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AL Code § 2-19-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 2 - Traffic in Seed Cotton.|Section 2-19-40 - Maintenance of Record Book as to Purchases, etc., by Persons Trafficking in Seed Cotton - Required Generally.

Section 2-19-40Maintenance of record book as to purchases, etc., by persons trafficking in seed cotton - Required generally. All persons engaged in the traffic in seed cotton are required to keep legibly written in a book, which shall be open to public inspection, the names of all persons from whom they purchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange or traffic of any sort, any seed cotton, with the number of pounds and the date of purchase, barter or exchange. (Acts 1919, No. 607, p. 854; Code 1923, §7303; Code 1940, T. 2, §167.)
AL Code § 2-19-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 2 - Traffic in Seed Cotton.|Section 2-19-41 - Maintenance of Record Book as to Purchases, etc., by Persons Trafficking in Seed Cotton - Exceptions.

Section 2-19-41Maintenance of record book as to purchases, etc., by persons trafficking in seed cotton - Exceptions. The provisions of Section 2-19-40 shall not apply to the purchase of seed cotton sold under process of law or in satisfaction of a landlord's lien, in the collection of his rents, advances or mortgages previously given on the cotton sold, nor to ginners who purchase seed cotton from their customers delivered to their gins. (Acts 1919, No. 607, p. 854; Code 1923,§7304; Code 1940, T. 2, §168.)
AL Code § 2-19-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 2 - Traffic in Seed Cotton.|Section 2-19-42 - Effect of Failure to Maintain Record Book.

Section 2-19-42Effect of failure to maintain record book. Any person who shall engage in the traffic of seed cotton and who shall fail to keep the record book as provided by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ag. Code 1927, §372; Code 1940, T. 2, §169.)
AL Code § 2-19-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 2 - Traffic in Seed Cotton.|Section 2-19-43 - Purchase of Seed Cotton From Person Other Than Owner, etc., of Land on Which Same Grown.

Section 2-19-43Purchase of seed cotton from person other than owner, etc., of land on which same grown. It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or buy seed cotton at any time from any person, except the owner of land on which the same was grown or his lawful agent or except from a person presenting a written permit to make such sale from the owner of the land on which the same was grown or his lawful agent. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 209, p. 213; Code 1940, T. 2, §170.)
AL Code § 2-19-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 3 - Public Cotton Gins.|Section 2-19-60 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-19-60Purpose of article. The purpose of this article is to protect the public interest as to the character of service rendered by public gins, and to that end the commissioner is authorized and empowered to supervise and control public gins as to the character of service which they render. (Ag. Code 1927, §346; Code 1940, T. 2, §171.)
AL Code § 2-19-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 3 - Public Cotton Gins.|Section 2-19-61 - Permit Required; Fee and Delinquency Penalty.

Section 2-19-61Permit required; fee and delinquency penalty. The proprietor, lessee, or manager of any cotton gin shall procure on or before July 1 of each year from the commissioner a permit to do business as a cotton ginner, the application for which shall be made upon forms to be furnished by the commissioner. The fee for the annual permit shall be established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), payable to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for deposit to the credit of the Agricultural Fund, which shall accompany the application for the permit. If such permit fee is not paid within 45 days from the due date, a delinquent penalty of 15 percent shall be added. In the issuance of a permit the commissioner shall consider the responsibility and qualifications, as well as the capacity of the person or persons or corporation to engage in the ginning business, so far as to afford all reasonable facilities, conveniences, and services to the public, and may require the facilities, conveniences, and services to be afforded the public before a permit is granted. The permit required under this section shall be obtained and the fee therefor paid by any agricultural cooperative association engaged in the operation of a cotton gin, and the exemption allowed such organizations pursuant to Section 2-10-105 or any other exemption statute shall not relieve such cooperative organizations from the requirements of this section. (Ag. Code 1927, §347; Acts 1935, No. 180, p. 234; Code 1940, T. 2, §172; Acts 1965, No. 401, p. 577; Acts 1979, No. 79-773, p. 1375; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 3 - Public Cotton Gins.|Section 2-19-62 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Commissioner.

