2-8-90
Section 2-8-90 Subsequent referendums. In the event any referendum conducted as provided in this article shall fail to receive the required number of affirmative votes from soybean producers eligible for participation and voting therein, then the certified association conducting the said referendum shall be authorized to call another referendum for the purposes set forth in this article in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program for the period authorized by this article; provided, that no such referendum shall be held within a period of 12 months from the date on which the last referendum was held. In the event such referendum is carried or favored by the required number of eligible soybean producers participating therein and assessments in pursuance thereof are levied for the period set forth in the call for such referendum, then the association conducting such referendum shall have full power and authority to call and conduct during or after...
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9-13-193
Section 9-13-193 Referendum; amount of assessment; payment and remission of assessment; notice of referendum. (a) The commission shall authorize a referendum among owners or lessees of forest land to determine whether an assessment shall be levied upon said owners or lessees to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of forestry and forest fire protection programs. (b) The assessment levied against each owner or lessee under this article shall be ten cents per acre of forest land owned. (c) All affected owners or lessees of forest land shall be entitled to vote in any such referendum. The commission shall determine any questions of eligibility to vote and shall establish rules and regulations pertaining to the vote. (d) If a majority of those voting at the referendum vote in favor of the assessment, then the charge, fee or assessment shall be collected from the owners or lessees of forest land. The finance charge, fee or assessment levied by this article shall not be effective until a...
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2-10-29
Section 2-10-29 Investigation of affairs of association. The commissioner shall have authority, when so ordered by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to examine and investigate each association as to its conduct of business, the correctness of its books, its financial condition and the safety and prudence of its management. Such investigation may also be made by any duly authorized agent of the commissioner. The report of such examination shall be a confidential document for official use only and subject to examination only by duly authorized agents of the commissioner and members of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Such report shall be kept on file with the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §556; Code 1940, T. 2, §79.)...
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2-8-171
Section 2-8-171 Penalty; inspection of books and records. Any seller of hens who willfully fails or refuses to pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so remitted to the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment he failed or refused to remit as required under this article. The amount of any fine under this section shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and shall be forthwith transferred by the commissioner to the account of the certified association entitled thereto. Any seller of hens 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 for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of amounts added and remitted as required under this article or any seller of hens who sells hens in Alabama without...
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2-17-1
Section 2-17-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama or his duly authorized representative. (2) FIRM. Any partnership, association or other unincorporated business organization. (3) MEAT BROKER. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines or poultry on commission or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an employee of another person, firm or corporation. (4) POULTRY. Any live or slaughtered domesticated bird. (5) RENDERER. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, goats,...
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2-8-291
Section 2-8-291 Penalty for failure to deduct and pay over assessment; inspection of books and records; injunctions. (a) Any dealer, handler, processor, buyers or other distributors of catfish feed who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, in addition to other penalty provided by law, shall be fined in an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment he failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this article. Any distributor of catfish feed 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 his distributed or manufactured tonnage of catfish feed for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of amounts deducted and remitted as required under this...
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2-8-62
Section 2-8-62 Penalty for failure to deduct and pay over assessment; inspection of books and records; injunctions. (a) Any dealer, handler, processor, sales market or other purchaser of swine who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, in addition to other penalty provided by law, shall be fined in an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment he failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this article. Any purchaser of swine 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 his purchases of swine for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of amounts deducted and remitted as required under this article shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor. The...
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9-8A-3
Section 9-8A-3 Commission - Members and officers; terms of office; vacancies; compensation and expenses; meetings; quorum; record of proceedings; copies of proceedings as evidence; members and officers not personally liable. (a) The members of the commission shall consist of the Governor; the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; the President of the Alabama Farmers Federation; the President of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association; the Chair of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; a member of the Alabama Forestry Commission designated by the Governor; the President of the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts; and two citizens of the state of good reputation who are active farmers or timberland owners or involved in environmental protection appointed by the Governor. Each voting member of the commission, except the two citizens appointed by the Governor, may appoint a designee to represent him or her at all commission meetings. The members of the commission may...
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11-12-1
Section 11-12-1 Indemnification of owners for injuries, etc., caused by dipping of cattle - Authorized. The county commission may, in its discretion, indemnify from the funds of such county the owners of cattle for injuries, damages, or deaths caused by the dipping of such cattle in compliance with the laws of the state and the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries; provided, that such injuries, damages, or deaths have been caused by the failure or negligence of the regularly qualified inspector commissioned by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to see that the arsenical solution used in the dipping vat is not over the standard of strength recommended by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry or the State Board of Agriculture and Industries or by any negligence on the part of any officer or employee of the state or the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and when the negligence of the owner or person in charge of such cattle has...
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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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