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AL Code § 2-22-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-13 - Proceedings Upon Determination of Deficiency in Guaranteed Primary Plant Nutrients in Commercial Fertilizers - Legal Actions for Recovery of Penalty.

Section 2-22-13Proceedings upon determination of deficiency in guaranteed primary plant nutrients in commercial fertilizers - Legal actions for recovery of penalty. In any case wherein the licensee fails or refuses to make payment to the consumer of a penalty within the time required, the consumer may institute legal action against the licensee for the recovery of such penalty as provided in Section 2-22-12. Any judgment against the licensee shall be double the amount of the penalty and shall include a reasonable attorney's fee and court costs. In cases where the licensee is required to pay the amount of any penalty to the commissioner for deposit to the credit of the Agricultural Fund and the licensee fails or refuses to make such payment within the time required, the commissioner may institute legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction for collection of the amount of the penalty upon 10 days' notice to the licensee following the 60-day payment period. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §13.)
AL Code § 2-22-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-14 - Ascertainment and Publication of Fair Market Values of Nitrogen, Available Phosphorus and Soluble Potassium in Commercial Fertilizers.

Section 2-22-14Ascertainment and publication of fair market values of nitrogen, available phosphorus and soluble potassium in commercial fertilizers. For the purpose of determining the commercial values to be applied under the provisions of Section 2-22-12, the commissioner shall ascertain and publish annually the fair market values per pound of nitrogen, available phosphorus and soluble potassium in commercial fertilizers in this state. The values so determined and published shall be used in determining and assessing penalties. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §12.)
AL Code § 2-22-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-15 - Establishment, etc., of Standards of Classification for Commercial Fertilizers Generally; Adoption of Standards for Sale of Specialty Fertilizers; Establishment of Standards and Minimum Guarantees for Plant Nutrients Other Than Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Available Potassium.

Section 2-22-15Establishment, etc., of standards of classification for commercial fertilizers generally; adoption of standards for sale of specialty fertilizers; establishment of standards and minimum guarantees for plant nutrients other than nitrogen, phosphorus and available potassium. The board shall have authority to establish standards of classification for commercial fertilizer according to ratios and grades by which its quality, condition, fertilizing or plant food value may be judged and to alter or modify such standards when found to be necessary. In pursuance thereof, the board is authorized to establish, adopt and promulgate a list of minimum analysis ratios and grades for commercial fertilizers including minimum available plant food content for nitrogen, available phosphorus and available soluble potassium and also for superphosphate with potassium, nitrogen with superphosphate and superphosphate. The board shall also be authorized to define and to adopt standards for the sale of specialty fertilizers together with conditions and restrictions under which they may be sold and to establish standards and minimum guarantees for plant nutrients other than nitrogen, available phosphorus and soluble potassium. Before the board shall establish and adopt minimum plant food ratios, grades and other activities as authorized in this section, it shall hold a public hearing open to all interested persons, and it shall also request recommendations thereon from the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University relating to the need for such action. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §14.)
AL Code § 2-22-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-16 - Sale, Offer for Sale or Distribution of Misbranded Commercial Fertilizers; When Commercial Fertilizers Deemed Misbranded; Adoption of Regulations Defining Plant Nutrients or Commercial Fertilizers.

Section 2-22-16Sale, offer for sale or distribution of misbranded commercial fertilizers; when commercial fertilizers deemed misbranded; adoption of regulations defining plant nutrients or commercial fertilizers. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale or distribute misbranded commercial fertilizer. A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed to be misbranded if: (1) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (2) It is distributed under the name of another fertilizer product; (3) It is not labeled as required in Section 2-22-7 and in accordance with regulations prescribed under this chapter; and (4) It purports to be or is represented as a commercial fertilizer or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or commercial fertilizer, unless such plant nutrient or commercial fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, prescribed by regulation of the board. (b) In adopting the regulations provided for in subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section, the board shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official fertilizer terms such as those issued by the Association of American Fertilizer Control Officials. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §15.)
AL Code § 2-22-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-17 - Sale, Offer for Sale or Distribution of Adulterated Commercial Fertilizers; When Commercial Fertilizers Deemed Adulterated.

Section 2-22-17Sale, offer for sale or distribution of adulterated commercial fertilizers; when commercial fertilizers deemed adulterated. No person shall sell, offer for sale or distribute an adulterated commercial fertilizer product. A commercial fertilizer shall be deemed to be adulterated if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant life when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label or if adequate warning statements or directions for use, which may be necessary to protect plant life, are not shown upon the label; and (2) Its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §16.)
AL Code § 2-22-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-18 - Penalty for Manufacture of Commercial Fertilizer Short in Weight.

