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45-43-140
Section 45-43-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The County Commission of Lowndes County is authorized,
when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Lowndes County by participating
in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.
(b)(1) After the Lowndes County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Lowndes
County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a financial
charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Lowndes 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 ($.10) per acre, provided such
financial charge or tax is not greater then the benefit accruing to such forest lands due
to availability of such fire protection. (2) Forest lands as used in this section, shall mean
any land which supports a forest growth, or which...
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45-47-140
Section 45-47-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The County Commission of Marion County is authorized,
when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Marion County by participating
in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified.
(b)(1) After the Marion County Commission has determined that such a need does exist in Marion
County, the county commission, in the manner hereinafter specified, may provide for a finance
charge to be paid by the owners of forest lands located in Marion County for the use of the
land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire
protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such finance
charge is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of
such fire protection. (2) Forest lands, as used in this section, shall mean any land which
supports a forest growth or which is being used or...
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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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9-13-3
Section 9-13-3 Assistance, etc., of private landowners; suppression of forest fires, etc.;
promotion and development of forestry, etc.; acquisition, management and disposition of land;
officers, assistants and employees. (a) The commission shall give such advice, assistance
and cooperation as may be practicable to private landowners and promote, so far as it may
be able, a proper appreciation in this state among all classes of the population of the benefits
to be derived from forest culture, preservation and use. (b) The commission may take such
measures as may be reasonable and practicable to prevent and suppress forest fires and other
influences harmful to forest growth and may apply such parts of the forestry fund and other
funds accruing to it as may be necessary to such purposes and to providing such systems of
control as it may establish, either independently or in cooperation with the federal government
and other agencies, public or private. (c) The commission shall be the sole...
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9-13-84
Section 9-13-84 Payment and disposition of taxes generally; Special State Forestry Fund; appropriation
of tax receipts for use of State Forestry Commission. (a) The taxes imposed by this article,
and any other taxes imposed on the severance of forest products, shall be due and payable
quarterly to the department and, when collected, shall be paid by the department into the
State Treasury. When so paid into the State Treasury, all such taxes shall be credited by
the Treasurer to a special fund which is hereby created and which shall be known as the Special
State Forestry Fund of the State of Alabama, which fund shall be disbursed under the supervision
of the State Forester, subject to the restrictions embodied in this article, for the purpose
of carrying out the statewide forestry program as provided by law and for no other or different
purposes. Not less than 85 percent of the taxes collected under and by virtue of this article
shall be expended for forest protection. No portion of the...
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2-13-115
Section 2-13-115 Notice of referendum; amount of assessment; mail ballot; proof of eligibility
of bulk tank unit to vote. (a) With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions
of this article, the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division shall, before calling and
announcing such referendum, fix, determine and publicly announce at least 30 days before the
date determined upon for such referendum, the date, hours and polling places for voting in
such referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means
by which such assessment shall be collected if authorized by the producers, and the general
purposes to which said amount so collected shall be applied. No annual assessment levied under
the provisions of this article shall exceed the federally mandated $0.15 per hundredweight
of milk produced; however, an amount not to exceed $0.10 per hundredweight of milk produced
shall be credited to the state ADA for dairy product promotion and...
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45-20-140
Section 45-20-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The county governing body of Covington County
is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Covington
County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the
manner hereinafter specified. (b)(l) After the Covington County governing body has determined
that such a need exists in Covington County, the county governing body may, in the manner
hereinafter specified, provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest
lands located in Covington 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 ($0.10) per acre, provided such financial charge or tax is not greater than the
benefit accruing to such forest lands due to availability of such fire protection. "Forest
lands" as used in this section, shall mean any land which according to the...
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9-9-77
Section 9-9-77 Objections to establishment of subdistrict or to assessments against lands;
appeals from orders of commission. Any owner of land within a proposed subdistrict may file
with the chairman objections in writing to the establishment of a subdistrict on or before
the day set for hearing the engineer's report on the same. If such subdistrict is established
by order of the county commission, said owner of land may within 10 days after the establishment
of the subdistrict appeal from the order of the county commission to the circuit court, upon
giving bond in a sum to be fixed by the county commission conditioned for the payment of costs
if the appeal should be decided against the appellant. Any owner of land within a subdistrict
may likewise file objections in writing to any assessment or assessments before the same shall
have been approved by the county commission. If the county commission approves said assessment
or assessments, said owner of land may appeal from the order of...
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2-8-133
Section 2-8-133 Collection of assessment; disposition. In the event a majority of the producers
eligible for participation in a referendum conducted under the provisions of this article
and voting therein, shall vote in favor of the assessment, then the assessment shall be collected
annually for three years, as set forth in the call for the referendum, and the collection
of the assessment shall be under such method, rules, and regulations as may be determined
by the organization conducting the referendum. The assessment collected shall be paid into
the treasury of the organization conducting the referendum, to be used together with other
funds from other sources, including donations from individuals, concerns, or corporations
and grants from state or governmental agencies, for the purpose of promoting and stimulating,
by research, education, advertising, and other methods, the increased use and sale, domestic
and foreign, of the agricultural commodity covered by the referendum. Upon...
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2-8-89
Section 2-8-89 Majority vote required for approval of assessment; canvass of results; limitation
on assessment. If in any referendum held under the provisions of this article a majority or
more of the soybean producers who are eligible to participate and who actually vote therein
shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment
proposed in such referendum, then such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner
provided in this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified
association shall canvass, tabulate and publicly declare and announce the results thereof.
The amount of the assessment levied upon the sale of soybeans shall not exceed two cents per
net bushel after deductions for foreign material on any soybeans sold by the producers thereof.
(Acts 1971, No. 227, p. 523, §10; Acts 1973, No. 1073, p. 1827; Acts 1984, No. 84-274, p.
460.)...
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