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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45-23-141.06
Section 45-23-141.06 Disposition of funds. Funds paid to the county firefighters and rescue
squad association, to be distributed to volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service
squads, shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency medical services, including
training, supplies, and equipment. The funds may also be expended to purchase insurance, including
liability insurance, to insure coverage of acts or omissions which are directly related to
the functions of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad which are
committed by a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad and the personnel
of a volunteer fire department or emergency medical service squad. The funds may not be expended
for salaries, food, drink, social activities, or fund-raising activities. After receiving
the funds, the volunteer fire departments and emergency medical service squads shall keep
accurate records to verify that the funds were properly expended....
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45-23-243
Section 45-23-243 Lodging tax levied. (a) This section shall only apply in Dale County. (b)
In addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, the Dale County Commission
may levy a privilege or license tax upon every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the
business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging, or accommodations to a transient
in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, or any other place in which rooms,
lodgings, or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for a consideration. The
amount of the tax shall be equal to two percent of the charge for the rooms, lodgings, or
accommodations, including the charge for use or rental of personal property and services furnished
in the room. There is exempted from the tax authorized to be levied under this section any
rentals or services taxed under Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 40. Any room, rooms, lodging,
or accommodations does not include recreational vehicles or campgrounds. (c)...
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9-13-161
Section 9-13-161 Special annual tax for forest protection - Authorized. For the purpose of
receiving the financial and supervisory cooperation of the State Forestry Commission of the
State of Alabama in forest protection, any county commission is empowered, authorized and
required to assess and levy a special annual tax not to exceed $.04 per acre against the forested
acreage of the county subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9-13-163. (Acts 1939,
No. 562, p. 884, §1; Code 1940, T. 12, §205.)...
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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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9-3-20
Section 9-3-20 Exemption of timber lands from local fire district service charges and fees;
jurisdiction of Alabama Forestry Commission. (a) A local fire district may not assess any
type of fees or dues upon forest land that is treated as timber land for ad valorem tax purposes.
(b) The authority and responsibility for the control and coordination of fire prevention,
fire protection, and fire fighting services on land treated as timber land for ad valorem
tax purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Forestry Commission. (c) Nothing
in this section shall preclude a forest land owner from voluntarily entering into an agreement
with a local fire district to provide fire protection services for a negotiated fee. (d) Nothing
in this section shall invalidate a negotiated dues structure implemented by resolution by
a fire district prior to June 10, 2019. (Act 2019-466, §1.)...
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45-19-141.04
Section 45-19-141.04 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 Coosa County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. For the purpose of
this part, "good standing" is defined as being current on all association dues,
being incorporated as a volunteer nonprofit organization, having a bonded official responsible
for the use of any proceeds of the fire protection fee, and being recognized by the Alabama
Forestry Commission as a volunteer fire department. 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,
the remaining proceeds, the assets purchased with proceeds, and future proceeds from the fire
protection fee shall be divided among the departments that take over coverage of the...
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45-23-141.10
Section 45-23-141.10 Regulatory control and supervision. With regard to the administration
of the fees levied by this act, the Dale 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 part. Any volunteer fire department or emergency medical service
squad that fails to comply with this part or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
this part, at the discretion of the county commission, may be deemed to have forfeited all
or part of the funds generated by this part for such period of time as may be determined.
(Act 2006-390, p. 990, §10.)...
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45-23-240.20
Section 45-23-240.20 Consolidation of offices and duties. (a) At the expiration of the terms
of office, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of Tax Assessor or the office of Tax
Collector of Dale County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy
there shall be the office of county Revenue Commissioner in Dale County. If such office is
established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector,
then the tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the
county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected
tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be. A revenue commissioner shall be elected
at an election called for the purpose and every six years thereafter. He or she shall serve
for a term of office of six years from the first day of or she the term next succeeding his
or her election and until his or her successor is similarly elected,...
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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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