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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2-8-230
Section 2-8-230 Legislative intent and purpose. It is hereby declared to be in the interest
of the public welfare that producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats shall be authorized
and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, and purchasers of
wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating by research,
education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution,
use and sale of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats
products; and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method
and procedure for a promotional program for the wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats industry
and the financing thereof pursuant to powers of the Legislature as authorized by the amendment
to the state Constitution which expressly authorizes such...
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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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2-8-231
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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2-8-10
Section 2-8-10 Majority vote required for approval of assessment; canvass of referendum results.
If in any referendum held under the provisions of this article a majority of the cattle owners
of the area in which the referendum is conducted, 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.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 280, p. 2320, §10; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-51, p. 74.)...

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2-8-158
Section 2-8-158 Eligibility to vote in referendum; question to be voted on; period during which
assessments levied. Any referendum conducted under this article may be held on an area or
statewide basis, as may be determined by the certified association, pursuant to and in accordance
with the rules and regulations adopted for holding of such referendum. All owners of hens
engaged in the production of eggs who shall be subject to any assessment levied under this
article shall be entitled to vote in the referendum. In such referendum, individuals so eligible
for participation therein shall vote upon the question of whether there shall be levied an
assessment for a period, as provided in this article, in an amount set forth in the call for
such referendum, which amount shall not exceed the limitations prescribed by this article.
In the event the required number of owners of hens engaged in the production of eggs vote
in favor of levying and collecting assessments as authorized in this...
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2-32-7
Section 2-32-7 Referendum - Voting; effects of vote. (a) If in any referendum, a majority of
the ratite producers of the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted and eligible
to participate and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of
the assessment proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied and collected
in the manner provided in this chapter. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter,
the certified association shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results
of the referendum. (b) In the event any referendum shall fail to receive the required number
of affirmative votes, then the certified association conducting the referendum may call another
referendum in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program
for a five-year period; provided, that no referendum may be held within a period of 12 months
from the date on which the last referendum was held. (c)...
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