(a) This section shall apply to voluntary nonprofit search and rescue units or squads which are operated as a public service for the benefit of the citizens of Baldwin County. It is declared that those search and rescue squads are quasi-public entities that are entitled to receive and use public funds or property appropriated to them by the county.
(b) The Baldwin County Commission is hereby authorized to appropriate county money or equipment to duly organized and established search and rescue squads or units which are approved by the county commission.
(c) Any money or property transferred to a volunteer search and rescue squad under the provisions of this section shall be used exclusively for search and rescue purposes. The use of any such money or property other than on behalf of the volunteer search and rescue squad is expressly prohibited.
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