2-8-4
Section 2-8-4 Application of cattle owners' association for certification and approval to conduct
referendum - Generally. Any nonprofit association of cattle owners organized for the promotion
and betterment of the cattle industry may make application to the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among
cattle owners of the state, upon the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending
and utilizing 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 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 280, p. 2320, §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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2-8-83
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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2-8-233
Section 2-8-233 Application of nonprofit association for certification and approval to conduct
referendum - Generally. Any nonprofit association of producers fairly and substantially representative
of the producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats throughout the state, may at any
time after this article becomes effective, make application to the State Board of Agriculture
and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among
wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats producers of the state, upon the question of levying
an assessment, collecting, expending and utilizing same for the purpose or purposes authorized
under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or
certified hereunder 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 1985, No....
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2-8-153
Section 2-8-153 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally.
Any nonprofit association of producers of eggs and egg products or any nonprofit association
organized for the benefit and betterment of the poultry industry of the State of Alabama may
make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval
for the purpose of conducting a referendum among owners or others in possession of hens who
are engaged in egg production in the State of Alabama, 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 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 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §4.)...
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2-8-197
Section 2-8-197 Conduct of referendum; payment of expense. The arrangements for and the management
of any referendum conducted hereunder shall be under the direction of the commission certified
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct same, and such commission shall
furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expense and
costs necessary to conduct such a referendum shall be borne by such commission. (Acts 1981,
No. 81-388, p. 586, §8.)...
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2-8-194
Section 2-8-194 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Action by
board on application. Upon the filing with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of
an application by any commission, formed by mutual agreement of two or more nonprofit associations
of cotton producers, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider the
application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant
is fairly and substantially representative of the cotton producers of this state, and the
board shall otherwise find and determine that such application and the program proposed therein
are in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this article, then, and in such an event,
the board shall certify such organization as the duly delegated and authorized commission
and shall likewise certify that such commission is duly authorized to conduct among the cotton
producers of this state a referendum for the purpose set forth...
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2-8-124
Section 2-8-124 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Action by
board on application. Upon the filing with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of
such application as is provided for in Section 2-8-123, on the part of any commission, council,
board, other agency or association, the said board shall, within 30 days thereafter, meet
and consider the application. If upon such consideration the said board shall find that the
commission, council, board, other agency or association making such application is fairly
representative of and has been duly chosen and delegated as representative of the growers
producing such commodity, and the board shall otherwise find and determine that such application
is in conformity with the provisions of this article and the purposes stated in this article,
it shall be the duty of said board to certify such commission, council, board, other agency
or association as the duly delegated and authorized group or organization...
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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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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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