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AL Code § 2-27-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 1 - Alabama Pesticide Act.|Section 2-27-15 - Suspension From Sale, Seizure and Condemnation.

Section 2-27-15Suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation. 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 provisions of this article shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. (Acts 1951, No. 908, p. 1548, §8; Acts 1971, No. 1949, p. 3151, §12.)
AL Code § 2-27-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 1 - Alabama Pesticide Act.|Section 2-27-16 - Penalty for Violation of Article; Injunctions.

Section 2-27-16Penalty for violation of article; injunctions. (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 or who shall sell or offer for sale or distribute for sale any pesticide or device in violation of any of the requirements of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such an offense. Fines imposed under this article shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. (b) In addition to the penalty and other enforcement remedies of this article and notwithstanding the existence of an adequate legal remedy, the circuit court, or any judge thereof, shall have jurisdiction and for cause shown and upon a hearing to grant a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, restraining and enjoining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated under authority of this article. Said injunction shall be issued without bond. Any action commenced under this subsection based upon facts furnished by the commissioner or others having knowledge thereof shall be brought in the name of the State of Alabama; provided, that such action shall be brought upon the relation of the Attorney General and with his approval who shall be assisted by the district attorney or deputy district attorney for the county in which injunctive proceedings are filed. (Acts 1951, No. 908, p. 1548, §7; Acts 1971, No. 1949, p. 3151, §13.)
AL Code § 2-27-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 2 - State Laboratory.|Section 2-27-30 - Establishment and Operation; Policy Committee and Executive Committee Therefor.

Section 2-27-30Establishment and operation; policy committee and executive committee therefor. 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 products for harmful pesticide residues for the protection of public health and interest, to aid in developing and expanding markets for agricultural products, the protection and production of fish and wildlife, and the use of recreational areas as related to pesticide residues. In connection therewith, there shall be established a policy committee to be composed of the following: (1) The Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, who shall be chairman of the committee; (2) The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries; (3) The Director, Alabama Experiment Station System; (4) The State Health Officer; (5) The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; (6) The president, or a representative named by him, of the following organizations or associations: a. Alabama Farmers Federation; b. Alabama Dairy Products Association; c. Alabama Feed Dealers Association; d. Alabama Poultry Industry Association; e. Alabama Fisheries Association; f. Alabama Cattlemen's Association; g. Alabama Pesticide Institute; and h. A representative of the Alabama Farmers Federation Dairy Committee and one person engaged in the production and/or marketing of fruits and vegetables, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. The advisory committee may select from among their number an executive committee, who shall have and exercise such authority as the advisory committee may determine. The members of the advisory committee and executive committee shall not be entitled to any remuneration whatever for the performance of their functions. Members of such committee may be represented at meetings by their proxies. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 132, p. 185, §1; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 399, p. 538, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-108, p. 178, §5.)
AL Code § 2-27-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 2 - State Laboratory.|Section 2-27-31 - Location.

Section 2-27-31Location. 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.)
AL Code § 2-27-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 2 - State Laboratory.|Section 2-27-32 - Director.

Section 2-27-32Director. 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 System law, and his salary shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the policy committee. (Acts 1965, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 132, p. 185, §5; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 399, p. 538, §2.)
AL Code § 2-27-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 2 - State Laboratory.|Section 2-27-33 - Additional Powers and Authority.

Section 2-27-33Additional powers and authority. (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 authorized to obtain reliable analysis of raw and processed agricultural products and other food products, fish, game, and other wildlife to detect the presence of any harmful drug residues for the protection of public health, to aid in developing and expanding markets for agricultural products, and for the protection and production of fish and wildlife and related purposes, which activities shall be in addition to the duties as now authorized by law for the operation of such laboratory. (b) In addition to the testing and analysis authorized in subsection (a), testing and analysis may be performed as authorized in Section 2-2-33. (Acts 1979, No. 79-702, p. 1250; Act 2015-262, §2.)
AL Code § 2-27-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-50 - Definitions.

