Title 2

(a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of sheep and goat producers organized for the promotion and betterment of the sheep and goat industry may apply to the board for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among sheep and goat producers of the state…

(a) Upon certification by the board, an association may hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama sheep and goat producers a referendum on the question of whether to levy upon themselves an assessment. The referendum shall be conducted on a statewide or area basis as determined…

(a) If, in any referendum, a majority of the sheep and goat producers of the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted and eligible to participate and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in the referendum, th…

In the event a referendum levying an assessment is passed, the commissioner, within 30 days, shall notify in writing stockyards and small ruminant selling points that on or after the date designated in the notice, which may not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mail…

The commissioner shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association, on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October of each year, all assessment moneys collected by the commissioner, less an amount not to exceed two percent of…

Any sheep or goat producer against whom any assessment is made and collected under authority of this article, if dissatisfied with the assessment, may demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified association a refund of the amount of the assessment collected from the sh…

Before any money is remitted by the commissioner to the treasurer of the certified association, the treasurer shall furnish to the commissioner a bond approved by the commissioner in an amount not less than the estimated annual total amount of the assessments handled by the treas…

The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the sale of sheep and goats shall be used and expended by the certified association for the purpose of promoting and stimulating advertising, education, research, production, and sales of sheep or goats and the consumption and us…

A certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions, or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar sheep or goat industry promotional program jointly with the associations, commissions, or other agencies in other state…

(a) A certified association receiving and disbursing funds, following the close of its fiscal year every five years, shall cause an audit of its books and accounts for the five-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expen…

The board may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the intent and purposes of this article, including rules and regulations governing the holding of a referendum by a certified association, the collection, deposit, handling, withdrawal, and disbursement of asse…

The commissioner, through the Department of Agriculture and Industries, shall enforce and collect the assessments levied upon sellers of the sheep or goat producers and shall enforce the rules and regulations of the board. The board, at any time, may revoke or cancel the certific…

Any individual, stockyard, or broker who sells sheep or goats in the state who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the commissioner any assessment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount of the as…

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture and Industries. (Act 2004-301,…

It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that shrimpers and seafood fishermen are encouraged to act singularly or jointly in cooperation with shrimp and seafood related businesses and with the commissioner and the board in promoting and stimulating throug…

No association, meeting, or activity undertaken pursuant to this article and intended to benefit the Alabama shrimp and seafood industry shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade. (Act 2004-301, p. 427, §3.)

It is further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that shrimpers and seafood fishermen, either singularly or jointly, be permitted by referendum, as provided in this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provid…

(a) Any Alabama nonprofit association of shrimpers and seafood fishermen organized for the promotion and betterment of the shrimp and seafood industry may apply to the board for certification and approval, for the purpose of conducting a referendum among shrimpers and seafood fis…

(a) Upon certification by the board, an association may hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama shrimpers and seafood fishermen, either singularly or jointly, a referendum on the question of whether to levy upon themselves an assessment. The referendum shall be conducted on a…

(a) If, in any referendum, a majority of the commercial shrimp boat owners and commercial fishermen licensed and authorized to do business in the state in the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted, and eligible to participate and voting in the referendum, vote in f…

In the event a referendum levying an assessment is passed, the commissioner, within 30 days, shall notify in writing all businesses where shrimp and seafood are sold to the public at the first point of sale by commercial shrimp boat owners and commercial seafood fishermen license…

The commissioner shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association, on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth day of January, April, July, and October of each year, all assessment moneys collected by the commissioner, less an amount not to exceed two percent of…

Any shrimper or seafood fisherman against whom any assessment is made and collected under authority of this article, if dissatisfied with the assessment, may demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified association a refund of the amount of the assessment collected from…

Before any money is remitted by the commissioner to the treasurer of the certified association, the treasurer shall furnish to the commissioner a bond approved by the commissioner in an amount not less than the estimated annual total amount of the assessments handled by the treas…

The funds derived from any assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be used and expended by the certified association for the purpose of promoting and stimulating advertising, education, research, production, and sales of shrimp and seafood and the consumption and use of…

A certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions, or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar shrimp and seafood industry promotional program jointly with the associations, commissions, or other agencies in other …

A certified association receiving and disbursing funds, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, shall cause an audit of its books and accounts for the two-year period to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditure…

The board may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the intent and purposes of this article, including rules and regulations governing the holding of a referendum by a certified association, the collection, deposit, handling, withdrawal, and disbursement of asse…

The commissioner, through the department, shall enforce and collect the assessment levied upon shrimpers and seafood fishermen and shall enforce the rules and regulations of the board. The board, at any time, may revoke or cancel the certification of an association if the associa…

Any individual who sells shrimp or seafood in the state who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the commissioner any assessment shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment the indivi…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Industrial Hemp Research Program Act. (Act 2016-293, §1.)

As used in this article the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture and Industries. (2) GROWER. Any person, business entity, or cooperative licensed to grow industrial hemp by the department or an institution of higher educ…

(a) The purpose of this article is to assist Alabama in the development of a more permanent, profitable, and diversified agriculture by moving to the forefront of industrial hemp production, development, and commercialization of hemp products in agribusiness, and other business s…

(a) The department may adopt rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, as necessary to administer an industrial hemp research program and to license growers to grow industrial hemp pursuant to this article, including rules establishing reasonable fees for…

Wherever provision is made in this title or any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce for the collection of any fee or license or the imposition of…

When any person has been delinquent for 30 days or more in the payment of any license or permit fee levied under the provisions of this title or any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is directed…

The Agricultural Fund shall not be expended upon any work or activity of any department, institution, bureau, commission, board or other state agency in connection with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station System or the Alabama Extension Service or any work or activity whi…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall use the Agricultural Fund in accordance with the provisions of law for the support and expense of the regulatory, control and administrative work of the Depar…

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 avail…

All expenses incurred under this title or any other provision of this code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce for the operation of the department shall be paid by warrants d…

The withdrawal or expenditure of any funds in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund for the payment of salaries, expenses, equipment, operational costs or maintenance or for any reason whatsoever shall be pursuant to budget and allotment as is provided in Arti…

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known and designated as the Shipping Point Inspection Fund. All funds, fees, charges, costs and collections accruing to or collected by the Department of Agriculture and Industries in connection with the administration an…

All funds now or hereafter deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Shipping Point Inspection Fund shall be expended to provide and furnish the services for which such funds are collected in accordance with the provisions of the law authorizing the collection of such …

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 Agricul…

There shall be maintained in the State Treasury the fund now existing therein and designated as the “Egg Inspection Fund” into which fund there shall be deposited all amounts received pursuant to any cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture or other …

No person, firm, corporation or association organized or doing business in this state as a cooperative association to market agricultural products shall be entitled to use the word “cooperative” as a part of its corporate or other business name or title unless it has complied wit…