2-5A-1
Section 2-5A-1 Establishment; powers and duties. (a) The Farmers' Market Authority is established
in the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The authority shall have the powers and duties
to establish agricultural markets to prevent waste and to provide marketing facilities where
farm products, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, truck crops, and other agricultural commodities,
and fish products, including, but not limited to, farm-raised fish, shellfish, and wild fish,
may be processed, graded, packaged, displayed, or exhibited in order to encourage the buying
and selling of the commodities, and to encourage the public interest, thus promoting good
will between the rural and urban sectors of the State of Alabama. The Commissioner of the
Department of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries,
may procure by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, necessary market sites in this state
on which to conduct farmers' markets. (b)...
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2-8-351
Section 2-8-351 Purpose. It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare
that shrimpers and seafood fishermen are encouraged to act singularly or jointly in cooperation
with shrimp and seafood related businesses and with the commissioner and the board in promoting
and stimulating through research, education, advertising, and other methods, the increased
and efficient production, distribution, use, and sale of shrimp and seafood and their products.
It is further the intent and purpose of this article to provide a method and procedure for
financing a promotional program for the shrimp and seafood industry pursuant to powers conferred
upon the Legislature by Amendment ______ to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (Act 2004-301,
p. 427, §2.)...
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2-17-2
Section 2-17-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of policy; purpose and construction
of chapter generally; adoption and promulgation of regulations promulgated under certain federal
acts. (a) Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation's total supply
of food. It is essential to the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be
protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome,
not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated or misbranded
meat or meat food products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome,
not adulterated and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products and result in
sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products as well
as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, misbranded or deceptively packaged articles
can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the...
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2-8-122
Section 2-8-122 Referendum to levy assessment declared to be in public interest. It is hereby
further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural
economy of the state that farmers, producers and growers commercially producing the commodities
referred to in this article shall be permitted by referendum to be held among the respective
groups and subject to the provisions of this article to levy upon themselves an assessment
on such respective commodities or upon the acreage used in the production of the same and
provide for the collection of the same for the purpose of financing or contributing toward
the financing of a program of research, education, advertising and other methods designed
to increase the consumption of and the domestic as well as foreign markets for such agricultural
products. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p. 142, §3.)...
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2-8-1
Section 2-8-1 Legislative purpose and intent. It is hereby declared to be in the interest of
the public welfare that owners of cattle shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly
and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and purchasers of cattle and with the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting
and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and
efficient production, distribution, use and sale of cattle and beef products, and it is the
intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional
program for the cattle industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon
the Legislature by Amendment 201 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess.,
No. 280, p. 2320, §1.)...
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2-11-71
Section 2-11-71 Declaration of purpose. The purpose of this article is to improve the grade
and quality of fresh fruits and vegetables produced in Alabama in order that they may sell
in competition with those produced in other areas. The fruit and vegetable industry is of
great economic importance not only to the farmers of Alabama but to the general economy of
the state, and it has been found that fruits and vegetables produced and packed in Alabama
are generally of substandard quality. Other states have enacted laws providing for accurate
labeling and shipping point inspection and grading of fruits and vegetables which has resulted
in improving their quality and grade to the economic gain and benefit of producers. Therefore,
it is deemed for the best interest of the agricultural economy of the State of Alabama to
regulate the shipping and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables in containers by requiring
accurate labeling and requiring inspection and grading for such products under...
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2-8-133
Section 2-8-133 Collection of assessment; disposition. In the event a majority of the producers
eligible for participation in a referendum conducted under the provisions of this article
and voting therein, shall vote in favor of the assessment, then the assessment shall be collected
annually for three years, as set forth in the call for the referendum, and the collection
of the assessment shall be under such method, rules, and regulations as may be determined
by the organization conducting the referendum. The assessment collected shall be paid into
the treasury of the organization conducting the referendum, to be used together with other
funds from other sources, including donations from individuals, concerns, or corporations
and grants from state or governmental agencies, for the purpose of promoting and stimulating,
by research, education, advertising, and other methods, the increased use and sale, domestic
and foreign, of the agricultural commodity covered by the referendum. Upon...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division and
from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this division
the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline as defined
in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating
oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state
purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports
it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales,
of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not
be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3)
The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and
poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...

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