County Commission | The Magazine January February 2018 | Page 38

FROM THE COVER
Support legislation amending
Alabama law to remove the
requirement that the sheriff
must be appointed
conservator or
guardianship of an
incapacitated person
if no other suitable
person qualifies as
general conservator.
• Support for
legislation imposing
an express duty to require
service providers to collect and
remit the monthly statewide
911 fee from all of their
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Support for
legislative
and
administrative
efforts to
implement
state-funded video
conferencing for certain court
appearances and to expand the
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Support ensuring the State has
sufficient resources to assist
county governments with the
protection of the public’s
health and safety in
the event of an
environmental
emergency.
Support legislation to
clarify that the County
Commission is not liable for
the improper expenditures
of funds authorized by law
to be expended at the “sole
discretion” of a particular
elected official.
Belief that the statewide 911
Board should conduct only
those activities delegated by the
Legislature.
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Support authorizing
Emergency Management
Agency vehicles to utilize
emergency lights and sirens as
other emergency vehicles.
Support for shifting regulation
of certain prefabricated storm
shelters from the Department
of Finance to the Alabama
Manufactured Housing
Commission.
Support legislation requiring
that a driver’s license testing
office be open in each county
for no less than two days per
month.
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• Support for
adequate funding of
state supplements paid to
counties with a certified
county EMA director.
Opposition to any legislation
authorizing a person to carry a
firearm in a vehicle without a
valid pistol permit.
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Support for
restoring state EMA
revenues in the state
general fund budget •
to ensure both state
and county EMA
programs receive
proper funding.
• Belief that debris placed on
the right of way of a state
road following a disaster
event is the State of Alabama’s
responsibility and should be
removed at state expense.
Support to protect the
county commission against
the payment of any costs or
penalties issued as a result of
any local elected official defying
a validly-issued court order.
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Support to
provide
adequate
funding to
ensure that
ambulance
services
are available
throughout the
county.
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use of video court proceedings
in the state.
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Opposition to prohibiting state
law enforcement officers from
conducting investigations or
providing other services
on county roads.
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Support for legislative or
administrative procedures to
reduce or eliminate county
costs for transportation of
mental health patients.
Belief that 911 services are
best provided through locally
operated and administered
boards without statewide
coordination and encouraging
the statewide 911 Board to
seek meaningful input from
existing 911 district boards and
personnel in developing any
proposed reforms or initiatives.
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on a county without the
county commissions consent.