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2-8-278
Section 2-8-278 Eligibility to vote in referendum; question to be voted on. Any referendum
conducted under the provisions of this article may be held on a statewide basis pursuant to
rules and regulations adopted for the holding of such referendum. All producers of catfish
who shall be subject to any assessments levied under the provisions of this article shall
be entitled to vote in the referendum; provided, that only catfish producers who purchase
catfish feed in this state in the year immediately preceding and not less than 30 days prior
to this referendum shall be eligible to participate in this referendum. However, the certified
association may request of the catfish producer such additional information as may be required
to verify the eligibility of the producer to vote. Such data or information may include a
certification from the county extension agent's office or the United States Soil Conservation
Service office. In such referendum, individuals so eligible for participation...
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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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2-32-16
Section 2-32-16 Enforcement and collection of assessments; revocation of certification. The
commissioner shall, through the Department of Agriculture and Industries, enforce and collect
the assessments levied upon feed sold to ratite producers by feed distributors in the state
for ratite consumption and shall enforce the rules and regulations of the board. The board
may at any time revoke or cancel the certification of an association if the association is
not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification may be revoked,
the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard by the board
upon the question of whether its certification should be revoked. (Acts 1997, No. 97-638,
p. 1163, §16.)...
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2-8-354
Section 2-8-354 Nonprofit association. (a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of shrimpers and
seafood fishermen organized for the promotion and betterment of the shrimp and seafood industry
may apply to the board for certification and approval, for the purpose of conducting a referendum
among shrimpers and seafood fishermen of the state, on the question of levying an assessment
and collecting, expending, and utilizing the assessment for the purpose or purposes authorized
under this article and as stated in the referendum. Any nonprofit association who substantially
or fairly represents shrimpers and seafood fishermen and who is approved or certified by the
board may execute or carry out a promotional program pursuant to this article. (b) Upon any
nonprofit association of shrimpers and seafood fishermen filing an application with the board,
the board, within 30 days thereafter, shall meet and consider the application. If the board
is satisfied that the applicant is fairly representative...
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2-28-3
Section 2-28-3 Promulgation of rules and regulations to regulate persons engaged in work or
services governed by chapter, etc. The commissioner with the approval of the State Board of
Agriculture and Industries may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations that are reasonable
and necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter and to regulate persons
engaged in professional services or work defined in this chapter to prevent fraudulent and
unauthorized practices of those professional services or work. In order to ensure that persons
issued a permit or certified under this chapter are capable of performing a high quality of
workmanship and continue to meet the requirements of a changing technology and assure a continued
level of competence and ability, the commissioner with the approval of the State Board of
Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized and empowered to make rules and regulations
with respect to: 1. The qualifications and residency requirements of an...
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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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2-15-131
Section 2-15-131 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD.
The Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (3) DEALER. Any person engaged in the
business of buying livestock in the State of Alabama for resale, exchange or slaughter and
meat packing purposes, either on his or her own account or as agent for others on a commission
basis or otherwise. (4) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State
of Alabama. (5) LIVESTOCK. Cattle, swine, sheep, goats, equidae, ratites, poultry, and catfish.
(6) LIVESTOCK MARKET. A place, concentration, or collection point or other public or private
place where a person assembles livestock for either public or private sale by himself or herself
and the service or the cost or expense thereof is...
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2-27-11
Section 2-27-11 Use permits. (a) Each person shall obtain a pesticide-use permit from the commissioner
before the person is eligible to purchase and use a restricted-use pesticide. Application
forms for such permits shall be furnished by the commissioner, and the permit shall be valid
and effective for a period of time to be established by rules and regulations of the State
Board of Agriculture and Industries unless sooner revoked by the commissioner for cause as
specified in rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner with approval of the board.
(b) Before any person is authorized to purchase and use restricted-use pesticides for application
or use thereof, the person shall meet certain qualifications to be prescribed pursuant to
rules and regulations of the commissioner approved by the board. The regulations shall be
designed to satisfy the requirements of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, as amended, and to determine whether the user or applicator of...
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2-24-3
Section 2-24-3 Promulgation of rules and regulations as to procedures, methods, standards,
etc., for soil-testing laboratories. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby
authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations which shall set forth and require
uniform methods, procedures and standards to be followed by soil-testing laboratories in determining
the fertilizer and lime needed for agricultural crop, pasture and garden production where
the results of such tests will be used for the sale, use and application of commercial fertilizers
and limes. Such rules and regulations may provide for the qualifications and training of laboratory
personnel, chemical and other procedures to be followed, soil extraction methods, use of calibration
data, laboratory reports, method and manner of making recommendations for the fertilizer and
lime needs of soils, procedure for check samples and other procedures, requirements and standards
deemed necessary for the operation of an...
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2-26-50
Section 2-26-50 Adoption and registration of symbols of identification or certification of
foundation seed, seeds or plant parts. An association or associations of farmers engaged in
multiplying and certifying seed or plant parts of a superior variety or strain of plants or
crops, such as those bred and tested or tested only by the Agricultural Experiment Station
of Auburn University, and in increasing breeder seed by producing, processing and distributing
foundation seed may adopt a symbol or symbols of identification or certification of such seed
or plant parts and such foundation seed and, upon approval of the director of such experiment
station and of the Director of the Extension Service of Auburn University, register same with
the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Only one such association may so register
such a symbol or symbols for any one specified crop. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §§1, 2;
Acts 1975, No. 745, §1.)...
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