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9-13-200
Section 9-13-200 Authorized; form. The governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized
to execute a compact in substantially the following form with any one or more of the states
of Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
and West Virginia, and the Legislature hereby signifies in advance its approval and ratification
of such compact, which compact is as follows: SOUTHEASTERN INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION
COMPACT Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control
of forest fires in the Southeastern region of the United States by the development of integrated
forest fire plans, by the maintenance of adequate forest fire fighting services by the member
states, by providing for mutual aid in fighting forest fires among the compacting states of
the region and with states which are party to other regional forest fire protection compacts
or agreements, and for more adequate forest protection....
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9-13-11
Section 9-13-11 Willful, malicious, or intentional setting on fire, etc., of woodlands, grasslands,
etc.; burning permits; fire alerts; organized forest fire protection; fines. (a) It shall
be a Class C felony for every person, firm, association, or corporation to do either of the
following: (1) Willfully, maliciously or intentionally burns, sets fire to, attempts to set
fire to, or causes to be burned or any fire to be set to any forest, grass, woodlands, or
other inflammable vegetation on any lands not owned, leased, controlled, or in the lawful
possession of the person, firm, association, or corporation setting the fire or burning such
lands or causing the fire to be set or lands to be burned. (2) Shall have in his or her possession
or shall set, throw or place any device, instrument, or other incendiary paraphernalia, including
any time-delay incendiary device, in or adjacent to any forest, grass, woodlands, or other
inflammable vegetation, which forest, grass, woodland or other...
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45-33-140
Section 45-33-140 Protection of timberlands; finance charge. (a)(1) The Alabama Forestry Commission
has notified the County Commission of Hale County that additional funding is necessary to
maintain protection of the timberlands in Hale County. (2) The County Commission of Hale County
is unable to fully fund the work of the Alabama Forestry Commission in Hale County. (3) The
County Commission of Hale County realizes that without this much needed protection the timberlands
of Hale County would be in grave danger of fire, insects, and disease. (b)(1) There is hereby
levied and assessed a finance charge of ten cents ($0.10) per acre to be paid by the owners
of forest lands located in Hale County, Alabama, for the use of land for timber growing purposes.
(2) Forest lands, as used in this section, shall mean any land which is used for timber growing
purposes, or for the production of wood products. Forest lands, as used in this section, shall
not include any publicly owned lands or lands...
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9-13-183
Section 9-13-183 Participation by county commissions in fire protection program of State Forestry
Commission - Assessments against owners of forestlands for costs - Determination of need therefor;
determination and establishment of amount. The need for special assessments to provide forest
fire protection within the county shall be determined by the county commission after a public
hearing is held thereon. Such hearing shall be held by such body only after a petition signed
by a majority of the total number of persons owning forestlands within the county has been
presented thereto; provided, that such persons are the owners of more than one half of the
forestland situated within the county. The county commission shall give 10 days' notice of
the time and place at which they shall meet to determine the need for a program in such county
to provide protection against forest fires, the manner of financing a fire protection program,
the part of the cost of such program to be assessed...
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9-13-164
Section 9-13-164 Special annual tax for forest protection - Provision of list of landowners
within forest protection areas. The State Forestry Commission is hereby empowered and directed
to furnish to the county commission of the county in which it is proposed to establish a forest
protection area a list of the landowners within said proposed forest protection area, said
list to show the total amount of forestland owned by each landowner subject to the forest
protection tax within said forest protection area. (Acts 1939, No. 562, p. 884, §7; Code
1940, T. 12, §206.)...
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9-13-185
Section 9-13-185 Participation by county commissions in fire protection program of State Forestry
Commission - Assessments against owners of forestlands for costs - Disposition and expenditure.
All moneys accruing to any county from the assessments as provided in this division shall
be placed in the county treasury or depository, as the case may be, to the credit of a special
fire protection fund, which fund shall be used or disbursed by said county commission only
in participating in the State Forestry Commission's fire protection program within such county
under such procedures and policies as may be prescribed by the State Forestry Commission.
Any unexpended balance in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain therein for
use during the ensuing fiscal year. (Acts 1955, No. 552, p. 1208, §5.)...
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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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45-48-245
Section 45-48-245 Levy of tax for public school purposes. (a) In order to provide funds for
the benefit of the public schools in Marshall County, the Marshall County Commission is hereby
authorized to levy and to provide for the assessment and collection of any sales and use taxes
generally paralleling the state sales and use taxes in Marshall County or in any portion thereof
as hereinafter provided, which tax or taxes shall be in addition to any and all other county
taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized by law in Marshall County. There shall be excluded
from the levy of any such tax, any sales or use which shall take place in any incorporated
municipality in Marshall County in which the general administration and supervision of public
schools shall be vested in a city board of education. Such governing body, in its discretion,
may submit the question of levying any such tax to a vote of the qualified electors in any
portion of Marshall County in which any such tax is proposed to be...
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11-84-2
Section 11-84-2 Provision of seedlings, transplants, technical assistance, etc. The State Forestry
Commission is hereby authorized and it shall have the power to supply from its forest tree
nursery or nurseries such forest tree seedlings and transplants as may be necessary and suitable
for reforesting any part or all of any lands so acquired or now owned and so administered
by any such county, city, or town and to furnish such technical assistance and supervision
as the said State Forestry Commission may deem necessary for the proper management and administration
of such lands and forest thereon free of cost to the counties, cities, and towns; provided,
that the respective counties, cities, and towns shall agree to administer such lands in accordance
with the practices and principles of scientific forestry as determined by said State Forestry
Commission. (Acts 1945, No. 220, p. 343, §2.)...
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9-13-167
Section 9-13-167 Special annual tax for forest protection - Change or discontinuance of tax
upon petition of freeholders or State Forestry Commission. The tax provided for in Section
9-13-161 shall remain the same from year to year, except that it may be changed or discontinued
upon receipt of a petition so requesting, signed by a majority of the freeholders of the county,
or any definitely described portion thereof, involved or by the State Forestry Commission
of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1939, No. 562, p. 884, §3; Code 1940, T. 12, §202.)...
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