2-4-1
Section 2-4-1 Appointment of State Veterinarian; qualifications; compensation and powers and
duties. The State Veterinarian of Alabama shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, the Governor of Alabama, and the President of the Alabama Veterinary Medical
Association, or majority of them, from the list of qualified applicants who have passed the
official examination and who have been certified to the aforesaid appointing authorities by
the State Personnel Department. The State Veterinarian appointed under the provisions of this
section shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System, and his or her salary shall
be fixed by the State Personnel Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which salary
shall be paid out of the appropriation provided by law for payment of salaries and expenses
of the employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The...
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2-15-194
Section 2-15-194 Cooperation with federal agencies. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
and the State Veterinarian, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries,
shall be authorized to cooperate with appropriate officials and agencies of the United States
Department of Agriculture and to enter into agreements with such officials and agencies for
the purpose of carrying out any brucellosis disease control and eradication program as may
be adopted under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §5.)...
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2-27-61
Section 2-27-61 Inspections; enforcement of article. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this article, the commissioner or his inspectors and agents may enter upon any
public or private premises at reasonable times in order to have access for the purpose of
inspecting any aircraft or ground equipment used in custom application of pesticides as regulated
by this article. Inspectors and authorized agents of the commissioners shall also be authorized
and empowered to inspect, examine and review the books and records as may be required to be
kept and maintained by a licensee under requirements of Section 2-27-60. Any person who shall
refuse, hinder or obstruct any authorized agent of the commissioner by refusing to allow entrance
or access to equipment or books and records of a licensee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and punishable under Section 2-27-62. (b) When it is determined that legal action is necessary
for the enforcement or compliance with the requirements of...
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2-15-61
market. (4) The kind of livestock the applicant proposes to handle at the livestock market
and the day or days of the week the applicant proposes to conduct sales. (5) A financial statement
of the applicant prepared by a financial institution, certified public accountant, or tax
professional, showing the gross amount of business done by applicant during the preceding
year, October 1 through September 30, and such statement shall show applicant's assets and
liabilities. (6) An annual animal health inspection of the site performed by the State
Veterinarian or his or her duly authorized agent. (7) Such other pertinent information as
the commissioner may require relating to the bond and insurance, as required by this division,
together with such information as may be required relating to the physical facilities of the
livestock market and its record-keeping system for the identity of livestock received and
handled. (c) A permit shall be issued when the commissioner finds all of...
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2-15-190
Section 2-15-190 Purpose of article. The purpose of this article is to authorize and empower
the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to establish a program to include methods and
procedures for the prevention, control and eradication of brucellosis or Bang's disease in
cattle and to prescribe the powers, authority and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries and the State Veterinarian relative to such a disease control program, which
powers, duties and authority shall be in addition to or supplemental to all other powers,
duties and authority now authorized by law for the control and eradication of diseases of
livestock. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §1.)...
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2-12-10
Section 2-12-10 Inspections of buildings, vehicles, records, etc.; penalty for failure to pay
inspection fee or affix labels. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, authorized
inspectors, employees and agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have
power and authority during business hours to enter any store, market or other building or
place where eggs are sold or offered for sale or kept for sale or where such eggs are packaged,
graded and labeled in this state or to stop and inspect any truck or other vehicle transporting
eggs to be sold or offered for sale in this state and to make such examination or inspection
as may be necessary to determine whether any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule
and regulation adopted under this chapter relating to the sale of eggs are being violated.
Inspectors, employees and authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries
shall also have power and authority to inspect, examine and review...
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2-15-234
Section 2-15-234 Appropriation and expenditure of funds by counties for hog cholera eradication
programs; employment of inspectors, etc. County commissions of the several counties of the
State of Alabama, when such bodies desire to conduct a hog cholera eradication program, are
hereby authorized to appropriate and expend county funds in such sums as they deem necessary
for enforcing the provisions of this subdivision and rules and regulations promulgated under
this subdivision. Such counties may employ inspectors and other necessary employees to enforce
the provisions of this subdivision. Inspectors so employed by any county of the State of Alabama
shall be approved by the State Veterinarian and shall work under the direction and supervision
of the State Veterinarian. (Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §4.)...
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2-15-113
shall be authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the humane treatment
of animals held in livestock markets and while being sold or offered for sale in such markets,
including the number, kind and size of animals that may be held in pens or areas of stipulated
dimensions, regulations for the feeding and care of such animals and for the maintenance of
sanitary conditions of the premises. Sticks, canes or whips shall not be used in such a manner
so as to injure an animal. The use of chains, spikes, clubs or other injurious devices
are hereby prohibited except under extreme circumstances where it is necessary to prevent
injury to persons or other animals; and flappers, other noisemaking devices, electric prods
of not more than six volts in strength and other contrivances which have been found to be
equally effective shall be used wherever possible for such purposes. The Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries shall provide for the regular inspection of...
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2-15-1
Section 2-15-1 Department authorized to enter into contracts to perform inspection or testing
services, etc., for persons, firms, etc., engaged in business of marketing livestock; charge
and collection of fees for services rendered and disposition thereof. The Department of Agriculture
and Industries, acting by and through the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with
approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is authorized and empowered to
enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association engaged
in the business of marketing livestock whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries,
on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon between the parties to such a contract, shall
perform any inspection or testing of livestock or any brand inspection or recording duties
required by law to be performed by such person, firm, partnership, corporation or association
engaged in the business of marketing livestock. The Department of...
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2-23-6
Section 2-23-6 Inspection, sampling, analysis, etc., of agricultural liming materials by commissioner;
right of entry upon public or private premises, etc., of commissioner. (a) It shall be the
duty of the commissioner, who may act through his authorized agents, to sample, inspect, make
analysis of and test agricultural liming materials distributed within this state as he may
deem necessary to determine whether such agricultural liming materials are in compliance with
the provisions of this act or regulations promulgated hereunder. (b) The commissioner, individually
or through his agents, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or carriers
during regular business hours in order to have access to agricultural liming materials subject
to the provisions of this chapter and regulations pertaining thereto and to the records relating
to their distribution. (c) In the case of out-of-state manufacturers or distributors of agricultural
liming materials, sampling and...
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