45-26-142.11
Section 45-26-142.11 Service charge or fee - Approval; collection. (a) No service charge may
be assessed unless the service charge is approved at a referendum election of the qualified
voters in the district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. (b)
Any service charge assessed shall be collected by the revenue commissioner of the county where
the property is located and distributed to the board of the district for fire protection and
emergency medical services and for the administration of the district. (c) The expenses of
establishing and maintaining the district shall be paid for by the proceeds of the service
charge, which shall be assessed and collected from qualified property owners within the district.
The revenues collected from each district, less any costs of collection, shall be used for
fire protection and emergency medical services in the district. The service charge shall be
a personal obligation of the owner of the property served by the...
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45-49-140.10
Section 45-49-140.10 Service charges - Levy and collection. (a) The expense of establishing
and maintaining a district shall be paid for by the proceeds of a service charge which shall
be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. The service charge shall
be levied upon and collected from persons and properties served by the system. Such charge
shall be a personal obligation of the owner of the property served by the system, and to secure
the collection of the charge there shall be a lien against the property in favor of the district,
which lien shall be enforceable by sale thereof in the same manner in which the foreclosure
of a municipal assessment for public improvements is authorized. (b) A property owner who
owns a structure, used solely as a residence, which at the time of its original construction
was situated on a county line, may avoid the payment of a service charge which is based upon
the presence of such structure, if all of the following: (1) Between...
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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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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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45-44-141
Section 45-44-141 Assessment and collection. (a) In Macon County, the Little Texas Volunteer
Fire Department may assess and collect a service charge by action of the board on all property
served by the department for fire protection services. The service charge shall not exceed
seven and one-half percent of the total ad valorem taxes due and payable on the property on
an annual basis. The proceeds of the service charge shall be used solely for equipment and
expenses relating to the delivery of fire protection services and operation of the volunteer
fire department. No portion of the service charge may be used for salaries, entertainment,
or food. (b) The service charge provided for in subsection (a) shall be assessed and collected
by the Macon County Revenue Commissioner on an annual basis at the same time as ad valorem
taxes are collected. The service charge shall be collected in the same manner as municipal
assessments. (c) Subsections (a) and (b) providing for the assessment and...
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45-16-140.03
Section 45-16-140.03 Fire protection service fee. - Collection, administration, and enforcement.
The fire protection and emergency medical service 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. In the case of a manufactured home, the fee shall be
collected, administered, and enforced 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. The proceeds of the fee shall be paid into the Coffee County General Fund. The
Coffee County Commission may establish rules and procedures regarding the transfer, accounting,
and holding of the funds, including an administrative fee not to exceed three percent of the
total funds collected. Within 30 days of payment into the general fund, the Coffee County
Commission shall transfer any funds collected on property located in...
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45-37-140.11
Section 45-37-140.11 Service charge; fire dues. (a) The expense of establishing and maintaining
a district shall be paid for from the proceeds of any service charge or fire dues which shall
be levied and collected in an amount sufficient to pay the expense. The service charge or
any fire dues shall be levied upon and collected from the property owners served by the system.
The service charge or fire dues shall be the personal obligation of the owner of the property
served by the system; and to secure the collection of any service charge or fire dues there
shall be a lien against the property in favor of the district. The lien may be enforced in
either of the following ways: (1) The lien shall be enforceable by sale thereof in the same
manner in which the foreclosure of a municipal assessment for public improvements is authorized.
(2) The tax assessor, tax collector, or other public official performing the functions of
the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector of Jefferson County, upon request...
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45-41-141.11
Section 45-41-141.11 Disposition of funds. (a) The treasurer shall establish or cause to be
established in the county treasury a district fire protection fund for each district in which
a financial charge is then being levied and collected, and shall maintain such district fire
protection fund, or cause it to be maintained, so long as such district exists and such financial
charge is levied and collected therein. The proceeds derived for the levy and collection of
a financial charge within any district and paid over to the treasurer pursuant to Section
45-41-141.08 shall be deposited by him or her in the district fire protection fund for such
district. Moneys on deposit in each district fire protection fund shall be kept separate and
apart from other county revenues or funds and shall be used or disbursed, by or upon order
of the commission, solely to pay: (1) Expenses of providing fire protection, fire prevention,
and related services and facilities within the district in which such...
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45-30-140.07
Section 45-30-140.07 Fire protection service fee - Collection and disposition. (a) The fire
protection service fee shall be collected with taxes and shall be collected, administered,
and enforced 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. In the case of mobile homes,
the fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced 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. The fire protection fee shall begin
to be assessed at the beginning of the month after the approval of the fee and shall be collected
annually with annual property tax payments. The proceeds of the collected fees, minus an administration
fee not to exceed three percent, shall be paid to the respective volunteer fire district or
to the City of Russellville. (b) Funds paid to the...
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45-26-142.03
Section 45-26-142.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the offices
of the Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, the judges of probate of both
counties, acting jointly, shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the
question, or questions, on which the petition requests an election. (b) The petition shall
be signed by 50 qualified property owners which shall include owners of all parcels of property
comprising 25 percent or greater, whether considered as single contiguous parcels or combinations
of parcels, owned by a single person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, of the acreage
located within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) When filed in the offices of the
Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, each petition in each county shall be
accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to
be applied to defray the costs of compiling a list of qualified voters....
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