45-2-143
Section 45-2-143 Recordkeeping; audits. (a) This section shall only apply in Baldwin County.
(b) Each volunteer fire department and each rescue squad organized as a nonprofit corporation
under Chapter 3 of Title 10A, or receiving ad valorem tax revenue pursuant to Section 45-2-242,
shall keep correct and complete books and records of all accounts and shall keep minutes of
the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any of the authority
of the board of directors. All books and records of a volunteer fire department or rescue
squad may be inspected by any member, director, or officer, or his or her agent or attorney,
for any proper purpose at any reasonable time and are subject to audit as provided in subsection
(c). (c) The chair of the board of directors of each volunteer fire department and each rescue
squad, at least once a year, shall appoint a certified public accountant or request the Department
of Examiners of Public Accounts to conduct an audit of...
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45-39-140.08
Section 45-39-140.08 Fire marshal. The Lauderdale County Commission shall have authority to
employ a county fire marshal. The county commission shall prescribe the duties and set the
salary of the county fire marshal. The fire marshal shall serve at the pleasure of the county
commission. The fire marshal's duties may include coordinating the activities of the volunteer
fire departments located in Lauderdale County. The duties may also include administrating
any building code adopted by the county as the building code relates to fire-safe construction
of new buildings. (Act 90-441, p. 604, §9.)...
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45-49A-30.01
Section 45-49A-30.01 Official volunteer fire department; official historical society. (a) The
governing body of the City of Citronelle shall designate the volunteer fire department serving
the city and a historical society as the official volunteer fire department and the official
historical society for the purposes of this section. There is hereby created a board to be
composed of three persons, one person appointed by the official volunteer fire department,
one person appointed by the official historical society, and one person appointed by the governing
body of the city. Appointees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and vacancies
shall be filled by the appointing authority. Appointees shall serve without compensation.
(b) Twenty percent of all tax proceeds of the four percent tax paid to the City of Citronelle
pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of Section 40-20-8, as last amended, up to a
maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) each per month for the...
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45-23-141.09
Section 45-23-141.09 Forfeiture of funds. The purposes and use of funds generated by this part
is to enable all participating volunteer fire departments in Dale County to lower their ISO
ratings and to enable emergency medical service squads to guarantee emergency medical services
to the citizens of the county. All fire departments are required to attain and maintain an
ISO rating of "8/9" or below, within six years of the approval of this part. Any
departments not attaining this level or failing to maintain this level shall forfeit funds
generated by this part until such time as the "8/9" rating is attained or reattained.
Forfeited funds per this section shall be used or designated for use by the county volunteer
firefighters association for fire protection in the affected district. All emergency medical
service squads are required to attain and maintain a basic life support ambulance transport
license with the Alabama Department of Public Health. Any emergency medical service squad...

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45-28-242
Section 45-28-242 Distribution of funds. The Etowah County Commission shall distribute, no
less than quarterly, the net revenues together with any earned interest thereon, generated
pursuant to Amendment 445, Amendment of Amendment 432, to the Constitution of 1901, as amended,
which levied a tax for fire protection purposes. Such distribution shall be made to the volunteer
firefighters within the county rendering such protection and services. (Act 87-646, p. 1150,
§1.)...
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45-36-140.20
Section 45-36-140.20 Funding. (a) The board of county commissioners or other like governing
body of Jackson County, in its discretion, may appropriate and pay county funds, within the
financial means of the county, in such amounts as may seem reasonable and necessary to the
commissioners or other like governing body of Jackson County, to volunteer nonprofit fire
departments or volunteer nonprofit corporations or organizations, organized for the purpose
of providing volunteer service in case of emergencies arising in Jackson County, including,
but not limited to, lost children and drowning victims and otherwise furnishing first aid
assistance in emergency situations. Such funds so appropriated shall be used for the purchase
of equipment, materials, or supplies to be used solely for such volunteer nonprofit fire departments
or such volunteer nonprofit corporations or organizations. Any appropriation so made shall
be paid by the county treasury or depository on warrants drawn in such...
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45-40-141.04
Section 45-40-141.04 Collection and administration of fee; disposition of funds. The fee provided
in this part shall be levied, collected, administered, and enforced at the same time, in the
same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as state ad valorem taxes. The officials
collecting or assessing the fee shall be entitled to the same fees and compensation as are
provided for collecting and assessing ad valorem taxes. The proceeds of the fee shall be paid
into the county general fund. Within 30 days after payment into the county general fund, the
county governing body shall pay the funds to the Lawrence County Firefighters and Rapid Responders,
Inc., hereafter referred to as the county association. The county association shall distribute
the funds among all eligible volunteer fire departments as follows: (1) Fifty percent of the
money shall be divided equally among all eligible volunteer fire departments. (2) Fifty percent
of the money shall be divided according to a...
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45-48-142.22
Section 45-48-142.22 Plan; existing and new voluntary fire districts. (a) The Marshall County
Commission shall request the Marshall County Association of Fire Departments and Rescue Squads
to develop a plan that defines the requirements of a district, monitors its performance and
adherence to requirements, and provides for dissolution of the volunteer fire district. (b)
Existing volunteer fire departments with their respective geographic service coverage area
as defined by Marshall County E911 on May 22, 2013, may be established as a fire district
pursuant to this subpart. The department shall be certified by the Alabama Forestry Commission,
Section 9-3-17, and an existing member of the Marshall County Association of Fire Departments
and Rescue Squads. The requesting volunteer fire department shall submit a request to the
Marshall County Association of Fire Departments and Rescue Squads (association) which shall
review and verify the request information pursuant to the association's...
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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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45-49-142.02
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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