2-25-4
Section 2-25-4 Power and duty of board as to protection of agricultural and horticultural interests from plant pests and noxious weeds generally. It shall be the duty of the board to protect the agricultural and horticultural interests of the state and, to that end, it is vested with power and authority to: (1) Make all such rules and regulations governing nurseries and the movement of nursery stock therefrom or the introduction of nursery stock therein as it may deem necessary to the eradication, control or prevention of the dissemination of plant pests or noxious weeds; (2) Make rules and regulations to govern the grading, marking, sale and distribution of nursery stock by dealers and nurserymen; (3) Provide rules and regulations under which nursery stock may be brought into this state from other states, territories and foreign countries; (4) Make such rules and regulations with reference to plants and plant products while in transit through this state as may be deemed necessary to...
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2-25-3
Section 2-25-3 Power and duty of commissioner as to protection of agricultural and horticultural interests from plant pests and noxious weeds generally. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to protect the agricultural and horticultural interests of the state from plant pests and noxious weeds; and, to that end, he is vested with power and authority to: (1) Inspect or cause to be inspected by duly authorized employees, plants, plant products, places or other things and substances that may, in his opinion, be capable of disseminating or carrying plant pests or noxious weeds, and, for this purpose, he shall have power to enter into or upon any place and to open any bundle, package or other container containing or thought to contain plants or plant products or other things capable of disseminating or carrying plant pests or noxious weeds; (2) Supervise or cause the treatment, cutting and destruction of plants, plant parts, fruit, soil, containers, equipment, and other articles capable...
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2-25-1
Section 2-25-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PLANT PEST. Any living stage of any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, or viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof or any processed, manufactured, or other products of plants and which may be a serious agricultural or horticultural threat in Alabama. Evidence of a plant pest shall be considered a public nuisance. (2) NOXIOUS WEED. Any living stage, including, but not limited to, seeds and productive parts of a parasitic or other plant of a kind, or subdivision of a kind, which may be a serious agricultural threat in Alabama. Evidence of...
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2-25-8
Section 2-25-8 When commissioner may refuse, recall or revoke inspection certificates. The commissioner shall have the power to refuse to issue an inspection certificate or to recall or to revoke any certificate already issued when he shall have reasonable cause to believe that the applicant for or holder of said certificate may tend to introduce into the state or disseminate within this state plant pests or noxious weeds injurious to plants and plant products of this state, or if an applicant or holder of said certificate is selling, offering to sell, distributing or offering to distribute nursery stock in violation of this article or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The commissioner may also refuse to certify or revoke or suspend existing certification of any nursery stock or plant product when it has been determined that plant pests and/or noxious weeds exist on said stock or product, or that the nursery or site is in such condition with regard to growth and...
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2-25-2
Section 2-25-2 Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to prevent the introduction into and dissemination within this state of plant pests and noxious weeds injurious to plants and plant products of this state, to provide for the inspection and control of nurseries and the regulation of the sale and distribution of plants and plant products and to prescribe the powers and duties of the board and commissioner relative thereto. (Ag. Code 1927, §289; Code 1940, T. 2, §450; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §2.)...
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2-25-17.1
Section 2-25-17.1 Procedures to be used when plant, nursery stock, etc., found to contain plant pests or noxious weeds; commissioner's power, upon notice, to order removal, destruction or treatment; refusal of owner to comply; liability for cost of treatment or destruction. If the commissioner finds, on examination, any plant, plant product or nursery stock infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds, he shall notify in writing the owner or persons having charge of such premises to that effect, and the owner or person in charge shall, within 10 days after such notice, unless an appeal is taken as provided in this article, cause the removal and destruction of the infested and infected plant or plant product if it is incapable of successful treatment; otherwise, such owner or person in charge shall cause it to be treated as directed in the order of the commissioner. No indemnity shall be awarded to the owner for complying with the above notice or orders of the commissioner. In...
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2-26-1
Section 2-26-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, association or agency. (2) AGRICULTURAL SEED. The seeds of grasses, forage, cereal and fiber crops and any other kinds of seeds commonly recognized within this state as agricultural or field seeds and mixtures of such seeds. (3) VEGETABLE SEED. The seeds of those crops which are grown in gardens or on truck farms and are generally known and sold under the name of vegetable seeds in this state. (4) FLOWER SEED. The seeds of all plants grown for ornamental purposes, either for domestic or commercial purposes, and which are generally known and sold under the name of flower seed in this state. (5) TREE AND SHRUB SEED. The seeds of woody plants commonly known and sold as tree or shrub seeds in this state. (6) WEED SEEDS. The seeds, bulblets and tubers...
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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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2-27-2
Section 2-27-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) PESTICIDE. a. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, attracting or mitigating any insects, rodents, nematodes, fungi, weeds or other forms of plant or animal life and/or bacteria and viruses, except bacteria or viruses on or in living man or other animals, which the commissioner shall declare to be a pest; and b. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant. (2) INSECTICIDE. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any insects which may be present in any environment whatsoever. (3) FUNGICIDE. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any fungi, except those living on or in man or other...
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25-4-10
of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption. e. On a farm operated for profit if such service is not in the course of the employer's trade or business. As used in this subdivision, the term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses, or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards. (2) Prior to January 1, 1978, domestic services in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority and after December 31, 1977, if the provisions of paragraph b. of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section are not met. (3) Casual labor not in the usual...
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