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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2-8-161
Section 2-8-161 Collection of assessment; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of egg producers approve, by a referendum as provided in this article, the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of hens for a promotional program, the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person engaged in the business
of selling hens for the purpose of dressing, processing or reselling to processors, whether
said buyers [sellers] are located within the State of Alabama or not, that on or after the
date designated in such notice, which shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after
the mailing of such notice by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, that the amount
of the assessment levied pursuant to the referendum shall be added by all such sellers of
hens to the sale price thereof where such hens are purchased within the area covered by the
referendum where such hens are sold for commercial processing or where such...
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2-8-130
Section 2-8-130 Affirmative vote in referendum. If in any referendum called under the provisions
of this article, a majority of the producers in the area in which any referendum is conducted,
eligible to participate and voting therein, shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of
the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in the referendum on the agricultural
commodity covered thereby, then the assessment shall be collected in the manner determined
and announced by the organization conducting the referendum. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p. 142,
§11; Act 2002-406, p. 1023, §1.)...
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2-8-120
Section 2-8-120 Declaration of policy. It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare
that the Alabama farmers who are producers of nuts, bulbs, fruits and vegetables shall be
permitted and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and processors
of such products in promoting and stimulating by research, education, advertising and other
methods the increased use and sale, domestic and foreign, of any and all such agricultural
commodities. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p. 142, §1.)...
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2-8-123
Section 2-8-123 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally.
Any commission, council, board or other agency or any nonprofit association of producers,
fairly representative of the growers or producers of any agricultural commodity referred to
in this article may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of the
State of Alabama for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum
among the growers or producers of such particular agricultural commodity for commercial purposes
upon the question of levying an assessment under the provisions of this article and collecting
and utilizing the same for the purposes stated in such referendum. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p.
142, §4.)...
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2-8-281
Section 2-8-281 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of catfish producers approve by a referendum as provided in this article the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of catfish feed for a promotional program, the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries shall within 30 days, notify in writing every person licensed
to sell or distribute catfish feed under authority of Section 2-21-19, that on or after the
date designated in the notice, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after
the mailing of the notice by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the amount of
the assessment shall be levied on the sale of catfish feed by all distributors of catfish
feed or by their agents or representatives from the purchase price paid to the seller of the
feed where the feed is purchased within the state. All assessments so levied shall be remitted
to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries not later than the last day...
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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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2-8-125
Section 2-8-125 Authority of certified organization to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon
being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in the manner set forth in
Section 2-8-124, such organization shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold
and conduct on the part of the producers and growers of such particular agricultural commodity
a referendum on the question of whether or not such growers and producers shall levy upon
themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purposes stated in this article.
Such referendum may be conducted either on a statewide or area basis. (Acts 1957, No. 108,
p. 142, §6.)...
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2-8-135
Section 2-8-135 Subsequent referendum after affirmative vote. In the event a referendum conducted
as provided in this article is carried by the vote of a majority of the eligible producers
participating therein and assessments in pursuance thereof are levied annually for three years
as set forth in the call for the referendum, then the organization conducting the referendum
shall, in its discretion, have full power and authority to call and conduct, during the third
year of the period, another referendum in which the producers of such agricultural commodity
shall vote upon the question of whether or not assessments shall be continued for the next
ensuing three years. The certified organization shall have the full power and authority to
hold subsequent referendums it deems necessary to alter or modify the terms of the existing
assessment. Intermediary referendums shall comply with the terms and conditions of the original
request. In the event the intermediary referendum fails to receive...
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2-8-128
Section 2-8-128 Eligibility to vote in referendum; question before voters. Any referendum conducted
under the provisions of this article may be held either on an area or statewide basis, as
may be determined by the certified organization before the referendum is called. The referendum,
either on an area or statewide basis, may be participated in by all producers engaged in the
production of the agricultural commodity on a commercial basis who shall be subject to any
assessments levied under this article and who produced the agricultural commodity in any of
the three crop years immediately preceding the referendum. In the referendum, individuals
eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of whether or not there shall be levied
an annual assessment for a period of three years in the amount set forth in the call for the
referendum on the agricultural product covered by the referendum. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p.
142, §9; Act 2002-406, p. 1023, §1.)...
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