Section
Volunteer Fire Departments
32.01 Annual levy authorized; disposition of funds; reports
32.02 Date or authorized payments established
32.03 Additional levy authorized; verification of previous expenditures required prior to annual payment; nonapplicability of provisions
32.04 Responsibilities of Volunteer Fire and Rescue Associations
Planning Commission
32.15 Creation; statutory authority
Commission for Women
32.25 Compensation; appointment; terms; compensation; meetings
32.26 Powers and duties
Salary Study Commission
32.40 Commission established
32.41 Composition
32.42 Meetings
32.43 Review of salaries
32.44 Salaries set
Library Board
32.55 Statutory authority; purpose
32.56 Establishment; membership
32.57 Appointments
32.58 Powers
32.59 Ratification of actions taken prior to adoption
Civil Service Commission
32.70 Membership; promulgation of rules and regulations
Housing Authority
32.85 Findings of fact
32.86 Housing Authority designated
Emergency Services Board
32.90 Establishment; membership; mission; policies and standards
Police Accountability Board
32.100 Police Accountability Board
32.101 Administrative Charging Committee
32.102 Trial Board
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
(A) Amount of levy established; amounts paid to departments determined jointly. The Board of County Commissioners of Garrett County is authorized and directed to levy annually a tax of up to $0.04 per $100 of assessed value of real property in Garrett County other than operating real property of a public utility and up to $0.10 per $100 of assessed value of personal property and operating real property of a public utility, and the levy is to be paid to the volunteer fire departments existing now or organized in the future. The Board shall make the payments twice a year in December and June. The amounts paid to each volunteer fire department shall be equivalent.
(B) Use of funds. Any county funds received by any volunteer fire department under this section shall be expended only for:
(1) The purchase, maintenance and repair of fire-fighting apparatus and equipment;
(2) The construction, maintenance or repair of facilities and grounds necessary for:
(a) Fire-fighting purposes;
(b) Hosting community events;
(c) Providing emergency shelter; or
(d) Enhancing fund-raising or operations capability;
(3) The promotion, retention, or recruitment of membership; and
(4) Other special expenditures, including hardships or other extenuating circumstances that have:
(a) The prior approval of the Garrett County Emergency Services Board; and
(b) Consideration of recommendations from the Garrett County Fire and Rescue Association.
(C) Filing of annual report. Every volunteer fire department receiving any sum under this section shall file annually signed copies of federal Form 990 and Form 990 Schedule A with the Board of County Commissioners. A volunteer fire department may not file federal Form 990 EZ with the Board of County Commissioners under this section. If the Internal Revenue Service changes, amends, or replaces Form 990 and Form 990 Schedule A with a report that is to be filed annually, a fully executed copy of that report with all corresponding schedules shall be filed with the Board of County Commissioners.
(D) The Board of County Commissioners may reserve the right to withhold any or all of the funds from a fire department that fails to meet all standards and policies recommended by the Garrett County Emergency Services Board.
(1986 Code, § 41-1) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 182; 1957 Code, § 165; 1927, Ch. 408, § 1; 1929, Ch. 41,§ 1; 1931, Ch. 40, § 182; 1937, Ch. 308, § 182; 1943, Ch. 343, § 182; 1947, Ch. 548, § 182; 1949, Ch. 241; 1951, Ch. 192; 1953, Ch. 367; 1957, Ch. 62; 1959, Ch. 690; Am. by Md. S.B. 423, passed 2-25-2003; Am. Ord. —, passed - -; Am. by Md. H.B. 733, passed 3-9-2010)
The County Commissioners of Garrett County are hereby authorized, directed and empowered to levy such sums as are necessary annually for the above purposes on the assessable property of the county. Before the County Commissioners shall be required to pay the aforesaid sums of money, the Commissioners shall have the power to require the officers of the fire departments to appear before them and show to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that any sums of money paid by the Commissioners to the fire departments under this chapter have been expended for the purposes set forth in this chapter and also that the fire departments are active firefighting organizations. In the event that the fire departments hereinbefore mentioned cease to remain active fire-fighting organizations or have not used the moneys appropriated to them for the sole purposes set forth in this chapter, then this chapter shall become null and void.
(1986 Code, § 41-3) (P.L.L., 1930, Art. 12, § 184; 1957 Code, § 167; 1929, Ch. 41, § 3; 1931, Ch. 40, § 184; 1937, Ch. 308, § 184; 1943, Ch. 343, § 184; 1947, Ch. 548, § 184)
(A) The Garrett County Emergency Services Board shall be the final step in the establishment of primary and secondary service areas for fire, rescue and ambulance services in Garrett County and shall be responsible for final resolution of any disputes concerning service areas, mutual aid agreements, or communications. Parties that may have a dispute shall first seek resolution by:
(1) Mutual agreement between individual companies; and
(2) A review and hearing as established by the Garrett County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, Inc.
(B) The Garrett County Emergency Services Board has jurisdiction under division (A) of this section regardless of whether a provider of the fire, rescue or ambulance service is a member of the Garrett County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, Inc.
(1986 Code, § 41-4) (1992, Ch. 557; Am. by Md. H.B. 733, passed 3-9-2010)
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