Section 2-19-62Promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner. Power is hereby conferred upon the commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to establish rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the conduct, management and operation of cotton gins, the separation of sand or other foreign material from the lint or seed, the character, amount and weight of bagging and ties to be used, the marking or tagging of cotton, the records to be kept, reports made as to ginning and other like matters that may tend to protect the interests of the public. (Ag. Code 1927, §348; Code 1940, T. 2, §173.)
AL Code § 2-19-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 3 - Public Cotton Gins.|Section 2-19-63 - Enforcement of Rules and Regulations, etc.; Denial or Revocation of Permits.

Section 2-19-63Enforcement of rules and regulations, etc.; denial or revocation of permits. (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner to enforce the requirements of law relative to cotton gins and to see that all rules and regulations relative to cotton gins that may be established from time to time by him and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries are observed. (b) The said commissioner shall have power to refuse to issue a permit and to revoke at any time the permit that has been issued to any cotton ginner who fails or refuses to comply with the law or with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (c) Any cotton ginner to whom such commissioner refuses to issue a permit or whose permit has been revoked may appeal to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which shall consider the matter with as little delay as possible and make such order as may be justified by the facts. (d) The action of the board in refusing to grant or in revoking any permit may be reviewed by the circuit court of the county in which the cotton gin is located, upon a complaint being filed in said circuit court, accompanied by a bond to be approved by the register or clerk, within 15 days after notice to the applicant or permittee of the board's decision. Such complaint shall be styled in the name of the applicant or permittee as plaintiff against the commissioner, as defendant, and shall set forth the action complained of and request its reversal. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to serve an answer within 30 days after said complaint is served upon him. The case shall be heard de novo by the court and it shall be determined from the evidence whether the refusal or revocation of the permit is or is not justified, and judgment shall be accordingly entered, subject to the right of appeal, which shall lie as in other civil cases, which decision shall be binding upon the parties. (e) Appeal rights provided in this section shall not suspend the action of the commissioner in the revocation or refusal of a permit. (Ag. Code 1927, §349; Code 1940, T. 2, §174.)
AL Code § 2-19-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 3 - Public Cotton Gins.|Section 2-19-64 - Operation of Gin Without Permit.

Section 2-19-64Operation of gin without permit. Any cotton ginner who operates his gin without first securing a permit therefor as provided by this article, or who operates after such permit has been revoked shall be guilty of violating the provisions of this article and, on conviction, shall be fined as for a misdemeanor for each day so operated. (Ag. Code 1927, §350; Code 1940, T. 2, §175.)
AL Code § 2-19-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 4 - Standards and Classing.|Section 2-19-80 - Cotton Standards of United States Adopted.

Section 2-19-80Cotton standards of United States adopted. The official cotton standards of the United States, as established and promulgated from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, shall, while they are in effect, be the official cotton standards of this state on which all cotton which is of or within the grades of the said official standards shall be sold in the state. (Ag. Code 1927, §378; Code 1940, T. 2, §176.)
AL Code § 2-19-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 4 - Standards and Classing.|Section 2-19-81 - Grade of Cotton to Be Indicated by Names, Designations, etc., Used in Official Standards.

Section 2-19-81Grade of cotton to be indicated by names, designations, etc., used in official standards. It shall be unlawful in or in connection with any transaction or transactions in commerce subject to the jurisdiction of this state or in any publication in this state for any person to indicate the grade of any cotton which is of or within the grades of the said official cotton standards by any name, description or designation or any system of names, descriptions or designations not used in said standards, but nothing in this section shall prevent the selling of cotton on types or samples. (Ag. Code 1927, §379; Code 1940, T. 2, §177.)
AL Code § 2-19-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 4 - Standards and Classing.|Section 2-19-82 - Cotton to Be Classed on Request of Storer.

