2-8-252
Section 2-8-252 Penalty for failure to deduct and pay over assessment, obtain permit, etc.;
injunctive relief authorized. (a) Any dealer, handler, processor, or other purchaser of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats 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 or who fails or refuses to obtain a permit authorizing the purchase of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats in Alabama shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and within the discretion of the
court, may also be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months. Any purchaser of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats 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 wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and...
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2-8-251
Section 2-8-251 Purchasers to obtain permit from commissioner; procedure. Any individual, partnership,
corporation, association or other business unit which buys wheat, corn, grain sorghum, or
oats in Alabama from the producer thereof shall, in the event assessments are required to
be deducted from the purchase price of such wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats under the
provisions of this article, obtain from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries an
annual permit which shall authorize such individual or business firm to engage in the business
of buying wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats in Alabama. The permit required hereunder shall
expire on June 30, the end of the year for which it is issued and shall be renewable as of
July 1 unless revoked by the commissioner for failure to comply with the provisions of this
article. The application for the annual permit as required hereunder shall be accompanied
by a fee of $5.00 which shall be deposited by the commissioner in the...
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2-8-246
Section 2-8-246 Expenditure of assessments; disbursements not subject to budget or allotment
requirements. The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the sale of wheat, corn,
grain sorghum, and oats as authorized under this article shall be used and expended by the
certified association 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 wheat, corn, grain sorghum, oats, and wheat, corn, grain sorghum,
and oats products. Any funds expended by the certified association 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 association for expenditure as required hereunder
by any certified association for an approved promotional program for the wheat, corn, grain
sorghum, and oat industry as authorized under this article are...
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2-8-231
Section 2-8-231 Authorized activities not illegal or in restraint of trade. No association,
meeting or activity undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of this article and intended
to benefit the Alabama wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats industry shall be deemed or considered
illegal or in restraint of trade. (Acts 1985, No. 85-701, p. 1142, §2.)...
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2-8-243
Section 2-8-243 Provisions of article not applicable to certain purchases. The provisions of
this article shall not apply to any person who purchases 1,000 or less bushels of wheat, corn,
grain sorghum, and oats in any calendar year, nor shall the provisions of this article apply
to occasional sales between growers. (Acts 1985, No. 85-701, p. 1142, §14.)...
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2-11-91
Section 2-11-91 State Board of Agriculture and Industries' powers. The State Board of Agriculture
and Industries shall have the power to establish standards and uniform grades for grain, which
are hereby defined as including corn (maize), wheat, rye, oats, barley, grain, sorghum and
beans. In establishing grades for grain that is sold on a dockage basis, dockage shall be
considered and such dockage that is of value and retained shall be paid for. Dockage as used
therein shall be understood to mean dockage as defined in the official grain standards of
the United States. Said board shall have the power to make, amend or repeal rules and regulations
for the grading and inspection of grain, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this article. All such rules shall be published in such manner as to give proper publicity
thereto. Such board shall also have the power to fix and determine all charges for sampling,
grading and inspecting grain. (Ag. Code 1927, §322; Code 1940, T. 2,...
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2-31-1
Section 2-31-1 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires,
the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) PRODUCER. The owner, tenant, or
operator of land in this state who has interest in and who receives all or any part of the
proceeds from the sale of the grain produced thereon. (2) PERSON. Any person, firm, association,
corporation or partnership. (3) GRAIN. Corn, wheat, oats, rye, soybeans, barley, grain sorghums,
or other commodities commonly referred to as grain. (4) GRAIN DEALER. Any person owning, controlling
or operating a grain elevator, mill, warehouse or other similar structure or a truck or tractor
trailer unit, or both, and engaged in the business of buying or receiving grain from producers
for resale, for storage, or for milling or processing or any person commonly referred to as
a "grain broker" engaged in the business of buying grain for resale or for milling
or processing or soliciting the sale, purchase, exchange or...
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2-32-4
Section 2-32-4 Assessment. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly
advantageous to the economy of the state that ratite producers be permitted by referendum,
as provided in this chapter, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the
collection of the assessment for the financing of a program for research, education, advertising,
and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production,
distribution, and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption, and sale of ratites
and ratite products. (Acts 1997, No. 97-638, p. 1163, §4.)...
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2-8-192
Section 2-8-192 Referendum to levy assessment declared to be in the public interest. It is
hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy
of the state that cotton producers be permitted by referendum as hereinafter provided to levy
upon themselves an assessment, and to provide for the collection thereof for the financing
or contributing toward the financing of a program of research, education, advertising and
other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution
and marketing as well as the increased use, consumption and sale of cotton and cotton products.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-388, p. 586, §3.)...
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2-8-313
Section 2-8-313 Assessment. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and
highly advantageous to the economy of the state that sheep and goat producers be permitted
by referendum, as provided in this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide
for the collection of the assessment for the financing of a program for research, education,
advertising, and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical
production, distribution, and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption, and sale,
of sheep and goats and their products. (Act 2002-523, p. 1364, §4.)...
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