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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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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2-8-101
Section 2-8-101 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities under the provisions of this article and
to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative
thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to
revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that
such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the...
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2-8-21
Section 2-8-21 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities under the provisions of this article and
to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative
thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to
revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that
such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question...
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2-8-250
Section 2-8-250 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities as set forth under the provisions of this
article and to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries
relative thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any
time to revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds
that such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked the certified organization shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon...
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2-8-290
Section 2-8-290 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural supplies under the provisions of this article and to
enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative
thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to
revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that
such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question...
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2-8-61
Section 2-8-61 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges
levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities under the provisions of this article and
to enforce the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries relative
thereto. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority at any time to
revoke or cancel any approval or certification of an association in the event it finds that
such association is not carrying out its promotional program in accordance with the provisions
of this article and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Before any certification
may be revoked, the certified association shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard
by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries upon the question...
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2-5A-31
Section 2-5A-31 Authorization to issue bonds. The commissioner, with approval of the Board
of Agriculture and Industries, in addition to all other powers previously conferred upon it,
may issue and sell its bonds in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed ten million dollars
($10,000,000) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, improving, renovating,
equipping, and maintaining farmers' market facilities which the Department of Agriculture
and Industries may establish pursuant to Section 2-5A-1. The bonds shall be in such form or
forms and denomination or denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such
rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner, shall be made subject to redemption
prior to their maturities, and shall contain provisions not inconsistent with this article,
all as may be provided by the resolution under which the bonds may be issued; provided, that
those bonds having maturities more than 10 years after their date...
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2-5A-12
Section 2-5A-12 Disposition of funds. All funds collected under this article shall be deposited
in the State Treasury to the credit of a special fund for the use of the Department of Agriculture
and Industries and shall be used solely for maintenance, repair, and capital outlay for markets
and market facilities, for payment of other expenses of operations as approved by the authority,
and for liquidation of costs of construction of the markets and facilities. The funds shall
be paid out on warrants drawn by the state Comptroller on the State Treasury, upon the authorization
of the commissioner. After August 1, 2013, all funds remaining in the original Farmers' Market
Authority Fund #0360 shall transfer into a newly created Farmers' Market Authority Fund for
use by the Department of Agriculture and Industries. (Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)...
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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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