Section 2-19-82Cotton to be classed on request of storer. All warehousemen shall obtain the grade and length of staple from the United States Department of Agriculture for the storer of any bale of cotton who makes a written request for the grade and staple and shall stamp the same on the warehouse receipt of the cotton stored. The said storer shall bear the actual cost of the classing or of the classing and stapling of the cotton stored. (Ag. Code 1927, §387; Code 1940, T. 2, §185.)
AL Code § 2-19-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 4 - Standards and Classing.|Section 2-19-83 - Admissibility in Evidence of Certificate of Classification of Cotton.

Section 2-19-83Admissibility in evidence of certificate of classification of cotton. A certificate of classification of cotton issued by the United States Department of Agriculture shall be accepted in all the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. (Ag. Code 1927, §386; Code 1940, T. 2, §184.)
AL Code § 2-19-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-100 - Definitions.

Section 2-19-100Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (2) COTTON PRODUCER. A person who grows cotton. (3) COTTON BUYER. A person who buys cotton from a producer on a forward contract. (4) PERSON. An individual, association, partnership, corporation or other private entity. (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-101 - Required.

Section 2-19-101Required. (a) No person may purchase cotton on a forward contract from a cotton producer without first having registered with the commissioner as a cotton buyer. (b) It shall be a misdemeanor to violate subsection (a) of this section and, upon conviction, the punishment imposed shall be as prescribed by law. (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §§2, 6.)
AL Code § 2-19-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-102 - Application; Fee.

Section 2-19-102Application; fee. (a) Each person who wants to engage in activities in this state which require registration under this article shall file with the commissioner an application for registration. (b) The application shall include: (1) The name and address of the applicant; and (2) The name of each trade association relating to cotton producing and marketing of which the applicant is a member. (c) The applicant shall submit with each application an application fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred twenty dollars ($120). (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §3; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-103 - Registration of Applicant by Commissioner.

Section 2-19-103Registration of applicant by commissioner. No later than 30 days after the filing of an application for registration as a cotton buyer, the commissioner shall register the applicant. (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §4.)
AL Code § 2-19-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-104 - Duration of Registration.

Section 2-19-104Duration of registration. A registration under this article shall be valid for a period of one year after the date of registration. (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §2.)
AL Code § 2-19-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-105 - Publication, etc., by Commissioner of List of Registered Cotton Buyers.

Section 2-19-105Publication, etc., by commissioner of list of registered cotton buyers. The commissioner shall publish a list of all registered cotton buyers and shall provide a copy of the list to interested persons without charge. The list may include the number of years that the person has been registered in this state as a cotton buyer. (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §5.)
AL Code § 2-19-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.|Section 2-19-106 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 2-19-106Disposition of funds. All funds collected under this article shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury and shall be used for the purpose of administering and enforcing this article. (Acts 1975, No. 1243, §7; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-120 - Legislative Findings and Purpose.

Section 2-19-120Legislative findings and purpose. The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that the boll weevil is a public nuisance, a pest and a menace to the cotton industry. Due to the interstate nature of boll weevil infestation, it is necessary to secure the cooperation of cotton growers, and other state and federal governments to carry out a program of boll weevil suppression or eradication. The purpose of this article is to secure the suppression or eradication of the boll weevil and to provide for certification of a cotton grower's organization to cooperate with state and federal agencies in the administration of cost-sharing programs for the suppression or eradication of the boll weevil. This article should be liberally construed to achieve these above purposes. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-121 - Definitions.

