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2-8-60
Section 2-8-60 Rules and regulations. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby
authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the evident
intent and purpose of this article, which shall include rules and regulations governing the
holding of referendums as adopted by the certified association, rules and regulations governing
the collection, deposit, handling, withdrawal and disbursements of assessments collected under
this article and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate
the evident intent and purposes of this article. The certified association authorized to conduct
a promotional program as authorized under this article shall have a right to recommend such
rules and regulations to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries; and, upon receipt
of such recommended rules and regulations, said board shall meet within a period of not more
than 90 days to consider their adoption. The certified...
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2-8-123
Section 2-8-123 Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Generally.
Any commission, council, board or other agency or any nonprofit association of producers,
fairly representative of the growers or producers of any agricultural commodity referred to
in this article may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of the
State of Alabama for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum
among the growers or producers of such particular agricultural commodity for commercial purposes
upon the question of levying an assessment under the provisions of this article and collecting
and utilizing the same for the purposes stated in such referendum. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p.
142, ยง4.)...
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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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2-8-51
Section 2-8-51 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of swine producers approve by a referendum as provided in this article the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of swine for a promotional program, the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person licensed to operate a
livestock market under authority of Sections 2-15-60 through 2-15-71, other persons who conduct
livestock sales and purchasing establishments, including the sale of feeder pigs, and every
person who operates a meat packing or slaughter establishment which buys swine directly from
the producer, that on or after the date designated in such notice, which shall be not 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 shall be deducted by all such sales markets or
purchasers of swine or by their agents or representatives from...
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2-8-131
Section 2-8-131 Hours, voting places, rules and regulations, etc., for referendum; notices
to be given. The hours, voting places and rules and regulations for any referendum authorized
in this article with respect to any of the agricultural commodities herein referred to and
the area in which such referendum shall be held shall be established and determined by the
organization of the commercial growers and producers of such agricultural commodity duly certified
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this article. The said referendum
date, area, hours, voting places and rules and regulations with respect to the holding of
such referendum shall be published by such organization conducting the same through the medium
of the public press in the State of Alabama at least 30 days before the holding of such referendum,
and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given to farm organizations within the
State of Alabama and to each county agent in any county in...
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2-32-5
Section 2-32-5 Nonprofit association. (a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of ratite producers
organized for the promotion and betterment of the ratite industry may apply to the board for
certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among ratite producers
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 chapter and as stated in
the referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified by the board may execute or
carry out a promotional program pursuant to this chapter. (b) Upon any nonprofit association
of ratite producers filing an application with the board, the board shall within 30 days thereafter
meet and consider the application. If the board is satisfied that the applicant is fairly
representative of the ratite producers of the state, and the board finds and determines that
the application is in conformity with the provisions and...
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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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2-8-314
Section 2-8-314 Nonprofit association. (a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of sheep and goat
producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the sheep and goat industry may apply
to the board for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among
sheep and goat producers 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 approved or certified by
the board may execute or carry out a promotional program pursuant to this article. (b) Upon
any nonprofit association of sheep and goat producers filing an application with the board,
the board shall, within 30 days thereafter, meet and consider the application. If the board
is satisfied that the applicant is fairly representative of the sheep and goat producers of
the state, and the board finds and determines that the application is in...
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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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2-8-356
Section 2-8-356 Referendum - Voting. (a) If, in any referendum, a majority of the commercial
shrimp boat owners and commercial fishermen licensed and authorized to do business in the
state in 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 article. 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 a referendum fails 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 shrimpers
and seafood fishermen, either singularly or jointly, for a...
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