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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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement
and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise
tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter
3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto
or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied a privilege
or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who sells, stores,
or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association
within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be measured by and graduated
in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and shall be an amount equal
to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents) for each four fluid ounces
or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be
in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its
own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, take
and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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45-36-140
Section 45-36-140 Assessment and collection of tax; Fire Marshal; regulations; fire districts.
(a) The Jackson County Commission is hereby authorized to fix a county fire protection tax
at a rate of 2 mills on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed value on all taxable
real estate outside the incorporated municipalities of Jackson County, excluding row crops
and pasture lands. The tax fixed by the Jackson County Commission shall be based on the assessed
value of all taxable real estate outside the incorporated municipalities of Jackson County,
except row crops and pasture lands, as shown by the records of the Tax Assessor of Jackson
County, and shall be assessed and collected as all other ad valorem taxes in the county. The
Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Jackson County shall not charge to or collect from the fire
protection tax fund any fees or charges for the assessment or collection of the fire protection
tax. The amount collected from assessment and collection of this...
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45-49-140.01
Section 45-49-140.01 Establishment of districts. Any area situated entirely within the county
may be established as a district for fighting fires as provided herein. Provided, however,
no land lying within the boundaries of a municipality or an existing fire fighting and emergency
medical services district at the time of the election shall be included in a newly established
district. (Act 90-697, p. 1352, § 3.)...
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45-41-141.04
Section 45-41-141.04 Alteration of district boundaries by commission. (a) The commission, at
any time and from time to time, may without the necessity of calling or holding any special
election (whether under and pursuant to this part or other applicable law or laws, if any)
and otherwise on such terms and conditions as the commission may in its discretion determine,
alter the boundaries of any district by consolidating with it any territory in the county
that is contiguous to the boundaries of such district (whether or not such territory then
consists of all or part of another district or districts or is then within the boundaries
of any other district) and that may otherwise be included in such district hereunder, notwithstanding
that as a result thereof the commission, pursuant to Section 45-41-141.03, may be authorized
to levy a financial charge in the territory proposed to be so consolidated (1) At a rate higher
than the maximum rate at which a financial charge (if any) was...
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45-49-140.32
Section 45-49-140.32 Approval of expansion. If the planned expansion of a municipal police
jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the owners
of property located and contained within the affected area may approve the expansion by petition.
(1) If all of the owners of property located and contained within the affected area sign and
file a written petition with the city clerk of the municipality requesting that the affected
area be included within the expanding municipal police jurisdiction of the municipality, the
governing body of the municipality may adopt an ordinance assenting to the inclusion of the
affected area in the municipal police jurisdiction. The affected area shall become a part
of the expanded municipal police jurisdiction upon the date of publication of the ordinance.
(2) The petition required by this section shall contain an accurate description of the affected
area together with a map of the area showing its relationship to the...
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11-44B-25
Section 11-44B-25 Procedures to reduce or delete areas from police jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality that is organized pursuant to this article
may from time to time reduce or delete various portions and areas from the territorial limits
of its respective police jurisdiction or its planning jurisdiction or both as established
by law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11-40-10 and 11-52-30, Act 76-594 and as amended
by Act 94-539, the reduction and deletion shall be pursuant to the following procedure: (1)
INITIATION. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution calling for public
hearings to consider the adoption of an ordinance or ordinances for the purpose of deleting
a portion or portions of territory from its respective police jurisdiction or planning jurisdiction,
or both, as the case may be. The resolution shall state the time, date, and place of all public
hearings in regard to the ordinance and a reasonably...
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