2-11-1
Section 2-11-1 Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to promote, protect and
develop the agricultural interests of this state, to regulate and control the marketing of
agricultural products, to provide for the fixing and promulgation of standards for any or
all containers for agricultural products which shall be the official standards for this state
and to further prescribe the powers and duties of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries
and the commissioner relative thereto. (Ag. Code 1927, §334; Acts 1935, No. 147, p. 187;
Code 1940, T. 2, §405.)...
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2-11-3
Section 2-11-3 Powers of commissioner and board. (a) The commissioner shall have the power
to: (1) Inspect and determine the grade and condition of agricultural products both at shipping
points and receiving centers within this state and provide for the issuance of certificates
as to grade or condition of such products; (2) Inspect, test and examine the containers for
agricultural products; (3) Investigate, collect and disseminate data and statistics as to
the location, quantities and time when available of agricultural products produced, stored
or held within this state, information as to the cost and facilities for the transportation,
storage and distribution of such products and information as to market prices of such products
in the markets of the state and other markets; (4) Acquire and use such information and data
as may be necessary and useful in making recommendations to the Public Service Commission
to avoid and prevent discrimination in the transportation of such products of...
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2-17-1
Section 2-17-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama or his duly authorized
representative. (2) FIRM. Any partnership, association or other unincorporated business organization.
(3) MEAT BROKER. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling
carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats,
horses, mules or other equines or poultry on commission or otherwise negotiating purchases
or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an employee of another person,
firm or corporation. (4) POULTRY. Any live or slaughtered domesticated bird. (5) RENDERER.
Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or
products of the carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, goats,...
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2-26-3
Section 2-26-3 Promulgation of rules and regulations by state board. (a) The State Board of
Agriculture and Industries shall have power to prescribe and, after public hearing following
due public notice, to adopt rules and regulations governing the method of sampling, inspecting,
analyzing, testing and examining agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seed
and the tolerances and limitations to be followed in the administration of this article, to
add to or subtract from the list of noxious weeds, to adopt or amend standards for vegetable,
flower, tree, shrub and herb seed, to increase or lower the standards for seeds when found
to be in the best interest of users of seed and to meet emergencies, to adopt sizes of containers
for seed sold, offered for sale or distributed in Alabama, to establish reasonable limitations
as to the number of bags or other containers of seed in any one lot of seed sold, offered
for sale or distributed in Alabama and such other rules and...
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8-16-17
Section 8-16-17 Standards for containers of farm products - Adoption of federal standards.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official
standards for this state, for any container for any agricultural product, the standard for
such product which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of
the Congress of the United States. In carrying out the provisions of this section the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to cooperate with the United States government,
or any department thereof, in accomplishing the matters and things referred to in this section.
(Ag. Code 1927, §258; Code 1940, T. 2, §615.)...
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2-11-11
Section 2-11-11 Violations of standards; disposition of fines and fees. Whenever standards
for agricultural products have been promulgated under this article, no person thereafter shall
in any manner class, represent, describe or refer to any agricultural product for which such
standards have been fixed in the preparation for or offering for sale or transportation, sale,
distribution, transportation or otherwise marketing thereof as being of any other classification
than fixed therefor under this article, except as otherwise provided in this article. After
standards for containers for any agricultural products have been promulgated, no person shall
use in the marketing of such product any other container or containers than those fixed as
standards. In the marketing of any agricultural product, the container thereof shall be marked
or labeled in accordance with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Board of Agriculture and Industries with...
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2-11-2
Section 2-11-2 Marketing in bulk or ungraded. The provisions of this article shall apply only
when agricultural products are sold in sacks, bags, crates, boxes, packages or other containers
and shall not prevent the sale of any such products in bulk; provided, that, for the purposes
of this article, the Board of Agriculture and Industries may adopt and promulgate reasonable
rules and regulations to be enforced by the commissioner fixing requirements as to the marking
or labeling and terms used in the marketing of agricultural products when marketed in bulk
or otherwise as uninspected, unclassified or ungraded agricultural products. (Ag. Code 1927,
§340; Acts 1935, No. 147, p. 187; Code 1940, T. 2, §410.)...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation
Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and
cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of
consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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2-11-8
Section 2-11-8 Rules and regulations. The Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized
to promulgate all general rules and regulations necessary and practicable to the carrying
out of the purposes of this article by the commissioner. The commissioner, with the approval
of the board, may form or enter into agreements with other agricultural agencies, state and
federal, for promotion and development of agricultural products for the purposes of this article,
and to provide for payment of expenses thereof from the Agricultural Fund or other funds available
to the department. (Ag. Code 1927, §342; Acts 1935, No. 147, p. 187; Code 1940, T. 2, §412.)...

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8-17-85
Section 8-17-85 Examinations and tests; permit required for sale, storage, etc.; permit application,
fee and expiration date; nonapplicability of section to certain persons. (a) All petroleum
products sold, offered for sale, used or stored in the state shall be subject to examination
and tests to determine the safety of such products and their value and efficiency for the
purposes for which they are sold, offered for sale, used or stored. (b) Before selling, offering
for sale, storing, or using petroleum products in the state, the person desiring to sell,
offer for sale, store, or use such petroleum products in the state must submit to the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries a written application for a permit, upon forms furnished by
the commissioner, setting forth: (1) The name and brand under which any petroleum product
is to be sold, offered for sale, stored or used; (2) In case said petroleum product is to
be sold, offered for sale, stored or used in tanks, barrels, cans or...
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