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AL Code § 45-30-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 6 - Coroner.|Section 45-30-60 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-30-60Expense allowance. The Coroner in Franklin County shall be entitled to an expense allowance of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) per month which shall be payable from the county general fund in equal monthly installments at the end of each month. The expense allowance provided herein shall be in addition to any and all other allowances or compensation provided by law for such coroner. (Act 1969, No. 1185, p. 2213, §1; Act 90-461, p. 653, §1; Act 90-547, p. 853, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-30-70 - Duties; Expense Allowance.

Section 45-30-70Duties; expense allowance. The members and the Chair of the Board of the Franklin County Commission have had added to their responsibilities the duty and obligation to maintain and oversee the road system for Franklin County. This has necessitated the members and chair to expend their funds in visiting, overseeing, and supervising road work and construction. In order to help offset this expense, the members and Chair of the Board of the Franklin County Commission shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month to be paid from the seven cent ($.07) gasoline tax fund. The expense allowance shall be in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, or expense allowance provided by law. (Act 81-777, p. 1343, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-70.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Section 45-30-70.01 - Construction and Maintenance of Certain Driveways, Gravel Roads, School Bus Turnarounds.

Section 45-30-70.01Construction and maintenance of certain driveways, gravel roads, school bus turnarounds. (a) The Franklin County Commission is authorized and empowered to construct and maintain driveways for schools, churches, and church owned cemeteries, and school bus turnarounds located within the county, at county expense. (b) The Franklin County Commission is further authorized and empowered to provide normal maintenance at county expense on any gravel road or driveway, exclusive of bridges or culverts, leading from a public road to the residence of an abutting landowner. (Act 92-235, p. 585, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-30-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Section 45-30-90 - Franklin County Community Development Commission; Community Development Fund.

Section 45-30-90Franklin County Community Development Commission; Community Development Fund. (a) There is hereby created the Franklin County Community Development Commission which shall be authorized to receive and by majority vote to distribute any funds in the Community Development Fund created herein for the purposes of promoting economic development, education, conservation, and fire protection. The commission may also expend funds for the purposes authorized in Section 29-2-120. The commission shall be comprised of the following members: (1)a. For the first two years of the legislative quadrennium the mayor of the largest municipality in Franklin County. b. For the last two years of the legislative quadrennium the mayor of the second largest municipality in Franklin County. (2) A person appointed by each senator representing a portion of Franklin County whose term shall coincide with the term of the senator or until replacement. (3) A person appointed by each House of Representatives member representing a portion of Franklin County whose term shall coincide with the term of the representative or until replacement. (b) The commission may promulgate rules and regulations related to its operations and procedures for the awarding of grants within the community for the above mentioned purposes. (c) There is hereby created the Community Development Fund within the Franklin County Treasury. The fund shall be comprised of the additional three percent of TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments received pursuant to Section 40-28-2 beginning with the fiscal year which began October 1, 2006. The funds may be expended on order of the Franklin County Community Development Commission. (Act 2008-74, p. 95, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-90.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 9 - Economic and Industrial Development and Tourism.|Section 45-30-90.01 - Distribution of Proceeds From Severed Material Severance Tax.

Section 45-30-90.01Distribution of proceeds from severed material severance tax. In Franklin County, any funds in the severed material severance tax fund remitted to the county pursuant to Section 40-13-58, for economic development, shall be distributed to the Franklin County Development Authority and used exclusively for economic development. (Act 2012-453, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-140 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140 - Applicability.

Section 45-30-140Applicability. This article shall apply only in Franklin County. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.01 - Legislative Findings.

Section 45-30-140.01Legislative findings. The Legislature declares that volunteer fire districts which receive funds pursuant to this article are organizations which are public in nature as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §2.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.02 - Establishment of Volunteer Fire Districts.

Section 45-30-140.02Establishment of volunteer fire districts. The Franklin County Commission may establish one or more volunteer fire districts within the geographic boundaries of the county. No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district is formed shall be included in a district unless the municipality adopts a resolution to be included in a district. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or impede the rights or ability of a municipality to provide fire protection within its corporate limits or its police jurisdiction. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §3.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.04 - Fire Protection Service Fee - Referendum.

Section 45-30-140.04Fire protection service fee - Referendum. (a) The qualified electors of a fire district may file a petition, signed by at least 50 registered voters in the fire district, with the office of the judge of probate, who shall then order a referendum to be held in the fire district on the question of establishing a fire protection service fee for the fire district. Section 45-30-140.08 shall apply to all elections provided for by this article. (b) The petition shall contain the name and description of the fire district area and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question:  "Do you favor the assessment of a fire protection service fee in the amount of $____ a month collected annually with property tax payments for the purpose of funding fire protection services in this volunteer fire district? Yes __ No __." (c) The fee may not exceed six dollars ($6) a month. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §5.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.05 - Fire Protection Service Fee - Approval; Construction and Application; Subsequent Referenda.

