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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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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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2-13-115
Section 2-13-115 Notice of referendum; amount of assessment; mail ballot; proof of eligibility
of bulk tank unit to vote. (a) With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions
of this article, the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division shall, before calling and
announcing such referendum, fix, determine and publicly announce at least 30 days before the
date determined upon for such referendum, the date, hours and polling places for voting in
such referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means
by which such assessment shall be collected if authorized by the producers, and the general
purposes to which said amount so collected shall be applied. No annual assessment levied under
the provisions of this article shall exceed the federally mandated $0.15 per hundredweight
of milk produced; however, an amount not to exceed $0.10 per hundredweight of milk produced
shall be credited to the state ADA for dairy product promotion and...
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2-8-161
Section 2-8-161 Collection of assessment; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of egg producers approve, by a referendum as provided in this article, the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of hens for a promotional program, the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person engaged in the business
of selling hens for the purpose of dressing, processing or reselling to processors, whether
said buyers [sellers] are located within the State of Alabama or not, 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, that the amount
of the assessment levied pursuant to the referendum shall be added by all such sellers of
hens to the sale price thereof where such hens are purchased within the area covered by the
referendum where such hens are sold for commercial processing or where such...
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2-8-281
Section 2-8-281 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of catfish producers approve by a referendum as provided in this article the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of catfish feed for a promotional program, the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries shall within 30 days, notify in writing every person licensed
to sell or distribute catfish feed under authority of Section 2-21-19, that on or after the
date designated in the notice, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after
the mailing of the notice by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the amount of
the assessment shall be levied on the sale of catfish feed by all distributors of catfish
feed or by their agents or representatives from the purchase price paid to the seller of the
feed where the feed is purchased within the state. All assessments so levied shall be remitted
to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries not later than the last day...
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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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2-8-91
Section 2-8-91 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of soybean producers approve, by a referendum as provided in this article, the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of soybeans for a promotional program, the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person engaged in
the business of buying soybeans, whether said buyers are located within the State of Alabama
or not, 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, that the amount of the assessment levied pursuant to the referendum shall
be deducted by all purchasers of soybeans from the sale price thereof where such soybeans
are purchased within the state. The deductions of assessments as required by this article
shall be deducted by the first purchaser from the grower of the soybeans. "First...
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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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2-8-12
Section 2-8-12 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required
number of cattle owners approve, by a referendum as provided in this article, the levying
of an assessment upon the sale of cattle 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, as well as every person
who operates a meat packing or slaughter establishment which buys cattle or calves 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 cattle and calves or by their agents or representatives from the
purchase price paid to the seller of such cattle and calves, where such...
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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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