Title 6, Cities And Towns

In authorizing or permitting its fire department to answer calls outside the corporate limits as authorized in this part, and in answering such calls, the city or town and its officers and employees shall be considered as acting in a governmental capacity.

Any officer or employee of a fire department of an incorporated city or town, while engaged in any duty or activity in connection with this part or pursuant to orders or instructions from such person's officers or superiors, shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, exemptions…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Governing body” means the official or officials authorized by law to exercise ordinance or other law-making power of a municipality;(2) “Local transfer and storage business” means the business of transferring an…

(a) Any municipality may, by ordinance, or by resolution, create a transfer and storage regulatory board, which shall be authorized to exercise its functions upon the appointment and qualification of the first members of such board. (b) Upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution…

Immediately upon appointment, the members of the regulatory board shall select from among the members a chair and a secretary of the board and, as soon thereafter as is feasible, the board shall submit to the governing body a set of rules and regulations that it deems necessary a…

(a) The governing body may then adopt or reject the recommendations of the board by ordinance or resolution or make such modifications as it deems proper. (b) When proper regulations, satisfactory to the board and governing body, have been established, the governing body shall em…

The members of the regulatory board shall serve without compensation; provided, that the governing body may expend such sums of money as it deems necessary to provide secretarial help and office supplies to the board as might be required, and may by ordinance or resolution levy a…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Department” means the fire department or police department of any municipality that pays wages to its employees for services rendered;(2) “Employee” means any person who, on the adoption of this part, is a paid …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the governing body of any municipality may by ordinance adopt this part to establish and to authorize the payment of the minimum retirement allowance provided in § 6-54-803. The adoption of this part shall not authorize a decrease in t…

(a) The minimum retirement allowance for an employee, during the remainder of such employee's life, shall be computed as follows:(1) The retirement allowance of such employee who retires upon reaching the minimum age of fifty (50) years or older after a total of not less than twe…

(a) Notwithstanding any public or private act to the contrary, in all municipalities of the state, any mayor and any member of the local governing body, and any board or committee member elected or appointed by the mayor or local governing body, and any official or employee of th…

To the extent not adequately documented as provided in § 6-54-901, expense allowances shall be considered compensation for purposes of any salary limitations as may be provided by statute, charter or private act.

All municipal travel and expense reimbursement policies, and any amendments to the policies, must be made available for review and audit by the office of the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller of the treasury's designee.

The municipal technical advisory service (MTAS) shall disseminate, and amend from time to time as necessary, a model travel and expense policy to provide guidance for the various municipalities. Such policy and amendments thereto are subject to the approval of the comptroller of …

Municipalities may provide vehicles for the use of the mayor, any member of the local governing body, any board or committee member elected or appointed by the mayor or local governing body, and any official or employee whose salary is set by charter or general law. Such vehicles…

In addition to the authority to reimburse expenses provided in this part, municipalities may pay directly for travel expenses, including meals and lodging, and registration fees for conferences, conventions, seminars, and other education programs on behalf of the mayor, and any m…

This part does not apply to municipalities nor to metropolitan governments with a population greater than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the most recent federal decennial census. Those municipalities and metropolitan governments may elect to pay and/or reimburse exp…