Section 2-19-121Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the meaning stated below, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) BOLL WEEVIL. Anthonomus grandis Boheman in any stage of development. (2) CERTIFICATE. A document issued or authorized by the commissioner indicating that a regulated article is not contaminated with boll weevils. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his designated representative. (4) COTTON. Any cotton plant or cotton plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle. (5) HOST. Any plant or plant product upon which the boll weevil is dependent for completion of any portion of its life cycle. (6) INFESTED. Actually infested with a boll weevil or so exposed to infestation that it would be reasonable to believe that an infestation exists. (7) PERMIT. A document issued or authorized by the commissioner to provide for the movement of regulated articles to restricted designations for limited handling, utilization, or processing. (8) PERSON. Any individual, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity. (9) REGULATED ARTICLE. Any article of any character carrying or capable of carrying the boll weevil, including but not limited to, cotton plants, seed cotton, other hosts, gin trash, and mechanical cotton pickers. (10) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (11) COTTON GROWER. Any person who is engaged in and has an economic risk in the business of producing or causing to be produced, for market, cotton. (12) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §2.)
AL Code § 2-19-122 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-122 - Cooperative Programs Authorized.

Section 2-19-122Cooperative programs authorized. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to carry out programs to destroy and eliminate boll weevils in this state. The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with any agency of the federal government, any state, any other agency in this state, or any person engaged in growing, processing, marketing, handling cotton, or any group of such persons in this state in programs to effectuate the purposes of this article, and may enter into written agreements to effectuate such purposes. Such agreements may provide for cost sharing, and for division of duties and responsibilities under this article and may include other provisions generally to effectuate the purposes of this article. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §3.)
AL Code § 2-19-123 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-123 - Entry of Premises; Eradication Activities; Inspections.

Section 2-19-123Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections. The commissioner shall have authority to enter cotton fields and other premises in order to carry out such activities, including but not limited to, treatment with pesticides, monitoring, and destruction of growing cotton and/or other host plants, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The commissioner shall have authority to make inspection of any fields or premises in this state and any property located therein or thereon for the purpose of determining whether such property is infested with the boll weevil. Such inspection and other activities may be conducted at any reasonable daylight hours falling between sunrise and sunset. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §4.)
AL Code § 2-19-124 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-124 - Reports of Cotton Growers Required.

Section 2-19-124Reports of cotton growers required. Every person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to the commissioner on forms supplied by the commissioner, such information as the commissioner may require, concerning the size and location of all commercial cotton fields and of noncommercial patches of cotton grown as ornamentals or for other purposes. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §5.)
AL Code § 2-19-125 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-125 - Quarantine.

Section 2-19-125Quarantine. The board or the commissioner, in the board's absence, as provided in Sections 2-25-4 and 2-25-5, is empowered to promulgate regulations, quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas, when he shall determine that such action is necessary, or reasonably appears necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil. The board is also authorized to promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil. The promulgation of these regulations shall conform in all aspects to the Administrative Procedure Act, Section 41-22-1, et seq. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §6.)
AL Code § 2-19-126 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-126 - Authority to Designate Elimination Zones; Authority to Prohibit Planting of Cotton and to Require Participation in Eradication Program.

Section 2-19-126Authority to designate elimination zones; authority to prohibit planting of cotton and to require participation in eradication program. The board is authorized to designate by regulation one or more areas of this state as "elimination zones" where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken. The board is authorized to promulgate reasonable regulations regarding areas where cotton cannot be planted within an elimination zone when there is reason to believe it will jeopardize the success of the program or present a hazard to public health or safety. The board is authorized to issue regulations prohibiting the planting of noncommercial cotton in such elimination zones, and requiring that all growers of commercial cotton in the elimination zones participate in a program of boll weevil eradication including cost sharing as prescribed in the regulations. Notice of such prohibition and requirement shall be given by publication for one day each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the affected area. The board is authorized to set by regulation a reasonable schedule of penalty fees to be assessed when growers in designated "elimination zones" do not meet the requirements of regulations issued by the board with respect to reporting of acreage and participation in cost sharing as prescribed by regulation. Such penalty fees shall not exceed a charge of $50.00 per acre. When a grower fails to meet the requirements of regulations promulgated by the board, the commissioner shall have authority in elimination zones to destroy cotton not in compliance with such regulations. Costs incurred by the commissioner may be assessed against the grower. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §7.)