45-31-141.11
Section 45-31-141.11 Fire protection fee levied on dwellings and commercial buildings. (a) The expenses of establishing and maintaining a district shall be paid for by the proceeds of a fire protection fee which shall be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. One percent of the fee shall be appropriated to fund the Geneva County office of the Alabama Forestry Commission. One percent of the fee shall be appropriated to the Geneva County Volunteer Firefighters Association. The fee shall be levied at a uniform rate upon each dwelling and commercial building served by the system. The term commercial building shall not apply to any utility distribution or transmission poles or towers or utility substations. The fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at the same time, in the same manner, and under the same requirements and laws as are the ad valorem taxes of the state. The property owner would be provided the same rights in this situation as he or she...
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9-13-184
Section 9-13-184 Participation by county commissions in fire protection program of State Forestry Commission - Assessments against owners of forestlands for costs - Time and manner of payment; reports to tax assessors; lien on property for payment. Any assessment fixed as provided in Section 9-13-183 shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes, and the owner of the forestlands, as defined in this division, in those counties becoming subject to the provisions of this division shall make report of same to the tax assessor of the county at the time fixed by law for making return of other property of such property owner. Assessments made pursuant to this division shall constitute a lien on the property against which they are assessed and, in case of default in the payment of such assessments, the land may be sold in the same manner and under the same conditions that lands are sold for the satisfaction of liens for county taxes. (Acts 1955, No. 552, p. 1208,...
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37-16-3
Section 37-16-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES. The communications capabilities defined from time to time as advanced telecommunications capabilities by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through regulations, statutes, or other written guidance or orders. The term also includes broadband systems and broadband services. (2) BROADBAND AFFILIATE. A person that is at least 10 percent owned by an electric provider, controlled by way of ownership interests therein, directly or indirectly, by the electric provider, or under common control with the electric provider, and which is formed to provide, among other services, utility support services or nonutility support services. (3) BROADBAND OPERATOR. A person that owns or operates a broadband system within an electric easement, including the electric provider if the electric provider is operating the broadband system and including a...
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45-45-201.07
Section 45-45-201.07 Payment of tax required for issuance of license. To prevent motor vehicles, as defined by Section 40-12-240, from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no license shall be issued to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor shall any transfer be made by the director of the department as provided under this part, until the ad valorem tax on such vehicle shall have been paid in the county for the preceding year, as evidenced by a receipt of the director of the department where the owner of the vehicle resides, if the vehicle is owned by an individual; and if the vehicle is owned by a firm, corporation, or association, then as evidenced by the receipt of the director of the department in the county in which the motor vehicle is used or operated; provided, that this section shall not apply to motor vehicles owned by dealers, the state, counties, and municipalities. Every person,...
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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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18-1A-3
Section 18-1A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACTION. Condemnation action. (2) APPRAISAL. An opinion as to the value of or compensation payable for property, prepared by the owner or under the direction of an individual qualified by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education to express an opinion as to the value of property. (3) BUSINESS. A lawful activity, whether or not for profit, other than a farm operation, conducted primarily for the purchase, sale, lease, rental, manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or other property, or for providing services. (4) CONDEMN. To take property under the power of eminent domain. (5) CONDEMNATION ACTION. Includes all acts incident to the process of condemning property after commencement of suit until the entry of final judgment. (6) CONDEMNEE. A person who has or claims an interest in...
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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1) CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a. organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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45-37-170.02
Section 45-37-170.02 Removal or demolition of unsafe structures. (a) The County Commission of Jefferson County shall have authority, after notice as provided herein, to move or demolish buildings and structures, or parts of buildings and structures, party walls, and foundations when the same are found by the county commission to be unsafe to the extent of being a public nuisance from any cause. (b) The term appropriate county official as used in this section shall mean any county building official or deputy and any other county official or county employee designated by the county commission as the person to exercise the authority and perform the duties delegated by this section. Whenever the appropriate county official of Jefferson County shall find that any building, structure, part of building or structure, party wall, or foundation situated in Jefferson County is unsafe to the extent that it is a public nuisance, such official shall give the person or persons, firm, association, or...
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45-8-240.31
Section 45-8-240.31 Delinquent taxes statement; list of delinquent properties; newspaper notice; trial and decree of sale; fees; reports. (a) After the first day of January, the Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall mail a statement to all delinquent taxpayers addressed to the party in whose name the property was assessed, showing a brief description of the property, and the amount of taxes, fees, and cost due. It shall be the duty of such party to pay the taxes and fees assessed and charged against the property. The failure to comply with the requirement of this section, or the failure to receive the statement shall not invalidate a sale of the property for taxes, nor invalidate the title of any property sold for taxes. (b)(1) Within the time allowed by law, it shall be the duty of the tax collector to furnish the judge of probate a list of all property on which the entire amount of taxes have not been paid, which list shall show the name of the person to whom the property was...
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45-9-170
Section 45-9-170 Regulation of junkyards; public nuisances; enforcement. (a) The regulation of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within the unincorporated areas of Chambers County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within the unincorporated areas of Chambers County is hereby declared to be in the public interest and necessary to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel; to protect the public investment in public highways; to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands and the environment; and to promote the conservation of natural mineral resources by encouraging recycling. The Legislature finds and declares that within the unincorporated areas of Chambers County the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, other litter, and the operation of junkyards, any of which do not conform to the requirements of this section, are a public nuisance. (b)(1) It is unlawful...
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