Section 45-30-140.05Fire protection service fee - Approval; construction and application; subsequent referenda.  (a) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are affirmative votes, the fire protection service fee on each residence, dwelling, and business within the geographic boundaries of the fire district shall become effective on the first day of the next month following approval and shall be paid within one year following approval. For the purposes of this article, a "dwelling" shall be defined as any building, structure, or other improvement to real property used or expected to be used as a dwelling or residence for one or more human beings, including, but not limited to, (1) a building, structure, or improvement assessed for purposes of state and county ad valorem taxation, as Class III single-family owner-occupied residential property, (2) a duplex or an apartment building, and (3) any mobile home or house trailer. A building, structure, or other improvement shall be classified as a dwelling if either of the following apply: (1) It is wholly or partially vacant or uninhabited at any time during the year for which a fire protection service fee is or is to be levied. (2) It is also used or expected to be used simultaneously for a purpose, whether or not commercial in nature, other than as a dwelling or residence. (b) The fire protection service fee may not be construed as a tax on property. The fees shall be levied for the purpose of funding fire protection services to dwellings and businesses under this article. (c) The fire protection service fee for a district may not be increased for a period of five years after approval of the initial fire protection service fee. Any increase in the amount of the fee may not be effective until after the approval at a referendum election held for the purpose of increasing the fee. (d) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are negative, another election for setting the amount of the fire protection fee may not be held for two years from the time of the prior election. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §6.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.06 - Fire Protection Service Fee - Homestead Exemption for Persons With a Disability Over Age 65.

Section 45-30-140.06Fire protection service fee - Homestead exemption for persons with a disability over age 65. Any person who meets the requirements of Sections 40-9-19 and 40-9-21 for the over 65 disability special homestead exemption shall be exempt from paying the fire protection service fee. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §7.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.07 - Fire Protection Service Fee - Collection and Disposition.

Section 45-30-140.07Fire protection service fee - Collection and disposition. (a) The fire protection service fee shall be collected with taxes and shall be collected, administered, and enforced as closely as possible at the same time, in 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 as closely as possible 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 fire protection fee shall begin to be assessed at the beginning of the month after the approval of the fee and shall be collected annually with annual property tax payments. The proceeds of the collected fees, minus an administration fee not to exceed three percent, shall be paid to the respective volunteer fire district or to the City of Russellville. (b) Funds paid to the volunteer fire districts shall only be expended for fire protection and emergency services purposes, to include the purchase of vehicles and equipment, erect and maintain fire stations, daily operations, training, supplies, and insurance. No portion of the fire protection fee collected pursuant to this article may be used for salaries or payments to firefighters in any manner. Each volunteer fire district receiving funds shall maintain financial records in accordance with the Financial and Compliance Guidelines for Volunteer Fire Departments, August 2009, of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. Funds distributed to the City of Russellville shall be used for the operation of the fire department. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §8.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.08 - Election Procedures.

Section 45-30-140.08Election procedures. (a) The election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to the elections for fire district funding. (b) When a petition for the holding of an election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. (c) The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under Section 45-30-140.04, publishing for three weeks, at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixed for the election, the location of the election, and the questions to be voted on shall be submitted to the electors of the territory. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §9.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.09 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.09 - Transfer of Funds Upon Dissolution or Abandonment of Eligible Volunteer Fire District.

Section 45-30-140.09Transfer of funds upon dissolution or abandonment of eligible volunteer fire district. Upon dissolution or abandonment of any eligible volunteer fire district, any remaining funds derived from this article or any assets purchased with the funds derived from this article, after all indebtedness has been satisfied, shall be transferred to the association. The funds and assets shall be reallocated to remaining volunteer fire districts that provide fire protection services for the dissolved or abandoned area. In the event there are no remaining volunteer fire districts, the funds or assets shall be distributed to remaining volunteer fire departments in the county. Upon dissolution or abandonment of the fire district, the collection of fire protection service fees shall cease unless a new district is formed within 30 days to replace the dissolved or abandoned district. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §10.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.10 - Exemption From Taxes, Fees, Etc.

Section 45-30-140.10Exemption from taxes, fees, etc. A fire district shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, license, utility, and excise taxes imposed for engaging in any of the activities of the district. The district shall be exempt from any fees, taxes, or costs related to its incorporation, or recording of any document in the office of the judge of probate in the county. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §11.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.11 - Status and Liability of Personnel.

