2-9-22
Section 2-9-22 Insurance for employees of Department of Agriculture and Industries at shipping
points, etc. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, subject to approval by the Governor,
is hereby authorized and empowered and may enter into a contract by bond or policy with an
insurance company authorized to do business in this state whereby employees of the Department
of Agriculture and Industries who are engaged in work involving inspection, grading, classifying,
weighing or otherwise handling agricultural commodities at shipping points, terminal markets,
receiving centers or elsewhere will be insured against personal injury or death caused by
accidental means while discharging their duties as such employees. The amount of insurance
protection to be paid to any employee as authorized under this section on account of death,
injury or disability shall not exceed the amount or amounts as provided by the workmen's compensation
laws of the State of Alabama if such employees were...
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8-16-71
Section 8-16-71 Fees and charges for weighing agricultural commodities; disposition of collected
amounts. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board
of Agriculture and Industries, may fix, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees
and charges for weighing services furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Industries
through services furnished by duly appointed weighmasters as authorized under Section 8-16-70,
and all amounts collected therefor shall be deposited into the Shipping Point Inspection Fund
of the State Treasury. No amounts collected under this section shall accrue or be paid to
the employee or agent of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, as all such amounts
are required to be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Shipping Point Inspection
Fund. (Acts 1956, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 25, p. 295, §2.)...
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2-3-25
Section 2-3-25 State Farmers' Market Committee - Functions. In the exercise of its functions,
the committee shall make recommendations to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
as to the implementation and administration of the responsibilities of said department under
this article, and conduct studies and compile information as deemed necessary as a basis for
such recommendation. At the end of each fiscal year, a complete financial statement and report
will be furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to the committee. This report,
along with a state of any market report from the committee shall be presented to the Governor.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-239, p. 360, §5.)...
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2-5A-34
Section 2-5A-34 Security for bonds. The bonds shall not be general obligations of the Department
of Agriculture and Industries but shall be limited obligations payable solely from one or
more specified sources, including, but not limited to, revenues derived from market charges,
authorized under Section 2-5A-6, lease revenues, authorized under Section 2-5A-14, and appropriations
made under Section 2-5A-15. The commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and
Industries, may pledge all or any portion of such revenues as security for the payment of
the bonds. All such pledges made by the commissioner shall take precedence in the order of
the adoption of the resolutions containing the pledges. The commissioner may also obtain credit
enhancement for the department's bonds, including, but not limited to, bond insurance and
letters of credit, and to pledge all or a portion of its revenues as security for its reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto. All bonds issued by the...
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2-6-72
Section 2-6-72 Authority and procedure for incorporation. The Governor, the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance may incorporate and organize a public
corporation with the powers and authority provided in this article by proceeding according
to the provisions of this article. They are authorized to present to the Secretary of State
an application for the organization of a corporation which shall be signed by them and shall
set forth: (1) The names, official designations and official residences of the applicants,
together with a certified copy of each of the commissions evidencing their respective rights
to office; (2) The date or dates on which they were respectively inducted into office and
the terms of their respective offices; (3) The name of the proposed corporation (which shall
be Alabama Agricultural Markets and Coliseum Corporation, if such name is available for use
by the corporation, but if not available, then some other name that is available...
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2-9-5
Section 2-9-5 Payment of salaries and expenses of commissioner, members of board, department
employees, etc. The salaries and expenses of the commissioner, members of the State Board
of Agriculture and Industries, and the salaries of the employees of the Department of Agriculture
and Industries, as otherwise fixed by law, shall be payable from the Agricultural Fund and
other funds available to said department by legislative appropriation or otherwise; provided,
that the expenses of travel and type or means of transportation of such officers and employees
and other expenses incident thereto in the performance of their official duties, as otherwise
provided by law, and proof thereof, shall be subject to rules and regulations approved by
the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as to the manner, method or system of payment.
The provisions of this section as to expenses shall also apply to experts and scientists when
performing duties as provided in this title or any other provision...
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2-11-6
Section 2-11-6 Designation and licensing of inspectors; duties; fees; unlawful acts. The commissioner
is hereby authorized to designate any competent employee or agent of the Department of Agriculture
and Industries or United States Department of Agriculture and to license any competent person
and to charge and collect a reasonable fee for such license to inspect or classify agricultural
products for the purposes of this article and to revoke such licenses at his discretion. Such
inspectors shall be stationed at such places, furnish such certificates and information to
the commissioner and interested parties and perform such other duties pertaining to the provisions
of this article as the commissioner may require. The commissioner, with the approval of the
Board of Agriculture and Industries, may fix, assess and collect or cause to be collected
fees for such services. Any person other than those properly designated under the provisions
of this article who shall issue certificates of...
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2-11-72
Section 2-11-72 Official grades; issuance of certificates of inspection. The Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries,
shall have authority to adopt and promulgate official grades for the purpose of determining
the grade, quality, classification or condition of fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the
State of Alabama, and the commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and
Industries, is authorized to adopt as official grades for fresh fruits and vegetables such
grades as have been promulgated by the United States Department of Agriculture. The grades
for fresh fruits and vegetables adopted under this section shall be official grades therefor.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through agents duly designated by him, is
authorized to issue certificates of inspection certifying as to the grade of fresh fruits
and vegetables inspected by such agents. Certificates of inspection issued by the...
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2-15-113
Section 2-15-113 Use of sticks, whips, chains, etc., in livestock markets; promulgation of
rules and regulations by commissioner as to treatment of livestock in markets; inspections
of markets for enforcement of section. In addition to the authority granted to the Commissioner
of the Department of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to Division 1 of Article 4 of this
chapter, the said commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries,
shall be authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the humane treatment
of animals held in livestock markets and while being sold or offered for sale in such markets,
including the number, kind and size of animals that may be held in pens or areas of stipulated
dimensions, regulations for the feeding and care of such animals and for the maintenance of
sanitary conditions of the premises. Sticks, canes or whips shall not be used in such a manner
so as to injure an animal. The use of chains, spikes, clubs...
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2-15-150
Section 2-15-150 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (2) COMMISSIONER. The
Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (3)
DISEASE or DISEASE OF ANIMALS. Contagious, communicable or infectious diseases of animals.
(4) MATERIALS. Infected barns or other infected structures or parts thereof and farm products,
clothing, straw, hay or other feed for animals and other articles stored or contained in or
adjacent to such barns or other structures. (5) LIVESTOCK. Any animal maintained in captivity
for any reason. (Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-322, p. 562, §1.)...

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