16-1-46
Section 16-1-46 Farm-to-school procurement processes and procedures. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Farm-To-School Procurement Act. (b) For the purposes of this section, unprocessed agricultural products means only those agricultural products that retain their inherent character. The effects of any of the following handling and preservation techniques shall not be considered as changing an agricultural product into a product of a different inherent character: Cooling, refrigerating, freezing; size adjustment through size reduction made by peeling, slicing, dicing, cutting, chopping, shucking, and grinding; drying or dehydration, or both; washing; the application of high water pressure or cold pasteurization; packaging, such as placing eggs in cartons, and vacuum packing and bagging, such as placing vegetables in bags; butchering livestock, fish, and poultry; and the pasteurization of milk. (c)(1) The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and the...
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2-26-71
Section 2-26-71 Creation of Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members; officers; meetings generally. There is hereby created and established a Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee to be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to consist of five members. The members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries upon the recommendation of each of the following: Dean and Director, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University; Executive Committee of the Alabama Seedsmen's Association; President of the Alabama Farmers Federation; State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and one member shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Each of these members may be represented by an alternate appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, upon the recommendation of the recommending authority or on...
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2-27-53
Section 2-27-53 License - Required; fees; examination and certification; license restrictions. (a) No person may engage in the custom application of pesticides within this state at any time without first procuring an annual license from the commissioner. The fee for such license which shall accompany the application for a license shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries for the custom application of pesticides by the use of ground equipment. The fee for a license where the applicant will perform the custom application of pesticides by the use of a single aircraft shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries. An applicant planning to use more than one aircraft for the custom application of pesticides, shall pay a fee established by the board for each additional aircraft used in such work; provided, that the total amount required to be paid for a license issued under this section shall not exceed $120.00, regardless of the number of planes to be...
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2-22-2
Section 2-22-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER. Any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients which is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, basic slag, gypsum and other materials or products regulated under Chapter 23 of this title. Such term shall include fertilizer material as defined in subdivision (2) of this section, and the provisions and requirements of this chapter applicable to commercial fertilizer shall also apply to fertilizer material. (2) FERTILIZER MATERIAL. A commercial fertilizer containing one or more of the recognized plant nutrients, which is used primarily for its plant nutrient content and which either: a. Contains important quantities of no more...
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2-23-5
Section 2-23-5 Inspection fee; tonnage report. (a) Each manufacturer or distributor of agricultural liming materials shall report monthly to the commissioner, at the end of each month, on forms provided by the commissioner, his or her gross sales in tons of such materials sold in the State of Alabama for that month accompanied by a per ton inspection fee based on tons sold during such month. The exact amount of the per ton inspection fee shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per ton. In the case of a distributor's being the agent for a manufacturer at one or more locations, it is the intent of this law that such sales be reported only once and that the fee assessed therewith be paid only once on the same brand or type of agricultural liming material or product. The monthly sales report of tonnage and the inspection fee due thereon shall be due and payable to the commissioner on or before the twentieth day of each month,...
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41-14-51
Section 41-14-51 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) AGRICULTURE and AGRICULTURAL. Those activities, land, buildings, and machinery relating to any of the following: a. The raising, harvesting, rotation, selling, or marketing of crops or products of the soil planted, served, or saved including cereals, vegetables, fruits, fibers, sugars, resins and pitches, grasses, grains, seeds, nuts, bulbs, feed, forage, wood and wood by-products, nursery stock, including trees and shrubs or other plants grown or kept for propagation, distribution, or sale, vegetable oils, flowers, silage, pasturage, and other products and produce thereof. b. The feeding, breeding, management, raising, marketing, sale, or production of livestock of all types, poultry, insects, fish, and other aquatic animals for meat, leather, eggs, fur, milk, bone, liquids, and other products and produce thereof. c. Recreational or educational activities directly...
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41-29-2
Section 41-29-2 Powers, duties, and functions of Department of Commerce. (a) The Department of Commerce shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Department of Commerce shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the Alabama Development Office are also hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce. (b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the...
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9-8A-3
Section 9-8A-3 Commission - Members and officers; terms of office; vacancies; compensation and expenses; meetings; quorum; record of proceedings; copies of proceedings as evidence; members and officers not personally liable. (a) The members of the commission shall consist of the Governor; the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries; the President of the Alabama Farmers Federation; the President of the Alabama Cattlemen's Association; the Chair of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee; a member of the Alabama Forestry Commission designated by the Governor; the President of the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts; and two citizens of the state of good reputation who are active farmers or timberland owners or involved in environmental protection appointed by the Governor. Each voting member of the commission, except the two citizens appointed by the Governor, may appoint a designee to represent him or her at all commission meetings. The members of the commission may...
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2-3A-3
Section 2-3A-3 Incorporation of authority; procedure. (a) The Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance may incorporate and organize a public corporation, with the power and authority hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this article. To organize such a corporation, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name and official designation of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office; (2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which shall be in the...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this division the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline as defined in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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