(a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Fayette County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority or the Fayette County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association as follows:
(1) Sixty percent to the Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority.
(2) Forty percent to the Fayette County Fire and Rescue Squad Association with five percent of this directed to public licensed ambulance services if such services are authorized and created by such association.
(b) The Fayette County Fire and Rescue Association shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations having the force and effect of law for the distribution of the funds under subdivision (2).
(c) Distribution shall be made by the Fayette County Commission to the separate accounts upon written request of the Chair of the respective Fayette County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority and the Fayette County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. The written request shall be submitted to the Fayette County Commission and shall become a permanent part of the minutes of the commission. A copy of the written request shall be retained by the requesting authority or association to be entered in their permanent records.
Last modified: May 3, 2021