HB69 Alabama 2020 Session

Under existing law, the State Fire Marshal collects certain fees for issuing permits in the regulation of the manufacturing, sale, and display of fireworks and for the use of pyrotechnics before a proximate audience. All fees collected are paid into the State Fire Marshal's Fund for the enforcement of those laws, and these fees are subject to being increased according to changes in the Consumer Price Index pursuant to Section 41-1-11, Code of Alabama 1975

This bill would increase the fees collected by the State Fire Marshal for issuing permits in the regulation of the manufacturing, sale, and display of fireworks and for the use of pyrotechnics before a proximate audience

This bill would also provide for a semi-annual transfer of five percent of the permit fees collected by the State Fire Marshal in the regulation of fireworks and pyrotechnics to the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund

This bill would also specify that the fees may be increased at certain intervals according to increases in the Consumer Price Index

Relating to the State Fire Marshal; to amend Sections 8-17-211, 8-17-216.1, 8-17-237, 8-17-255, 34-33-11, 34-33A-12, and 36-19-29, Code of Alabama 1975; and to add Section 36-19-31 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to increase the fees collected by the State Fire Marshal for issuing permits in the regulation of the manufacturing, sale, and display of fireworks and for the use of pyrotechnics before a proximate audience; to specify that the fees may be increased at certain intervals according; to increases in the Consumer Price Index; to further provide for the operation of the State Fire Marshal's Fund and to provide for retroactive effect; and to provide for a transfer of five percent of the permit fees collected by the State Fire Marshal in the regulation of fireworks and pyrotechnics to the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.