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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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2-8-355
Section 2-8-355 Referendum - Generally. (a) Upon certification by the board, an association
may hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama shrimpers and seafood fishermen, either singularly
or jointly, 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...
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2-13-115
Section 2-13-115 Notice of referendum; amount of assessment; mail ballot; proof of eligibility
of bulk tank unit to vote. (a) With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions
of this article, the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division 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 producers, and the general
purposes to which said amount so collected shall be applied. No annual assessment levied under
the provisions of this article shall exceed the federally mandated $0.15 per hundredweight
of milk produced; however, an amount not to exceed $0.10 per hundredweight of milk produced
shall be credited to the state ADA for dairy product promotion and...
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2-8-154
Section 2-8-154 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Action by
board on application. Upon the filing of an application with the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries by any nonprofit association of owners or others in possession of hens, as
authorized under Section 2-8-153, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and
consider such application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board
that the applicant is fairly representative of egg producers of this state and the board shall
otherwise find and determine that such application is in conformity with the provisions and
purposes of this article, the board shall certify such association as the duly delegated and
authorized group or organization and shall likewise certify that such organization is duly
authorized to conduct a referendum among egg producers of this state for the purpose set forth
in its application, which shall be consistent with the purposes of this...
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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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2-10-92
Section 2-10-92 How association may be formed; amendments to articles of incorporation. Five
or more producers of agricultural products, whether in the State of Alabama or not, who may
desire that they, their associates and successors shall come under this article and enjoy
its benefits may enter into articles of association and incorporation which shall set forth
the name of the organization, the period of its existence, its domicile and the purposes for
which it was formed and that said association is to be organized or operated under this article.
The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before
an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds
and conveyances and shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation
law of this state. When so filed the said articles of incorporation or certified copies thereof
shall be received in all the courts of the state and other places...
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2-19-131
Section 2-19-131 Certification; revocation. Upon determination by the board that the organization
meets the requirements of Section 2-19-130, the board shall certify the organization as the
official cotton growers' organization. Such certification shall be for the purposes of this
article only, and shall not affect other organizations or associations of cotton growers established
for other purposes. The board shall certify only one such organization; provided that the
board may revoke the certification of the organization if at any time the organization shall
fail to meet the requirements of this article. The organization so certified above shall be
authorized to borrow money or otherwise incur indebtedness and to expend the moneys so acquired
for the purpose of destroying and eradicating the boll weevil in Alabama. Any indebtedness
created pursuant to this paragraph shall be repaid from the assessments on cotton growers
provided for in Section 2-19-132 or from other funds available to...
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2-8-201
Section 2-8-201 Collection of assessment; "ginner" defined; remittance of assessments
by ginner; inspection of books and records by commissioner; deductions for expenses. (a) In
the event the required number of cotton producers approve, by a referendum as provided hereunder,
the levying of an assessment upon the ginning of cotton for a promotional program, the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person engaged
in the business of ginning cotton in Alabama 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, the amount of the assessment levied pursuant
to the referendum shall be collected by all ginners of cotton when such cotton is ginned within
the state. (b) For the purposes of this article, the word "ginner" shall mean any
person, partnership, corporation or cooperative association, public or...
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2-8-279
Section 2-8-279 Majority vote required for approval of assessment; canvass of results; limitations
on assessments. If any referendum held under the provisions of this article a majority or
more of the catfish producers eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the
affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in such
referendum, then such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in this
article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified association
shall canvass, tabulate and publicly declare and announce the results thereof. The amount
of the assessment levied upon the sale of catfish feed bought, sold or manufactured in the
State of Alabama shall not exceed $5.00 per ton. (Acts 1987, No. 87-587, p. 961, §10.)...
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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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