Section 45-30-140.11Status and liability of personnel. The personnel of volunteer fire districts provided for in this article may not be considered as employees, servants, or agents of the county and the members of the county commission and the employees of the county may not be liable in either their official capacity or private capacity for the actions of the personnel of the volunteer fire districts. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §12.)
AL Code § 45-30-140.12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 14 - Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services.|Section 45-30-140.12 - Construction; Powers to Set District Lines.

Section 45-30-140.12Construction; powers to set district lines. This article is supplemental and may not be construed to repeal any law not in conflict with this article. The county commission of Franklin County shall retain the right to set district lines, except as provided in this article. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., §13.)
AL Code § 45-30-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 16 - Government Operations.|Section 45-30-160 - Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority Payments in Lieu of Taxes.

Section 45-30-160Distribution of Tennessee Valley Authority payments in lieu of taxes. In Franklin County, the payments made to the county commission as authorized in Section 40-28-2, shall be distributed by the county commission as follows: (1) Each local government shall first receive the same amount of funds which it received from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, provided, however, that in any fiscal year after the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, that the total Tennessee Valley Authority payments in lieu of taxes distributed to Franklin County by the state is in an amount less than the amount that all governments in Franklin County received from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, each local government shall receive an amount of Tennessee Valley Authority funds which shall be in the same proportion that all levels of government in Franklin County received in Alcoholic Beverage Control Board funds in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979. (2) Any funds distributed to Franklin County by the State of Alabama as payments in lieu of taxes from the Tennessee Valley Authority in any fiscal year which are in excess of the amount which all levels of government in Franklin County received from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979 shall be distributed as follows: 40 percent of such payments shall be disbursed on the same formula as school funds according to the State Department of Education’s Current Expense Ratio are apportioned to the Franklin County Board of Education and the Russellville City Board of Education; 60 percent of the payments shall be distributed to the county general fund and on a pro rata basis to the general funds of the City of Russellville, the City of Phil Campbell, the City of Red Bay, the City of Vina, and the City of Hodges, with each city receiving the amount that its population, according to the latest federal census, bears to the entire population of the county, and the general fund of the Franklin County Commission receiving the amount that the population of the county outside the cities bears to the entire population of the county, according to the latest federal census. (Act 79-474, p. 874, §1.)
AL Code § 45-30-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 17 - Health and Environment.|Section 45-30-170 - Establishment, Collection, and Disposition of Fees.

Section 45-30-170Establishment, collection, and disposition of fees. (a) The county Board of Health of Franklin County, which is a part of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department, is hereby authorized to recommend reasonable fees or charges to the governing body of the county and the governing body shall establish the actual amount of the fee, with or without regard to such recommendations, for the rendering of public health services within the county to members of the public. Such fees shall supplement, but not replace, local, state, and federal appropriations. (b) The governing body of Franklin County shall promulgate and fix a reasonable schedule of fees to be charged and collected from, or on behalf of, persons receiving public health services, and the amount of such fees shall include charges for personal services, inspections, and the expenses intendant upon the services such as the expenses of necessary drugs, supplies, travel, and the cost of personnel time. Restaurant inspections and food handlers examinations are specifically excluded from charges. (c) All fees and receipts collected shall be paid over to the Regional Health Officer of the Northwest Alabama Regional Health Department and deposited in a bank and shall be expended for the support, maintenance, and operation of the public health services in the county. (d) Funds collected under this section may be utilized as matching funds from other available sources. (e) Services may not be denied any indigent person. (f) In case of grievance, the aggrieved party may petition the county health officer in writing for an informal hearing. If satisfaction is not reached, the aggrieved party may then petition the chair of the county board of health in writing for a formal hearing before the county board of health. (Act 80-672, p. 1350, §§1-6.)
AL Code § 45-30-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 30 - Franklin County.|Article 21 - Motor Vehicles and Transportation.|Section 45-30-210 - Prohibition Against Use of Artificial Light From Motor Vehicle to Locate Wildlife.

Section 45-30-210Prohibition against use of artificial light from motor vehicle to locate wildlife. (a) In Franklin County, it shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to willfully throw or cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, in a continuous and repeated manner, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle, with the aid of any motor vehicle, or while on foot, from any highway or road, or in any field, woodland, or forest, in an attempt or with intent to locate deer and other wildlife other than raccoons. This section shall not apply to farmers while checking livestock upon land which they own, lease, or rent, emergency vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and public utility vehicles. (b) Any violation of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor and punishable as prescribed by law. (Act 86-450, p. 816, §§1, 2; Act 86-508, p. 992, §§1, 2.)