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2-5A-1
Section 2-5A-1 Establishment; powers and duties. (a) The Farmers' Market Authority is established
in the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The authority shall have the powers and duties
to establish agricultural markets to prevent waste and to provide marketing facilities where
farm products, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, truck crops, and other agricultural commodities,
and fish products, including, but not limited to, farm-raised fish, shellfish, and wild fish,
may be processed, graded, packaged, displayed, or exhibited in order to encourage the buying
and selling of the commodities, and to encourage the public interest, thus promoting good
will between the rural and urban sectors of the State of Alabama. The Commissioner of the
Department of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries,
may procure by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, necessary market sites in this state
on which to conduct farmers' markets. (b)...
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2-8-252
Section 2-8-252 Penalty for failure to deduct and pay over assessment, obtain permit, etc.;
injunctive relief authorized. (a) Any dealer, handler, processor, or other purchaser of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the
commissioner or who fails or refuses to obtain a permit authorizing the purchase of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats in Alabama shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and within the discretion of the
court, may also be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six months. Any purchaser of wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and oats who fails or refuses to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries or his authorized agents and employees to inspect and review his books and
records which disclose his purchases of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and...
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2-8-286
Section 2-8-286 Expenditure of assessments. The funds derived from any assessments levied upon
the sale of catfish feed 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 catfish and catfish products, and such funds may also be used
for the financing or contributing toward the financing of research, experimental and educational
programs for the efficient and economical production, distribution, processing and marketing
of catfish and catfish products. The certified association may enter into cooperative agreements
with appropriate agencies of any public or private institution or organization, and funds
derived from assessments, to the extent agreed upon, may be contributed to such public or
private institution or agency for such research, experimental and...
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2-8-57
Section 2-8-57 Expenditure of assessments. The funds derived from any assessments levied upon
the sale of swine 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 swine and swine products, and such funds may also be used for the financing
or contributing toward the financing of research, experimental and educational programs for
the efficient and economical production, distribution, processing and marketing of swine and
swine products. The certified association may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate
agencies of any public or private institution or organization, and funds derived from assessments,
to the extent agreed upon, may be contributed to such public or private institution or agency
for such research, experimental and educational work...
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17-6-81
Section 17-6-81 Fair Ballot Commission; ballot statements. (a)(1) There is created the Fair
Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and accurate
explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure represents.
(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve as a member on the commission
and shall each appoint to the commission one member who is an attorney licensed in the state
and one member who is a private citizen of the state who is not an attorney. The Alabama State
University School of Public Policy, the Samford University School of Public Policy, and the
Miles College School of Law shall each appoint a member to the commission. Other than the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of...
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2-12-4
Section 2-12-4 Permits for sale of eggs required; permit fee; delinquency penalty; revocation
of permits and appeals therefrom. Every retail dealer who sells eggs or offers eggs for sale
in this state shall obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries which
authorizes the sale or offering for sale of eggs and which shall be issued free of any cost
or charge to the dealer. Such permit shall continue in effect for an indefinite period unless
revoked as provided in this section or unless the commissioner requires all such permits previously
issued terminated at the end of any fiscal year. Wholesale egg dealers or any egg producer
who shall elect to become subject to the requirements of this chapter, before such a dealer
or producer sells eggs or offers eggs for sale in this state, shall apply for and obtain an
annual permit to be issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries which shall expire
on September 30 of each year and shall be renewable on or...
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2-13-81
Section 2-13-81 Cooperation among state agencies. There shall be the fullest cooperation, including
the making available of information, between the state Department of Agriculture and Industries,
the State Board of Health and the Alabama Dairy Commission in the making of surveys, investigations
and inquiries for the purpose of determining whether or in what manner the production, processing
and distribution of milk, cream and milk products may affect the public health. Whenever the
findings in the report of any survey, investigation or inquiry made by the state Department
of Agriculture and Industries, the State Board of Health or the Alabama Dairy Commission show
any hazard to public health existing incident to the production, processing or distribution
of milk, cream or milk products, the State Board of Health shall take such action as may be
necessary to remove such hazard. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may also take
such action as may be necessary to remove such...
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2-14-12
Section 2-14-12 Failure of owner to treat or destroy bees, equipment, etc., upon notification
by commissioner; hearing for review of order of commissioner to treat or destroy diseased
bees, etc.; enforcement of order. It shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper of bees who
shall have been notified by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his agents or
employees that the State Apiarist has determined that the disease of Foulbrood or any other
contagious or infectious disease of bees exists in the hives of his apiary to fail or refuse
to destroy or treat such bees, their hives, equipment and appliances in the manner prescribed
by the State Apiarist within a period of five days from date of receipt of such notification;
provided, that any owner or keeper of bees notified to treat or destroy diseased bees shall
have the right to have the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries review and reconsider
such order at a formal hearing to be conducted for this purpose. At such...
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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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2-15-20
Section 2-15-20 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) BOARD.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (2) BRAND. Any recorded
identification mark applied to any position on the hide of livestock by means of heat, acid,
or a chemical, except numbers used to keep production records or record of age. The word "brand"
shall also mean and include tattoo marks on the hide or in the ear of livestock. (3) COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (4) DEPARTMENT. The
Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (5) LIVESTOCK. Cattle, swine,
sheep, goats, equine or equidae, ratites, and poultry. (6) LIVESTOCK HIDE DEALER. Any dealer
who buys hides of livestock. (7) LIVESTOCK MARKET. A place where a person assembles livestock
for public sale, if the person is required to procure a...
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