Section 9-3-12 Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee -- Membership; Vacancies.
AI-assisted research summary: This provision sets how the Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee is made up and how its members are appointed.
(a) The Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee shall be composed of 13 members, all of whom must be volunteer firefighters, to be appointed as follows: (1) One member of the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs, who is an active chief of a volunteer fire department, shall be appointed by the president of that association. (2) One member of the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments shall be appointed by the president of that association. (3) One member of the Alabama Firefighter’s Association shall be appointed by the president of that association. (4) One member from each of the following districts, all of whom must reside in the district they represent, shall be appointed by the State Forester: a. District 1: Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Madison, and Marshall counties. b. District 2: Blount, Cullman, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, and Winston counties. c. District 3: Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa counties. d. District 4: Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties. e. District 5: Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox counties. f. District 6: Barbour, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Pike counties. g. District 7: Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, and Monroe counties. h. District 8: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Washington counties. i. District 9: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion, and Morgan counties. j. District 10: Bullock, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, and Russell counties. (b) All members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. Any vacancy on the committee shall be appointed by the appointing authority of the vacating member. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the committee’s membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban and rural, and economic diversity of the state.