be equal to two percent of the charge for the rooms, lodgings,
or accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services
furnished in the room. There is exempted from the tax authorized to be levied under this section
any rentals or services taxed under Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 40. Any room, rooms, lodging,
or accommodations does not include recreational vehicles or campgrounds. (c)...
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9-13-161
Section 9-13-161 Special annual tax for forest protection - Authorized. For the purpose
of receiving the financial and supervisory cooperation of the State Forestry Commission of
the State of Alabama in forest protection, any county commission is empowered, authorized
and required to assess and levy a special annual tax not to exceed $.04 per acre against the
forested acreage of the county subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9-13-163.
(Acts 1939, No. 562, p. 884, §1; Code 1940, T. 12, §205.)...
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9-13-163
Section 9-13-163 Special annual tax for forest protection - Assessment and levy of tax
upon petition of freeholders in forest protection areas. For the purpose of receiving the
financial and supervisory cooperation of the State Forestry Commission of the State of Alabama
in forest protection, the county commission is required to make, assess and levy a special
annual tax upon all said lands in the county, or any definitely described portion thereof,
immediately upon receipt of a petition so requesting, signed by a majority of the freeholders
of the county, or any definitely described portion thereof, said area to be known as a forest
protection area. (Acts 1939, No. 562, p. 884, §2; Code 1940, T. 12, §201.)...
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9-3-20
Section 9-3-20 Exemption of timber lands from local fire district service charges and
fees; jurisdiction of Alabama Forestry Commission. (a) A local fire district may not assess
any type of fees or dues upon forest land that is treated as timber land for ad valorem tax
purposes. (b) The authority and responsibility for the control and coordination of fire prevention,
fire protection, and fire fighting services on land treated as timber land for ad valorem
tax purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Forestry Commission. (c) Nothing
in this section shall preclude a forest land owner from voluntarily entering into an
agreement with a local fire district to provide fire protection services for a negotiated
fee. (d) Nothing in this section shall invalidate a negotiated dues structure implemented
by resolution by a fire district prior to June 10, 2019. (Act 2019-466, §1.)...
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45-19-141.04
Section 45-19-141.04 Fire protection fee - Eligibility to receive proceeds. To be eligible
to receive proceeds from the fire protection fee, each department shall be a member in good
standing in the Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. For the purpose of
this part, "good standing" is defined as being current on all association dues,
being incorporated as a volunteer nonprofit organization, having a bonded official responsible
for the use of any proceeds of the fire protection fee, and being recognized by the Alabama
Forestry Commission as a volunteer fire department. Departments not in good standing may be
subject to withholding of proceeds from the fire protection fee until their good standing
status has been restored. Upon the dissolution or abandonment of any eligible department,
the remaining proceeds, the assets purchased with proceeds, and future proceeds from the fire
protection fee shall be divided among the departments that take over coverage of the...
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45-23-141.10
Section 45-23-141.10 Regulatory control and supervision. With regard to the administration
of the fees levied by this act, the Dale County Commission shall exercise such regulatory
control and supervision over and may adopt rules and regulations as may be needed to meet
the requirements of this part. Any volunteer fire department or emergency medical service
squad that fails to comply with this part or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
this part, at the discretion of the county commission, may be deemed to have forfeited all
or part of the funds generated by this part for such period of time as may be determined.
(Act 2006-390, p. 990, §10.)...
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45-23-240.20
Section 45-23-240.20 Consolidation of offices and duties. (a) At the expiration of the
terms of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office
of Tax Collector of Dale County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of
such vacancy there shall be the office of county Revenue Commissioner in Dale County. If such
office is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor
or tax collector, then the tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in
office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he
or she was elected tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be. A revenue commissioner
shall be elected at an election called for the purpose and every six years thereafter. He
or she shall serve for a term of office of six years from the first day of or she the term
next succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor is similarly elected,...

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45-26-141.04
Section 45-26-141.04 Fire protection fee - Eligibility to receive proceeds. To be eligible
to receive proceeds from the fire protection fee, each department shall be a member in good
standing in the Elmore County Firefighters Association. For the purpose of this part, good
standing is defined as being current on all association dues, being incorporated as a nonprofit
organization, having a bonded official responsible for the use of any proceeds of the fire
protection fee, and, except for municipal fire departments, being recognized by the Alabama
Forestry Commission as a volunteer fire department. A municipal fire department may have paid
employees provided the employees are not paid from the proceeds from the fire protection fee.
Departments not in good standing may be subject to withholding of proceeds from the fire protection
fee until their good standing status has been restored. Upon the dissolution or abandonment
of any eligible department, remaining proceeds, assets purchased...
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