HB33ENROLLED Page 0 7BXYV2-2 By Representative Estes (N & P) RFD: Local Legislation First Read: 07-Mar-23 PFD: 23-Feb-23 2023 Regular Session 1 2 3 4 5 6 HB33 EnrolledHB33 Enrolled Page 1 Enrolled, An Act, Relating to Marion County; to amend Section 45-47-245.05, providing for the distribution of the proceeds of a local tobacco tax in the county, to further provide for the distribution of a portion of the proceeds to the Marion County Firefighters Association. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 45-47-245.05 of the Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "ยง45-47-245.05 (a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Marion County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Marion County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority or the Marion County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association as follows: (1) Sixty percent to the Marion County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority. (2) Forty percent to the Marion County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, to be divided as follows: a. Twenty-five Thirty percent of the total net proceeds to the Marion County Firefighters Association. b. Ten percent of the total net proceeds to rescue squad associations. c. Five percent to public licensed ambulance services if such services are authorized and created by such 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB33 EnrolledHB33 Enrolled Page 2 association.Any portion of the net proceeds held and not distributed to public licensed ambulance services before the effective date of the act adding this amendatory language shall be distributed to the Marion County Firefighters Association. (b) The Marion County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association shall have authority to promulgate may adopt rules and regulations having the force and effect of law for the distribution of the funds under subdivision (a)(2) of subsection (a). (c) Distribution shall be made by the Marion County Commission to the separate accounts upon written request of the chair of the respective Marion County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority and the Marion County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. The written request shall be submitted to the Marion County Commission and shall become a permanent part of the minutes of the commission. A copy of the written request shall be retained by the requesting authority or association to be entered in their permanent records." Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 HB33 EnrolledHB33 Enrolled Page 3 ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 13-Apr-23. John Treadwell Clerk Senate 27-Apr-23 Passed 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76