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45-26-141.04
Section 45-26-141.04 Fire protection fee - Eligibility to receive proceeds. To be eligible
to receive proceeds from the fire protection fee, each department shall be a member in good
standing in the Elmore County Firefighters Association. For the purpose of this part, good
standing is defined as being current on all association dues, being incorporated as a nonprofit
organization, having a bonded official responsible for the use of any proceeds of the fire
protection fee, and, except for municipal fire departments, being recognized by the Alabama
Forestry Commission as a volunteer fire department. A municipal fire department may have paid
employees provided the employees are not paid from the proceeds from the fire protection fee.
Departments not in good standing may be subject to withholding of proceeds from the fire protection
fee until their good standing status has been restored. Upon the dissolution or abandonment
of any eligible department, remaining proceeds, assets purchased...
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45-3-140.07
Section 45-3-140.07 Transfer of funds upon dissolution or abandonment of volunteer fire department.
Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire department, any remaining funds
derived from this article or any assets purchased with funds derived from this article, after
all lawful indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the county commission.
The county commission shall transfer the funds in the following manner: If a volunteer fire
department is abandoned or dissolved, funds shall be equally divided and transferred to the
remaining volunteer fire departments in good standing with the Barbour County Firefighter's
Association and State Forestry Commission. (Act 2007-272, p. 366, §8.)...
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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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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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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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45-17-140
Section 45-17-140 Fire protection service fee. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply
only to those portions of Colbert County located outside the corporate boundaries of the Cities
of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle Shoals. (b) The Legislature hereby declares that volunteer
fire departments that receive funds pursuant to this section are organizations which are public
in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county.
(c)(1) There is hereby levied on the owner of each dwelling and on the owner of each building
or commercial building or facility located in those portions of Colbert County located outside
the corporate boundaries of the Cities of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle Shoals a fire protection
service fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year. (2) For the purposes of this section a dwelling
shall be defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or
expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one...
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45-31-242.06
Section 45-31-242.06 Disposition of funds. The proceeds from the tax hereby authorized, less
the actual cost of collection not to exceed five percent shall be paid by the State Department
of Revenue to the Geneva County Commission to be used for the purposes of fire protection
in Geneva County; and more specifically, for the benefit of those volunteer fire departments
being certified by the Forestry Commission of the State of Alabama or any association or group
composed of such volunteer departments certified by the Forestry Commission. These funds shall
be payable on a quarterly or monthly basis and shall be expended solely for purposes of fire
protection, prevention, fire safety, education, and in order to encourage a strong volunteer
firefighters network in Geneva County, Alabama. (Act 87-415, p. 611, §7.)...
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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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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the
purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER.
Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic,
lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia,
multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER.
Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority,
or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined
by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter
employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as
having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating
Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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45-35-140.03
Section 45-35-140.03 Fire protection service fee - Collection, administration, and enforcement.
Except with regard to the enforcement provisions thereof, the fire protection service fee
shall be collected and administered 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. Likewise,
in the case of mobile homes, the fee shall be collected and administered 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. If the fire protection
service fee is not paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable, the county commission
may collect the service fee as provided in Section 45-35-140.09. 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...
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