2023 Code of Alabama
Title 45 - Local Laws.
Chapter 23 - Dale County.
Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.
Part 2 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Fee.
Section 45-23-141.04 - Fee - Collection, Administration, and Enforcement.
Section 45-23-141.04
Fee - Collection, administration, and enforcement.
The fire and emergency medical service fee shall be collected, administered, and enforced at 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 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 fire and emergency medical services fund. Within 30 days of payment into the special fund, the county commission shall transfer the funds to the Dale County Volunteer Firefighters Association and the Dale County Rescue Squad Association in the following manner: Twenty percent of the fee shall go the Dale County Rescue Squad Association to be divided evenly among Dale County's eligible emergency medical service squads; 80 percent of the fee shall go to the Dale County Volunteer Firefighters Association to be distributed among Dale County's eligible volunteer fire departments. The county commission may establish rules and procedures regarding the transfer, investing, accounting, and handling of the funds, including an administration fee not to exceed five percent of total funds collected.
(Act 2006-390, p. 990, §4.)
