Title 2

No deficiency shall exist in connection with the analysis or report on the analysis of any sample of a pesticide unless the deviation from guarantee is greater than plus or minus three percent of the amount guaranteed of one or more of the active ingredients or added ingredients …

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell, offer for sale or keep for sale within the state or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state any of the following: (1) Any p…

Any pesticide, pesticide container or device that is distributed, sold or offered for sale within this state or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state in violation of any of the p…

(a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article declared to be unlawful or who shall fail or refuse to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this article, or who shall violate any rule or regulation duly promulgated under this article…

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) PESTICIDE. a. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, attracting or mitigati…

The purpose of this article is to regulate the registration, sale and use of pesticides intended for use on farm, garden, lawn, golf course or in the home and other uses for which pesticides are ordinarily and customarily used. (Acts 1971, No. 1949, p. 3151, §1.)

The provisions of this article shall be administered and enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1971, No. 1949, p. 3151, §1.)

(a) The provisions and requirements of this article shall not apply to: (1) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within this state if such carrier shall, upon request, permit the commissioner or his designated agent to copy all records showing the transa…

(a)(1) The term “pesticides” as used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Alabama Pesticide Act, Section 2-27-2(1). (2) Except as provided in subsection (b), no county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue i…

(a) Creation. A pesticide advisory committee is hereby created and established to consist of 13 members to be appointed from and by certain agencies, departments, institutions, and organizations as provided in this section. The Pesticide Advisory Committee’s membership, their ter…

The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with and enter into agreements with any other agency, department or institution of this state, the United States government or any of its departments, and any other state or agency thereof, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions…

In addition to the express authority of the commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, to adopt rules and regulations and establish fees for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this article as provided in this article, the commissi…

(a) Every pesticide or device which is distributed, sold, or offered for sale within this state or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state shall be registered with the commissioner…

The commissioner and state Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have authority to provide for the establishment and operation of a laboratory to obtain reliable analysis of raw and processed agricultural products, the materials used in production of agricultural product…

Any laboratory established under the provisions of this article shall be located on property owned by Auburn University, which shall be leased to the Department of Agriculture and Industries by the trustees of the university. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 132, p. 185, §2.)

The laboratory established under the provisions of this article shall be under the supervision and charge of a director appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the advice and consent of the policy committee, subject to the provisions of the state Merit S…

(a) In addition to the powers and authority heretofore authorized by law pursuant to Sections 2-27-30, 2-27-31 and 2-27-32, the pesticide residue laboratory heretofore established and now operated by the Department of Agriculture and Industries at Auburn University shall also be …

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. (1) PESTICIDE. a. Any substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, control, repel or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, predatory a…

The purpose of this article is to regulate, in the public interest, the application of pesticides. In recent years many new materials have been discovered or synthesized which are valuable and necessary for the control of insects, plant diseases and weeds; however, such materials…

This article shall not apply to the application of pesticides to lawns, trees or shrubs immediately adjacent to a dwelling or building nor to the use of pesticides or other chemicals for the control, eradication or prevention of termites or household pests. In no event shall this…

(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 Agricu…

(a) The commissioner may suspend, pending inquiry, for not longer than 10 days and, after opportunity for a hearing, may revoke or modify the provision of any license issued under this section if he finds that the licensee is no longer qualified, has engaged in fraudulent busines…

Any person who performs the custom application of pesticides who is a nonresident of this state shall be required to obtain a license as required under Section 2-27-53 and comply with all of the other requirements of this article. Nothing herein shall prevent the commissioner, wi…

Each applicant for a license to perform the custom application of pesticides shall, before a license is issued to him, furnish and file with the commissioner a surety bond in which the State of Alabama is named as obligee in the sum of $3,000.00 for each applicant operating groun…

The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to carry out the evident intent and purpose of the provisions and requirements of this article; provided, that any such regulations shal…

The commissioner may, by rules and regulations, after public hearing, with approval of the board, prescribe the pesticides or methods to be used for application thereof and prohibit or limit the use of certain pesticides during certain seasons of the year and the methods of appli…

No person shall discard, dispose of or otherwise handle any pesticide or pesticide containers in such manner as to cause direct injury or damage to man, animals, wildlife or other property or to pollute any stream, water or waterway in any manner harmful or injurious to any wildl…

The commissioner, with approval of the board, may, by rules and regulations, require any licensee to maintain such records and to furnish reports giving such information with respect to a particular application of pesticides and such other relevant information as may be deemed ne…

(a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, the commissioner or his inspectors and agents may enter upon any public or private premises at reasonable times in order to have access for the purpose of inspecting any aircraft or ground equipment used in custo…

(a) General penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions or requirements of this article, or rules and regulations promulgated under this article, or who engages in the custom application of pesticides without having a license therefor or who shall fail or refuse to perfo…

The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not repeal any other laws or parts of laws unless such laws or parts of laws are in direct conflict with the provisions of this article, and, then such laws or parts of laws are repealed only to the extent that same conflict…