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2012 Alabama Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2012)

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STATE OF ALABAMA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
LuTHER STRANGE                                                         501 WASHINGTON AVENUE
ATTORNEY GENERAL                                                         P.O.BOXsoo1sa
October 4, 2011                    MONTGOMERY, AL 361300152
B4) 242-7300
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Honorable Rodney Christian
Mayor, City of Odenville
Post Office Box 113
Odenville, Alabama 35120
Fire Protection Fee - Expenditures -
Municipalities - Funds - St. Clair County
Funds from the two mill ad valorem tax
levied for fire and rescue services in. St.
Clair County may be used      for fire
department uniforms and public education
material.
Dear Mayor Christian:
This opinion of the Attorney General is issued in response to your request
on behalf of the Odenville City Council.
QUESTION
May funds from the two mill ad valorem tax be
used to purchase fire department uniforms and public
education material for fire safety and severe weather?
FACTS AND ANALYSIS
Your request specifically states that the public education materials the
city wishes to purchase are flyers, magnets, or other novelties with precautions
on them. The tax to which you refer is authorized by section 6 of the Local
Amendments for St. Clair County of the Recompiled Constitution of Alabama.
ALA. CONST. LOCAL AmENDS., St. Clair Co-rty § 6 (a-end. 652). Section 6(c)
provides as follows:

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