HB701 Alabama 2015 Session

Relating to Russell County; to provide for the support of volunteer fire departments delivering fire protection services and emergency medical services; to levy a fire protection service fee on certain owners of residences and commercial buildings outside the corporate limits of the City of Phenix City; to provide for certain exemptions; to provide for the purposes and uses of funds generated by the fee; to provide for the collection of funds derived from the fee; to provide for the distribution of funds derived from the fee to eligible volunteer fire departments and to the Russell County Firefighters Association; to provide for the expending and accounting of the funds; to provide for the treatment of funds upon dissolution or abandonment of an eligible volunteer fire department; to provide that the county shall be immune from certain liability; and to provide for a referendum.