2-3-6
Section 2-3-6 Attorney General legal advisor; duties of district attorneys. The Attorney General
shall be the legal advisor of the Department of Agriculture and Industries in matters relating
to the powers and duties of the commissioner and State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
It shall be the duty of any district attorney, when requested by the commissioner or his duly
authorized agent, to investigate, institute and prosecute all violations of the laws of the
state and rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and such
district attorney shall, upon the request of the commissioner, institute and prosecute all
necessary actions and proceedings which the commissioner is authorized to bring to enforce
the laws of the state and rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §31; Code 1940, T. 2, §30.)...
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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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2-11-76
Section 2-11-76 Administration and enforcement; powers of commissioner; fees. The Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries, through any designated division of the state Department of
Agriculture and Industries, shall be charged with the administration and enforcement of the
provisions of this article, and for that purpose he shall have the power and authority to:
(1) Enter and inspect personally, or through any authorized agent, inspector or employee,
every place within the State of Alabama where fresh fruits and vegetables are produced, packed,
stored, shipped, sold or offered for sale, and it shall be unlawful for any person to resist,
prevent or refuse to allow such entrance or inspection; (2) Issue to growers, packers, shippers
and others certificates of inspection certifying the grade, quality, classification or condition
of fruits and vegetables as provided in this article; (3) Charge reasonable fees designed
to cover the cost of these services, which fees, together with all...
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2-18-3
Section 2-18-3 Department may enter into contracts to perform grading at poultry slaughtering,
dressing or processing plants; collection of fees by department and disposition thereof. The
Department of Agriculture and Industries, acting by and through the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is also
authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, corporation
or association engaged in slaughtering, dressing, processing or marketing poultry or poultry
products whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries, on terms and conditions mutually
agreed upon between the parties to such a contract, shall perform poultry meat grading at
poultry slaughtering, dressing or processing plants to the end that poultry slaughtered, dressed
or processed at such plants shall meet the requirements of any rules, regulations, specifications
or standards adopted and promulgated under the...
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2-2-33
Section 2-2-33 Duty to perform tests or analyses; delegation; use of results. (a) Whenever
it shall be necessary to have any tests or analyses made in order to properly execute any
law or rule and regulation under authority of law, the execution or administration of which
is a duty imposed on the commissioner or the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, the
commissioner shall make such tests or analyses or cause to be made such tests or analyses
by employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries or as otherwise provided in subsection
(b). (b) The commissioner, with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries,
may enter into agreements delegating the responsibility for laboratory tests or analyses to
any laboratory operated by the United States government or any other state government. The
commissioner may use the results of tests or analyses performed by these laboratories for
the execution or administration of any law or rule imposed on the commissioner or...
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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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2-8-91
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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2-9-3
Section 2-9-3 Purpose for which Agricultural Fund may be expended. The Agricultural Fund shall
not be expended upon any work or activity of any department, institution, bureau, commission,
board or other state agency in connection with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
System or the Alabama Extension Service or any work or activity which is assigned to any department,
institution, bureau, commission, board or state agency other than the Department of Agriculture
and Industries or which is not definitely assigned to and defined as a part of the proper
work of said Department of Agriculture and Industries. Said fund shall be expended exclusively
for the expenses of the regulatory control and administrative work of the Department of Agriculture
and Industries, except as otherwise expressly provided by law. (Ag. Code 1927, §487; Acts
1935, No. 13, p. 12; Code 1940, T. 2, §33.)...
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2-2-35
Section 2-2-35 Certificate of analysis admissible as evidence. A certificate of analysis or
examination by the chemist who is the supervisor or director of the laboratory of the Department
of Agriculture and Industries or other laboratory utilized by the commissioner as provided
in Section 2-2-33 in which the analysis or examination is made, when properly verified by
affidavit, shall be admissible and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated
in any of the courts of this state on the trial of any issue involving the merits, and the
quality of the bulk from which the sample was taken shall prima facie be presumed to be the
same as the quality of the sample as shown by the analysis or examination. (Ag. Code 1927,
§224; Code 1940, T. 2, §501; Acts 1969, No. 1055, p. 1975, §1; Act 2015-262, §1.)...
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2-2-7
Section 2-2-7 Annual report; publication of handbooks, pamphlets, etc. The commissioner, with
the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall submit each year on or
before December 1 or as early thereafter as practicable to the Governor an annual report covering
all operations of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and the condition, progress
and needs of agriculture and industries throughout the state. Such annual report may be printed
as now provided by law in sufficient quantities for general distribution as needed. He may
publish, by and with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, such handbooks,
pamphlets, bulletins, notices and information as in his judgment will aid and promote agricultural
and industrial development of Alabama and the enforcement of the provisions of law relating
to agriculture and industries. (Ag. Code 1927, §13; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Code 1940,
T. 2, §19.)...
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