45-39-140.05
Section 45-39-140.05 Disposition of funds. Funds paid to eligible volunteer fire departments
shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical 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
15 of each year, the department shall file a form with the county commission detailing the
expenditure of all funds during the previous 12 months. The filing shall also account for
all unspent funds and whether the unspent funds have been obligated. The...
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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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36-21-160
Section 36-21-160 Termination for loss of work during emergency response prohibited. (a) As
used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) EMERGENCY.
Going to, attending to, or coming from any of the following: a. A fire call. b. A hazardous
or toxic materials spill and cleanup. c. Any other situation to which a volunteer fire department
has been dispatched. d. An actual medical emergency to prevent the imminent loss of life.
(2) EMPLOYER. Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any
person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in
relation to any employee. (3) VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY WORKER. An individual who does not receive
monetary compensation for his or her service as a volunteer firefighter, emergency medical
technician, rescue squad member, volunteer deputy, or a ham radio operator conducting storm
spotter operations for an emergency management association. (b) No employer...
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45-19-141.10
Section 45-19-141.10 Payment of fee. The revenue commissioner shall collect the fire protection
fee from owners of dwellings and businesses, and shall collect the fire protection fee from
the owners of mobile homes, house trailers, and units of manufactured housing at the time
of issuance or renewal of yearly decals. The revenue commissioner shall not accept partial
payment of the fire protection fee. The officials collecting or assessing the fire protection
fee shall be entitled to the same fees and compensation as provided for collecting and assessing
ad valorem taxes. The proceeds of the fire protection fee shall be paid into the general fund
of the county. Within 30 days after payment into the general fund, the commission shall pay
the funds to the Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. (Act 2003-367, p.
1035, §11.)...
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45-35-140.09
Section 45-35-140.09 Regulatory control and supervision; forfeiture of funds. With regard to
the collection and administration of the fees levied by this article including, but not limited
to, the application for and granting of exemptions, the Houston 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 article. Any volunteer fire department or association
that fails to comply with this article or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this
article, at the discretion of the Houston County Commission, may be deemed to have forfeited
all or part of the funds generated by this article for such a period of time as may be set
by the county commission. In addition, the county commission shall have the power and authority
to adopt resolutions providing that if the fees, penalties, or charges, established by or
incurred pursuant to this article, shall not be paid within 30...
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45-5-171
Section 45-5-171 Dumping fee. (a) In addition to any other cost, fee, or charge imposed on
the dumping or depositing of solid waste material on or in any privately owned solid waste
landfill in Blount County, there is hereby levied a monthly fee of one dollar fifty cents
($1.50) per ton of solid waste so dumped or deposited, which shall be collected monthly by
the landfill owner and distributed as provided in subsection (b). (b) The fees collected in
subsection (a) shall be distributed as follows: 50 percent to the General Fund of Blount County
and 50 percent to the Blount County Commission. The Blount County Commission, on a quarterly
basis, shall return the 50 percent share of the funds to the Blount County Fire and EMS Association
to be distributed equally to all volunteer fire departments and rescue squads belonging to
the association. (Act 90-120, p. 140, §§1, 2; Act 2017-170, §1.)...
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45-21-242.07
Section 45-21-242.07 Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax authorized less the actual
cost of collection, not to exceed five per centum shall be paid by the State Department of
Revenue to the Crenshaw County Commission on a monthly basis. Each municipal fire chief may
expend that department's share in any manner he or she deems necessary for the operation and
equipment for that fire department, except none shall be expended for salaries. Volunteer
fire departments and rescue squads shall expend their shares only as prescribed in their respective
bylaws or articles of incorporation, except no proceeds distributed under this part shall
be expended for salaries. The funds shall be divided equally among the eligible fire departments,
rescue squads, and Crenshaw County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. (Act 96-604,
p. 947, §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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6-5-332
Section 6-5-332 Persons rendering emergency care etc., at scene of accident, etc. (a) When
any doctor of medicine or dentistry, nurse, member of any organized rescue squad, member of
any police or fire department, member of any organized volunteer fire department, Alabama-licensed
emergency medical technician, intern, or resident practicing in an Alabama hospital with training
programs approved by the American Medical Association, Alabama state trooper, medical aidman
functioning as a part of the military assistance to safety and traffic program, chiropractor,
or public education employee gratuitously and in good faith, renders first aid or emergency
care at the scene of an accident, casualty, or disaster to a person injured therein, he or
she shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions
in rendering first aid or emergency care, nor shall he or she be liable for any civil damages
as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for...
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