2-8-193
Section 2-8-193 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally.
(a) Any commission, established by the mutual agreement of any two or more nonprofit associations
of cotton producers, fairly and substantially representative of the producers of cotton throughout
the state, may at any time after May 5, 1981, make application to the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among
cotton producers of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment, collecting, expending
and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated
in such referendum. For the purpose of determining whether the cotton producers are fairly
represented by such applicant, the nonprofit associations establishing the commission or the
commission shall submit to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for approval or disapproval
a plan or system for dividing the state...
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2-15-80
Section 2-15-80 Purpose of division. The Alabama Livestock Dealers' Financial Responsibility
Act requires, among other things, the prompt payment of the purchase price of livestock purchased
by livestock dealers. Therefore, the intent and purpose of this division is to enable the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to more effectively enforce the requirements of
such act by requiring livestock markets to report to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
any dealer who purchases livestock without complying with the provisions of said act. (Acts
1979, No. 79-821, p. 1532, §1.)...
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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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2-8-211
Section 2-8-211 Penalty; inspection of books and records; injunctions. (a) Any ginner of cotton
who willfully fails or refuses to collect and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
any assessment required by this article to be so collected and remitted to the commissioner
shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Any ginner of cotton who fails or refuses to allow
the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his authorized agents and employees to inspect
and review his books and records which disclose the bales of cotton he ginned for the purpose
of ascertaining accuracy of amounts of assessments collected and remitted as required under
this article shall also be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) In addition to the above penalty
and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate remedy, the circuit court or any judge thereof,
shall have jurisdiction for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injunction, or both,
restraining and enjoining any person from...
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2-11-77
Section 2-11-77 Rules and regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with
the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall have power and authority
to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the evident
intent and purpose of this article. (Acts 1953, No. 887, p. 1192, §8.)...
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2-14-13
Section 2-14-13 Rules and regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with
the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may adopt and promulgate such
rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the evident intent and purpose of this chapter,
including rules and regulations to govern the shipment, movement, or transportation of honeybees,
beekeeping equipment, and supplies into or within the State of Alabama, the establishment
of quarantines, the annual registration of colonies of honeybees, and the collection of registration
fees, the establishment of fees to defray the expense of the duties imposed by this chapter,
and other rules and regulations for the control and eradication of contagious and infectious
diseases of honeybees. The rules and regulations duly promulgated under this chapter shall
have the force and effect of law. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited
into the Agricultural Fund in the State Treasury. (Acts 1965,...
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2-15-190
Section 2-15-190 Purpose of article. The purpose of this article is to authorize and empower
the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to establish a program to include methods and
procedures for the prevention, control and eradication of brucellosis or Bang's disease in
cattle and to prescribe the powers, authority and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries and the State Veterinarian relative to such a disease control program, which
powers, duties and authority shall be in addition to or supplemental to all other powers,
duties and authority now authorized by law for the control and eradication of diseases of
livestock. (Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §1.)...
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2-8-205
Section 2-8-205 Expenditure of assessments. The funds derived from any assessments levied upon
the ginning of cotton as authorized under this article shall be used and expended by the certified
commission after such funds are remitted to it by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
for the purpose of promoting and stimulating by advertising and other methods the increased
use and sale of cotton and cotton products. Any funds expended by the certified commission
not authorized by the promotional program previously approved shall be deemed as an unauthorized
and illegal expenditure of such funds. All funds approved by the certified commission for
expenditure for an approved promotional program for the cotton industry, as authorized under
this article, are hereby appropriated for disbursement and expenditure by said certified commission
to carry out any such approved promotional program or programs; and it shall not be necessary
for the Legislature to make any specific or general...
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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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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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