Section 2-27-50Definitions. 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 animal, snail, slug, fungus, bacteria, weed or any other form of plant or animal life or virus, except virus on or in living man or other animal, that may infest, infect or be detrimental to vegetation, man, animal, structure or household or be present in any environment or which the commissioner may declare to be a pest; b. Any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant; c. Any spray adjuvant such as a wetting agent, spreading agent, deposit builder, adhesive, emulsifying agent, deflocculating agent, water modifier or similar agent, with or without toxic properties of its own, intended to be used with any other pesticide as an aid to the application or effect thereof, whether or not sold separately from that of the pesticide with which it is to be used; and d. Any other similar substance designated by the commissioner which is used or intended to be used for any of the above purposes. (2) WEED. Any plant which grows where not wanted. (3) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity or organization. (4) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (5) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (6) CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES. Any application of pesticides to growing agricultural, horticultural or floricultural crops, rights-of-way or woodlands by aircraft or ground equipment for remuneration. (7) AIRCRAFT. Any mechanism used in flight in the air that is designed for use, adaptable for use or that is used in applying pesticides as sprays, dusts, aerosols, fogs or in other forms. (8) GROUND EQUIPMENT. Any machine, equipment or device other than aircraft that is designed for use, adaptable for use or that is used on land or water in applying pesticides as sprays, dusts, aerosols, fogs or in other forms. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §2.)
AL Code § 2-27-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-51 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-27-51Purpose of article. 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 when misused may seriously injure health, property, crops, wildlife, bees and fish. Pesticides may also injure man or animals, either by direct poisoning or by gradual accumulation of poisons in the tissues. The drifting or washing of pesticides into streams or lakes can cause appreciable damage to aquatic life. A pesticide applied by aircraft or ground equipment for the purpose of controlling diseases, insects or weeds in a crop which is not itself injured by the pesticide may drift, sometimes for miles, and injure or contaminate other crops and other things with which it comes in contact. Therefore, it is deemed necessary and in the public interest to provide some means of regulating the application of pesticides. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §1.)
AL Code § 2-27-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-52 - Exceptions to Applicability of Article.

Section 2-27-52Exceptions to applicability of article. 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 article be construed so as to apply to persons engaged in farming activities who use their own aircraft or ground equipment for the application of pesticides, unless such persons use this equipment for hire to service property not owned or leased by them, nor shall this article apply to municipalities, counties or the state or federal agencies, or subdivisions thereof, where such governmental agencies engage in the custom application of pesticides through employees of such agencies; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any person from the requirements of this article where such person performs custom application of pesticides by contract for any governmental agency. Any person issued a license pursuant to the requirements of this article shall not be required to procure a permit required by Chapter 28 of this title unless such person engages in work regulated, controlled and governed by the provisions and requirements thereof; but none of the provisions of this section shall be construed to exempt any person from being required to procure a license under requirements of this article and also a permit under requirements of Chapter 28 of this title where such persons engage in work regulated and governed by both of said statutes. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §12.)
AL Code § 2-27-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-54 - License - Suspension, Revocation or Modification; Appeals From Actions of Commissioner.

Section 2-27-54License - Suspension, revocation or modification; appeals from actions of commissioner. (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 business practices in the custom application of pesticides or has made any custom application of pesticides in a faulty, careless or negligent manner or has violated or fails or refuses to comply with any of the provisions and requirements of this article, or regulations promulgated thereunder. (b) Any person aggrieved by any action of the commissioner in refusing to issue a license or in revoking any license may obtain a review thereof by filing an appeal to the board within 15 days after notice of denial or revocation of the license has been received by the applicant or licensee, which appeal must be heard by the board at its next regular meeting or at a special called meeting for this purpose; provided, that such appeal must be heard by the board not later than 30 days following the date on which an appeal is filed. The filing of an appeal shall not suspend the action of the commissioner in the revocation or denial of any license. The action of the board in denying or revoking any license may be reviewed by the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, upon a complaint being filed in said court, accompanied by a bond for payment of all court costs, which bond must be approved by the register or clerk, and such appeal must be filed within 20 days after notice to the applicant or licensee of the board's decision. The commissioner shall have 20 days in which to enter his appearance after the petition is served upon him. The court shall have jurisdiction to affirm, set aside or modify the action of the commissioner and the board, and such proceedings in the circuit court shall determine by trial de novo whether the applicant is entitled to the license under the requirements of this article. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §3.)
AL Code § 2-27-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-55 - License - Nonresidents.

