2-8-45
Section 2-8-45 Authority of certified association to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in Section 2-8-44, such association shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama swine producers a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote on the question of whether or not they shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide basis. (Acts 1973, No. 463, p. 653, §6.)...
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2-8-85
Section 2-8-85 Authority of certified association to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in Section 2-8-84, such association shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama soybean producers a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote on the question of whether or not they shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide basis. (Acts 1971, No. 227, p. 523, §6.)...
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2-8-195
Section 2-8-195 Authority of certified commission to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon being so certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, such commission shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama cotton producers a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote on the question of whether or not they shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide basis. (Acts 1981, No. 81-388, p. 586, §6.)...
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9-17-174
Section 9-17-174 referendum for assessment. (a) The qualified industry organization shall conduct at its own expense a referendum among wholesalers and retail marketers doing business in the State of Alabama on the question of whether to levy upon themselves an assessment. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide basis as determined by the qualified industry organization. The council, if established, shall reimburse the qualified industry organization for the cost of the referendum, accounting, and documentation. The referendum shall be conducted by an independent auditing firm as determined and selected by the qualified industry organization. The results, as certified by the independent auditing firm, shall be submitted to the Secretary of State within 30 days of certification. Voting rights in the referendum shall be based on the volume of odorized propane sold by retail marketers and wholesalers in the previous calendar year in the State of Alabama. Upon approval of those...
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2-13-114
Section 2-13-114 Referendum on assessment of milk producers and handlers. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural economy of the state that producers and handlers of milk and dairy products shall be permitted by referendum to be held among producers in the state and subject to the provisions of this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment on such milk produced in the state, for the purpose of financing or contributing towards the financing of a program of promotion and nutrition education designed to strengthen the dairy industry's position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and use for fluid milk and dairy products produced in the state and the United States. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural economy of the state that the state ADA conduct the referendum in coordination with the Alabama Farmers Dairy Division...
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2-8-126
Section 2-8-126 Notice of referendum; maximum assessment. When a referendum has been authorized as provided in Section 2-8-125, the certified organization shall, before calling and announcing such referendum, fix, determine and publicly announce, at least 30 days before the date determined upon for such referendum, the date, hours and polling places for voting in such referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected if authorized by the growers and the general purposes to which said amount so collected shall be applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified association through the medium of an established farm publication, and written notice thereof shall be given to each county extension chairman in the area covered by the referendum. Provided, however, any referendum called under the provisions of this article for the assessment of peanuts, notice shall also be published once a week in a...
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2-8-83
Section 2-8-83 Application of soybean producers' association for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally. Any nonprofit association of producers fairly and substantially representative of the producers of soybeans throughout the state may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among soybean producers of the state upon the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified under this article as an approved or certified association by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to execute or carry out such a promotional program within the limits prescribed by this article. (Acts 1971, No. 227, p. 523, §4.)...
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2-8-273
Section 2-8-273 Application of catfish producers' association for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally. Any nonprofit association of catfish producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the catfish industry may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among catfish producers of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified under this article as an approved or certified association by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to execute or carry out such a promotional program within the limits prescribed by this article. (Acts 1987, No. 87-587, p. 961, §;4.)...
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2-8-43
Section 2-8-43 Application of swine producers' association for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally. Any nonprofit association of swine producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the swine industry may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among swine producers of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified under this article as an approved or certified association by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to execute or carry out such a promotional program within the limits prescribed by this article. (Acts 1973, No. 463, p. 653, §4.)...
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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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