11-88-1
Section 11-88-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-88-3. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (5) CONCISE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A reasonably concise description of a particular geographic area which may be by metes and bounds or by reference to government surveys, recorded maps and plats, municipal, county, or state boundary lines, well-defined landmarks and other monuments, or any combination of the foregoing. (6) COUNTY. Any county in the state. (7) DETERMINING COUNTY. Any county the governing body of which shall have made...
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2-27-5.1
Section 2-27-5.1 Local governments prohibited from passing ordinances regulating pesticides. (a)(1) The term "pesticides" as used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Alabama Pesticide Act, Section 2-27-2(1). (2) Except as provided in subsection (b), no county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating the use, sale, distribution, storage, transportation, disposal, formulation, labeling, registration, manufacturing, or application of pesticides. (b) This section shall not prohibit or affect the right of any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state to adopt and enforce the provisions of the Standard Building Code, Standard Fire Prevention Code, or the codes, standards, and recommended practices of the National Fire Protection Association. (c) Any local law or general law of local application regulating pesticide use,...
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40-9E-1
Section 40-9E-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter only, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BASE YEAR. The taxable year immediately before the taxable year in which property first becomes qualified property under this chapter. (2) BASE YEAR VALUE. The value of the property used to determine the assessment on which the property tax on property is imposed for the base year. Base year value does not include any new property that is first assessed in the base year. (3) ELIGIBLE ASSESSMENT. The difference between the base year value and the actual value as determined by the county tax assessor for the applicable taxable year. (4) ENHANCED USE LEASE AREA. Any area of a military installation which contains underutilized real or personal property, or both, that is leased by a secretary of a military department to a lessee pursuant to the authority provided in 10 U.S.C. §2667. (5) LOCAL GOVERNING BODY. The governing body of a county or municipality which proposes...
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45-14-140.01
Section 45-14-140.01 Finance charge or tax assessed on forest lands. (a) After the Clay County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Clay County, the county commission may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a finance charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Clay County for the use of the land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such finance charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. (b) "Forest lands" as used in this article shall mean any land which supports a forest growth, or which under prevailing natural and economic conditions may be expected to support such a growth in the future, or which is being used or reserved for any forest purpose. "Forest lands" as used in this article shall not include any lands primarily...
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45-29-140.02
Section 45-29-140.02 Incorporation of authority. (a) Within 45 days after July 13, 1990, three applicants shall be appointed to proceed to incorporate the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this section. The applicants shall be appointed as follows: One applicant shall be appointed by the state senator who represents the senatorial district in which Fayette County is located; one applicant shall be appointed by the members of the House of Representatives representing Fayette County; and one applicant shall be appointed by the Fayette County Commission. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state all of the following: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority, together with the...
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45-38-141.02
Section 45-38-141.02 Incorporation of authority. (a) Within 45 days after May 4, 1989, or the passage and approval of a constitutional amendment authorizing the creation of the authority, three applicants shall be appointed to proceed to incorporate the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this section. The applicants shall be appointed as follows: One applicant shall be appointed by the state senator who represents the senatorial district in which Lamar County is located; one applicant shall be appointed by the members of the House of Representatives representing Lamar County; and one applicant shall be appointed by the Lamar County Commission. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state...
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45-42-140.03
Section 45-42-140.03 Fire protection service fee - Collection, administration, and enforcement. The fire protection service 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 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 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 eligible volunteer fire departments and the Limestone County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments. The county commission may establish rules and procedures regarding the transfer, investing, accounting, and handling of the...
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45-43-241
Section 45-43-241 Ad valorem tax authorized. (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Lowndes County Commission, in addition to any other tax, may levy an ad valorem tax in the amount of three mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county. The tax herein authorized, if levied, shall begin on the tax year beginning October 1, 2003. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county general fund to be used for county general fund purposes by the county commission, including, but not limited to, funding the E911 system and fire departments and fire protection. (b) The increase in the rate of the tax as provided by this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the county who vote on the proposed increase at the next general, primary, constitutional, or special election held for that purpose. (Act 2002-326, p. 895, § 1; Act 2002-327, p. 895, § 1.)...
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45-45-175.01
Section 45-45-175.01 Location - Proximity to fire department. (a)(1) In Madison County, any petroleum product tank farm shall be within five miles of and served by a full-time paid fire department. The site of any petroleum product tank farm shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by either resolution of the municipal governing body or by compliance with applicable zoning laws if located within the corporate limits of a municipality. The petroleum product tank farm operator shall provide periodic training and fire protection equipment to the fire department staff, at no cost, for specific risks of fire and spills that could occur. In addition, the petroleum product tank farm operator shall do all of the following: a. Include all fire protection equipment required by the National Fire Protection Association Code for petroleum products terminals. b. Participate in a mutual aid group within the community to...
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11-88-3
Section 11-88-3 Filing of application for incorporation of authority; adoption of resolution approving or denying application by county governing body. (a) In order to incorporate an authority under this chapter, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first file a written application with the governing body of that county in which the area or areas to be served by the proposed authority is located. Such application shall contain: (1) A statement that the authority proposes to render water service, sewer service, and fire protection service, or any one or more thereof; (2) A concise legal description of the area or areas in which the authority proposes to render water service, sewer service, and fire protection service, or any thereof; (3) A statement that there is no public water system adequate to serve any area in which it is proposed that the authority will render water service, that there is no public sewer system adequate to serve any area in which it is...
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