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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, ยง1.)...
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45-26-142.11
Section 45-26-142.11 Service charge or fee - Approval; collection. (a) No service charge may
be assessed unless the service charge is approved at a referendum election of the qualified
voters in the district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. (b)
Any service charge assessed shall be collected by the revenue commissioner of the county where
the property is located and distributed to the board of the district for fire protection and
emergency medical services and for the administration of the district. (c) The expenses of
establishing and maintaining the district shall be paid for by the proceeds of the service
charge, which shall be assessed and collected from qualified property owners within the district.
The revenues collected from each district, less any costs of collection, shall be used for
fire protection and emergency medical services in the district. The service charge shall be
a personal obligation of the owner of the property served by the...
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45-19-141.02
Section 45-19-141.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire
Departments. (2) AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT. Amendment No. 724 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, as amended, proposed by Act No. 2002-144 enacted at the 2002 Regular Session of the
Legislature and ratified in the 2002 General Election. (3) BUSINESS. A commercial or industrial
establishment such as a store or factory, including any endeavor engaged in the buying or
selling of commodities or services or involving a trade or the patronage of customers. (4)
CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (5) COMMISSION. The Coosa County Commission or
other governing body of the county. (6) COUNTY. Coosa County. (7) DEPARTMENT. Any volunteer
fire department with which the Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments may
enter into agreements with respect to providing fire protection, fire prevention,...
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45-26-141.02
Section 45-26-141.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) ASSOCIATION. The Elmore County Firefighters Association.
(2) AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT. Amendment No. 567 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended,
proposed by Act No. 94-483 enacted at the 1994 Regular Session of the Legislature and ratified
in the November 1994 General Election. (3) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (4)
COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any building that contains one or more separate business enterprises
that purchase and display a business license applicable to the business enterprise. In the
case of a commercial building with more than one business located in a building, a separate
fee shall be assessed on the building for each business located in the building, but in no
case shall a fee be assessed more than one time on the same space. (5) COMMISSION. The Elmore
County Commission or other governing body of the county. (6) COUNTY. Elmore...
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45-26-142.03
Section 45-26-142.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the offices
of the Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, the judges of probate of both
counties, acting jointly, shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the
question, or questions, on which the petition requests an election. (b) The petition shall
be signed by 50 qualified property owners which shall include owners of all parcels of property
comprising 25 percent or greater, whether considered as single contiguous parcels or combinations
of parcels, owned by a single person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, of the acreage
located within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) When filed in the offices of the
Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, each petition in each county shall be
accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to
be applied to defray the costs of compiling a list of qualified voters....
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45-41-141.02
Section 45-41-141.02 Establishment of districts. (a) The commission is hereby authorized at
any time and from time to time to establish one or more districts within the boundaries of
the county, to fix the boundaries of any such district, and, subject to applicable provisions
of this part, to alter the boundaries of any such district. No territory within the corporate
limits of any municipality as of the date on which the boundaries of any district are so fixed
or altered by the commission may be included within the boundaries of such district except
upon authorization by the governing body of such municipality expressed in a resolution duly
adopted by such governing body and describing the territory that may be so included within
the boundaries of such district except upon authorization by the governing body of such municipality
expressed in a resolution duly adopted by such governing body and describing the territory
that may be so included within such district (a certified copy of...
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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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45-41-141
Section 45-41-141 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this part, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise,
shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 392. That certain
amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, proposed by Act 80-313 enacted
at the 1980 Regular Session of the Legislature. (2) AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT. That certain amendment
to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, proposed by Act 88-479 enacted at the
1988 Regular Session of the Legislature. (3) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (4)
COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any building, structure, or other improvement to real property, excluding,
however, any dwelling that: a. Is subject to ad valorem taxation and has a fair market value,
according to the records of the tax assessor pertaining to state and county ad valorem taxation
for the fiscal or ad valorem tax year of the...
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27-5B-8
Section 27-5B-8 Certified reinsurer. (a) Credit shall be allowed when the reinsurance is ceded
to an assuming insurer that is certified by the commissioner as a reinsurer in this state
and secures its obligations in accordance with the requirements of this section. In order
to be eligible for certification, the assuming insurer shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) The assuming insurer must be domiciled and licensed to transact insurance or reinsurance
in a qualified jurisdiction, as determined by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c).
(2) The assuming insurer must maintain minimum capital and surplus, or its equivalent, in
an amount to be determined by the commissioner pursuant to regulation. (3) The assuming insurer
must maintain financial strength ratings from two or more rating agencies deemed acceptable
by the commissioner pursuant to regulation. (4) The assuming insurer must agree to submit
to the jurisdiction of this state, appoint the commissioner as its agent...
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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the
purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER.
Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic,
lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia,
multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER.
Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority,
or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined
by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter
employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as
having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating
Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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