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2-8-61
Section 2-8-61 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities under the provisions of this article and
to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative
thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to
revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that
such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question...
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2-8-131
Section 2-8-131 Hours, voting places, rules and regulations, etc., for referendum; notices
to be given. The hours, voting places and rules and regulations for any referendum authorized
in this article with respect to any of the agricultural commodities herein referred to and
the area in which such referendum shall be held shall be established and determined by the
organization of the commercial growers and producers of such agricultural commodity duly certified
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this article. The said referendum
date, area, hours, voting places and rules and regulations with respect to the holding of
such referendum shall be published by such organization conducting the same through the medium
of the public press in the State of Alabama at least 30 days before the holding of such referendum,
and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given to farm organizations within the
State of Alabama and to each county agent in any county in...
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2-8-250
Section 2-8-250 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities as set forth under the provisions of this
article and to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries
relative thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any
time to revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds
that such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked the certified organization shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon...
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2-32-5
Section 2-32-5 Nonprofit association. (a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of ratite producers
organized for the promotion and betterment of the ratite industry may apply to the board for
certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among ratite producers
of the state, on the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending, and utilizing
the assessment for the purpose or purposes authorized under this chapter and as stated in
the referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified by the board may execute or
carry out a promotional program pursuant to this chapter. (b) Upon any nonprofit association
of ratite producers filing an application with the board, the board shall within 30 days thereafter
meet and consider the application. If the board is satisfied that the applicant is fairly
representative of the ratite producers of the state, and the board finds and determines that
the application is in conformity with the provisions and...
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2-8-51
Section 2-8-51 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of swine producers approve by a referendum as provided in this article the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of swine for a promotional program, the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person licensed to operate a
livestock market under authority of Sections 2-15-60 through 2-15-71, other persons who conduct
livestock sales and purchasing establishments, including the sale of feeder pigs, and every
person who operates a meat packing or slaughter establishment which buys swine directly from
the producer, that on or after the date designated in such notice, which shall be not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mailing of such notice by the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, the amount of the assessment shall be deducted by all such sales markets or
purchasers of swine or by their agents or representatives from...
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2-8-314
Section 2-8-314 Nonprofit association. (a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of sheep and goat
producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the sheep and goat industry may apply
to the board for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among
sheep and goat producers of the state, on the question of levying an assessment and collecting,
expending, and utilizing the assessment for the purpose or purposes authorized under this
article and as stated in the referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified by
the board may execute or carry out a promotional program pursuant to this article. (b) Upon
any nonprofit association of sheep and goat producers filing an application with the board,
the board shall, within 30 days thereafter, meet and consider the application. If the board
is satisfied that the applicant is fairly representative of the sheep and goat producers of
the state, and the board finds and determines that the application is in...
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2-8-354
Section 2-8-354 Nonprofit association. (a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of shrimpers and
seafood fishermen organized for the promotion and betterment of the shrimp and seafood industry
may apply to the board for certification and approval, for the purpose of conducting a referendum
among shrimpers and seafood fishermen of the state, on the question of levying an assessment
and collecting, expending, and utilizing the assessment for the purpose or purposes authorized
under this article and as stated in the referendum. Any nonprofit association who substantially
or fairly represents shrimpers and seafood fishermen and who is approved or certified by the
board may execute or carry out a promotional program pursuant to this article. (b) Upon any
nonprofit association of shrimpers and seafood fishermen filing an application with the board,
the board, within 30 days thereafter, shall meet and consider the application. If the board
is satisfied that the applicant is fairly representative...
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2-2-18
Section 2-2-18 Civil penalties or fines for violations of Chapters 27 and 28; maximum amount;
notice; failure to pay assessed fine or penalty. (a) Notwithstanding the existence of any
other penalty imposed for violations of the provisions of the Alabama Pesticide Act of 1971
as found in Chapter 27 of Title 2, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and the provisions
of Chapter 28 of Title 2, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries may, after a hearing thereon, impose a civil penalty or fine for
violation of said Chapters 27 and 28, or any regulations promulgated thereunder. (b) The maximum
amount of the above civil penalty or fine shall not exceed $10,000.00 for any one offense,
and all incidents or violations committed by a person, firm, association or corporation, arising
from the same transaction, shall constitute but one offense. The State Board of Agriculture
and Industries shall, by duly adopted regulations, provide maximum...
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2-8-315
Section 2-8-315 Referendum - Generally. (a) Upon certification by the board, an association
may hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama sheep and goat producers a referendum on the
question of whether to levy upon themselves an assessment. The referendum shall be conducted
on a statewide or area basis as determined by the certified association. (b) The certified
association, not less than 30 days before the date of any referendum, shall publicly announce
the date, hours, polling places, and rules for voting in the referendum, the geographic areas
covered by the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected,
the means by which the assessment shall be collected, and the general purposes for which the
amount collected shall be expended and applied. The notice shall be published by the certified
association in its trade publication and written notice shall be given to each county agent
in the geographic area covered by the referendum. (c) Arrangements for,...
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2-8-194
Section 2-8-194 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Action by
board on application. Upon the filing with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of
an application by any commission, formed by mutual agreement of two or more nonprofit associations
of cotton producers, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider the
application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant
is fairly and substantially representative of the cotton producers of this state, and the
board shall otherwise find and determine that such application and the program proposed therein
are in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this article, then, and in such an event,
the board shall certify such organization as the duly delegated and authorized commission
and shall likewise certify that such commission is duly authorized to conduct among the cotton
producers of this state a referendum for the purpose set forth...
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