Section 2-27-55License - Nonresidents. 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, with approval of the board, from providing for issuing reciprocal licenses to residents of other states that recognize and accept licenses issued under this article to residents of this state who perform custom application of pesticides. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §9.)
AL Code § 2-27-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-56 - Surety Bond or Liability Insurance.

Section 2-27-56Surety bond or liability insurance. 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 ground equipment or not more than two aircraft. Where an applicant operates more than two aircraft, the amount of the bond required to be furnished shall be increased by the sum of $3,000.00 for each additional aircraft, provided the total amount of any bond required under this section shall not exceed the sum of $12,000.00. The bond shall be conditioned for the protection of, and that the licensee will answer in damages to, persons who may suffer legal damages as a result of licensee's custom application of pesticides or drift to plants, animals or property or by failure of licensee to comply with any of the requirements of this article, and rules and regulations duly adopted under authority thereof. Any person having a right of action against the principal named in such bond for damages caused by his application of pesticides may maintain an action against the principal and surety in such bond in the county where the work was performed; provided, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all such persons shall, in no event, exceed the amount of such bond. The filing of such bond shall not serve as a limitation of any liability for which he may be subject. Such bond as required in this section shall be written by a corporate surety company qualified to do business in Alabama. A liability insurance policy in an amount equal to not less than the amount of the bond insuring the licensee against legal liability proximately caused by his custom application of pesticides and written by an insurance company qualified and authorized to do business in the State of Alabama or by an eligible surplus line insurer or insurers, acceptable to the Commissioner of Insurance, may be filed with the commissioner in lieu of the surety bond as required in this section. The total and aggregate of the insurer for all claims shall be limited to the face amount of the liability insurance policy. A reasonable deductible clause may be included therein in an amount acceptable to the commissioner. The liability insurance policy need not apply to damages or injury to agricultural crops, plants or land being worked upon by licensee. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §5; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 79, p. 4288.)
AL Code § 2-27-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-57 - Rules and Regulations - Generally.

Section 2-27-57Rules and regulations - Generally. 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 shall not be inconsistent with regulations by the state or federal government respecting safety in air navigation or operation of aircraft. The commissioner shall consult with other officials before issuing regulations directly related to any matter within the jurisdiction of any other official of this state. Before any rules or regulations are promulgated or any existing rules and regulations are amended, as provided in this section, the commissioner shall give at least 10 days' notice to persons engaged in custom application of pesticides by aircraft or ground equipment that such rules and regulations are to be considered for adoption or for amendment by the board, in order that such persons may appear and be heard concerning the adoption or amending of any rules and regulations. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §10.)
AL Code § 2-27-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-58 - Rules and Regulations - Type, Time and Method of Application of Pesticides.

Section 2-27-58Rules and regulations - Type, time and method of application of pesticides. 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 application to such an extent as may be necessary to provide protection to health, the environment and property. In issuing such regulations, consideration shall be given to pertinent research findings and recommendations of other agencies or institutions of this state or of the federal government. Each aircraft and ground equipment used in the custom application of pesticides shall have attached thereto a decal or other identifying mark issued by the commissioner. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §6.)
AL Code § 2-27-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-59 - Rules and Regulations - Disposal and Handling of Pesticides.

Section 2-27-59Rules and regulations - Disposal and handling of pesticides. 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 wildlife or other things. The commissioner, with the approval of the board, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing and controlling the discarding and handling of such pesticides and pesticide containers. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §7.)
AL Code § 2-27-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-60 - Records and Reports.

Section 2-27-60Records and reports. 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 necessary for the administration and enforcement of this article. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §8.)
AL Code § 2-27-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 27 - Pesticides.|Article 3 - Application.|Section 2-27-61 - Inspections; Enforcement of Article.

Section 2-27-61Inspections; enforcement of article. (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 custom application of pesticides as regulated by this article. Inspectors and authorized agents of the commissioners shall also be authorized and empowered to inspect, examine and review the books and records as may be required to be kept and maintained by a licensee under requirements of Section 2-27-60. Any person who shall refuse, hinder or obstruct any authorized agent of the commissioner by refusing to allow entrance or access to equipment or books and records of a licensee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable under Section 2-27-62. (b) When it is determined that legal action is necessary for the enforcement or compliance with the requirements of this article, the commissioner shall refer the facts to the Attorney General for appropriate legal action pursuant to Section 2-27-62. (Acts 1971, No. 1957, p. 3177, §11.)