(a) County water systems incorporated pursuant to this chapter or other portions of this title and municipal water systems incorporated pursuant to Chapter 50 or other portions of this title are expressly authorized to solicit their customers, through monthly or other periodic billings for water services, for voluntary contributions for local volunteer fire departments, provided the board of directors of the system has first adopted a resolution approving the participation in the solicitation authorized by this section, and have established a minimum amount for the checkoff. County and municipal water systems that are granted permission to participate may provide for one or more customer checkoffs on their billings as a method for soliciting such voluntary contributions. Participating county and municipal water systems shall distribute such contributions to the volunteer fire departments as indicated by the customers within 30 days of receipt of such contributions.
(b) Each volunteer fire department receiving water from a water system for firefighting and training purposes shall provide monthly estimates of the amount of water used during the previous month to the system that provides the water.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Chapter 88 - Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authorities.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-88-1 - Definitions.
Section 11-88-2 - Purpose of Article.
Section 11-88-5 - Authorization and Procedure for Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 11-88-5.1 - Ratification of Amendment.
Section 11-88-6 - Board of Directors.
Section 11-88-7.1 - Additional Powers.
Section 11-88-9 - Bonds of Authority - Contracts to Secure Payment of Principal and Interest.
Section 11-88-11 - Bonds of Authority - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.
Section 11-88-14 - Use by Authority of Public Roads Rights-of-Way.
Section 11-88-17 - Exemption of Authority From Usury Laws, Etc.
Section 11-88-20 - Validation of Prior Defective Incorporations Under Provisions of Article.