Section 45-26-142.08 – Approval by Voters; Certification of Election Results.
Section 45-26-142.08 Approval by voters; certification of election results. No district shall be created unless it is approved by the majority of votes cast by the qualified voters in the proposed district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. At any election on the establishment of a district, the question […]
Section 45-26-142.09 – Board of Directors.
Section 45-26-142.09 Board of directors. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of seven members who shall be appointed in the following manner: (1) The county commissioner or commissioners in Elmore County in whose county commission district or districts the fire district created by this […]
Section 45-26-142.10 – Powers of District; Bylaws.
Section 45-26-142.10 Powers of district; bylaws. (a) The district shall constitute a public corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary and convenient for carrying out the purposes for which it is created, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) To sue and be sued. […]
Section 45-26-142.11 – Service Charge or Fee – Approval; Collection.
Section 45-26-142.11 Service charge or fee – Approval; collection. (a) No service charge may be assessed unless the service charge is approved at a referendum election of the qualified voters in the district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. (b) Any service charge assessed shall be collected by the […]
Section 45-26-142.12 – Service Charge or Fee – Election; Proposed Changes.
Section 45-26-142.12 Service charge or fee – Election; proposed changes. (a) The petition for the election on the question of a service charge, which may accompany the petition for the election on the establishment of the proposed district, as provided in Section 45-26-142.03, shall be signed by owners of all parcels of property comprising 25 […]
Section 45-26-142.13 – Abolition of District.
Section 45-26-142.13 Abolition of district. (a) The district may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; however, the district shall not be abolished or diminished when it has any indebtedness. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of the district being filed with the judges of probate, the judges of probate of both […]
Section 45-26-141.11 – Delinquent Accounts.
Section 45-26-141.11 Delinquent accounts. In case of default in the payment of the fire protection fee, the revenue commissioner and judge of probate shall provide a list of delinquent accounts within a reasonable period of time after January 1 of each year the fire protection fee is collected, separated by district, to the association, and […]
Section 45-26-141.12 – Volunteer Fire Department Personnel; Liability of County Employees.
Section 45-26-141.12 Volunteer fire department personnel; liability of county employees. The personnel of volunteer fire departments provided for in this part shall not be considered employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the commission and the employees of the county shall not be liable in either their official capacity or in […]
Section 45-26-142 – Applicability.
Section 45-26-142 Applicability. This part shall be operative in the Lake Martin area in Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties. (Act 2013-412, p. 1558, §1.)
Section 45-26-142.01 – Definitions.
Section 45-26-142.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT. A district to be known as the South Lake Martin Fire District created pursuant to this part for establishing and maintaining a system for fighting and preventing fires and a system for the operation of emergency […]