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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8-19-4
Section 8-19-4 Enforcement (a) The office of the Attorney General and the district attorneys shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) Conduct preliminary investigations to determine the merit of complaints, provided, however, the office of the Attorney General or the district attorneys need not handle any complaint which lacks merit, has been made in bad faith, or may be readily resolved between the parties. (2) Receive information and documentary material from complainants and take whatever action is appropriate in connection therewith as authorized by this chapter. The office of the Attorney General and the district attorneys may otherwise receive and investigate complaints with respect to acts or practices declared to be unlawful by this chapter, and inform the complainants with respect thereto. Said persons may institute legal proceedings or take such other actions provided for herein which are necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers and functions....
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2-27-12
Section 2-27-12 Sampling and inspection. (a) The commissioner or his agent is authorized to enter upon any public or private premise or carrier at reasonable times during regular business hours in the performance of his duties relating to pesticides, devices and records pertaining to same. It shall be a violation of the penalty provisions of this article for any person to refuse to allow such entrance for sampling and inspection purposes. (b) The commissioner or his agent is authorized and directed to sample, test, inspect and make analyses of pesticides sold or offered for sale or distributed within this state, at a time and place and to such an extent as he may deem necessary to determine whether such pesticides are in compliance with the provisions of this article. (c) The official analysis shall be made from the official sample. The registrant may obtain upon request a portion of said official sample. If the official analysis conforms to the provisions of this article, the official...
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36-18-2
Section 36-18-2 Duties generally; maintenance, inspection, and copying of reports of investigations of Director of Forensic Sciences; police authority of Director of Forensic Sciences and assistants. The duties of the director shall be to make such investigations, including any necessary autopsy, to be performed by physicians licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided, however, that the director may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a medical examiner vacancy exists which he is seeking to fill. Said investigations of unlawful, suspicious or unnatural deaths and crimes as are ordered by the Governor, the Attorney General, any circuit judge, or any district attorney in the State of Alabama, and the director and his staff shall cooperate with the coroners, sheriffs and other police officers in Alabama in their investigations of crimes and deaths from unlawful, suspicious or unnatural causes. The director shall...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature, justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person. (2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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2-2-12
Section 2-2-12 Legal counsel for department. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall be authorized, subject to the provisions of the state Merit System law, to appoint a legal counsel for the state Department of Agriculture and Industries. He shall be commissioned as an assistant attorney general and shall have the authority and duties of an assistant attorney general, but he shall devote his entire time to the business of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The compensation for the said legal counsel shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the state Department of Agriculture and Industries and in the same manner as the compensation of other employees is paid. (Acts 1953, No. 640, p. 899.)...
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36-2-6
Section 36-2-6 Officers required to obtain commissions. The judges of the several courts, the Attorney General, district attorneys, the Secretary of State, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Public Service Commissioners, the Director of the Department of Revenue, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Director of Industrial Relations, the Director of the State Department of Human Resources, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the clerks of the circuit courts, the sheriffs, the tax assessors, the tax collectors, the county treasurers, the county commissioners, the constables and all other officers when specifically required by other provisions of law, before entering upon and exercising the duties of their respective offices, must obtain a commission. (Code 1852, §109; Code 1867, §148; Code 1876, §153; Code 1886, §245; Code 1896, §3058; Code...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee. b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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17-6-25
Section 17-6-25 Order of listing of candidates on ballots. The names of candidates for each office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices shall be listed in the following order: (1) President (if preference primary). (2) Governor. (3) Lieutenant Governor. (4) United States Senator. (5) United States Representative. (6) Attorney General. (7) State Senator. (8) State Representative. (9) Supreme Court Justice. (10) Court of Civil Appeals Judge. (11) Court of Criminal Appeals Judge. (12) Secretary of State. (13) State Treasurer. (14) State Auditor. (15) Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (16) Public Service Commissioner. (17) State Board of Education Member. (18) Circuit Court Judge. (19) District Attorney. (20) District Court Judge. (21) Circuit Clerk. (22) Other public officers (to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate). (23) Delegate to national convention. (24) Other party officers (to be listed in the order...
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2-17-30
Section 2-17-30 Jurisdiction and prosecution of injunctive proceedings under chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder. The circuit courts of the several counties of this state are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter or any regulation promulgated under authority thereof by temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or otherwise. Petitions for injunctive relief as authorized hereunder shall be filed in the circuit court of the county of residence of the person who violates the provisions of this chapter. Any action commenced hereunder based upon facts furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or others having knowledge thereof may be brought in the name of the State of Alabama upon the relation of the Attorney General and with his approval, and such officer shall upon request be assisted by the district attorney or deputy district attorney of the judicial circuit in which injunctive...
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