Section 2-22-18Penalty for manufacture of commercial fertilizer short in weight. If any commercial fertilizer in the possession of or consigned to the consumer is found by the commissioner to be short in weight, the licensee who manufactures said commercial fertilizer shall, within 30 days after official notice from the commissioner, pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §19.)
AL Code § 2-22-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-19 - Annual Publications.

Section 2-22-19Annual publications. The commissioner shall publish at least annually and in such form as he may deem proper: (1) Information concerning the distribution of commercial fertilizer; and (2) The results of analyses based on official samples of commercial fertilizers distributed within the state as compared with the guaranteed analyses. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §17.)
AL Code § 2-22-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-20 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-22-20Rules and regulations. For the administration and enforcement of this chapter, the board is authorized to adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to the sale and distribution of commercial fertilizers necessary to carry out the full intent and meaning of this chapter, including, but not limited to, fixing tolerances for plant food deficiency penalty assessments pursuant to Section 2-22-12, providing for the incorporation into commercial fertilizer of such other substances as pesticides and the proper labeling of such mixture, establish a fee together with such other rules and regulations reasonably necessary to implement, make specific, and interpret the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter and specifically the provisions of subdivision (5) of Section 2-22-2 relating to guaranteed analysis, the commissioner with the approval of the board shall be authorized to require by rules and regulations that the guaranteed analysis of phosphorus and potassium for labeling purposes shall be expressed in the elemental form, but until such rules and regulations are duly promulgated and adopted, the guaranteed analysis shall not be required to be expressed in the elemental form. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §18; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 2-22-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-21 - Suspension From Sale, Seizure and Condemnation of Commercial Fertilizers Not in Compliance With Chapter or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder.

Section 2-22-21Suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation of commercial fertilizers not in compliance with chapter or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. Any lot or other quantity of commercial fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations duly adopted and promulgated under this chapter shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation. The issuance of a "suspension from sale or use" or "stop sale" and seizure and condemnation of any lot or other quantity of commercial fertilizer sold, offered for sale or kept for sale in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be in accordance with such procedure as is now prescribed under Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §21.)
AL Code § 2-22-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-22 - Violations of Chapter or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder Deemed Misdemeanors; Injunctive Proceedings to Restrain Violations of Chapter or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder.

Section 2-22-22Violations of chapter or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder deemed misdemeanors; injunctive proceedings to restrain violations of chapter or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who fails to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this chapter or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated thereunder or who shall sell or offer for sale or distribute for sale any commercial fertilizer in violation of the requirements of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such an offense. (b) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may apply by petition to a circuit court, and such court or any judge thereof shall have jurisdiction, for cause shown, to grant a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or both restraining and enjoining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under authority of this chapter. Said temporary restraining order or permanent injunction shall be issued without bond. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §22.)
AL Code § 2-22-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 22 - Fertilizer.|Section 2-22-23 - Chapter Not to Restrict or Avoid Sales or Exchanges of Commercial Fertilizers Between Manufacturers, Processors, etc., or Shipment of Fertilizers to Manufacturers or Processors.

Section 2-22-23Chapter not to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers between manufacturers, processors, etc., or shipment of fertilizers to manufacturers or processors. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers to each other by importers, manufacturers or processors who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipments of commercial fertilizer to manufacturers or processors. (Acts 1969, No. 434, p. 840, §23.)
AL Code § 2-23-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-1 - Short Title.

Section 2-23-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Agricultural Liming Materials Act." (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §1.)
AL Code § 2-23-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-2 - Definitions.

Section 2-23-2Definitions. The following terms, as used in this chapter and rules adopted under authority of this chapter, shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) AGRICULTURAL LIMING MATERIALS. Those products whose calcium and magnesium compounds are capable of neutralizing soil acidity. (2) BOARD. The Board of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (3) BRAND. The term, designation, trademark, product name, or the specific designation under which an individual or type of agricultural liming material is offered for sale. (4) BULK. Nonpackaged form. (5) BURNT LIME. A material made from limestone which consists essentially of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium and magnesium oxides. (6) CALCITIC LIMESTONE. A calcareous rock composed wholly or largely of calcium carbonate. (7) CALCIUM CARBONATE EQUIVALENT or CCE. The acid neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as weight percentage of calcium carbonate. (8) CHALK. A soft, friable, loosely consolidated material composed largely of calcium carbonate. (9) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries of the State of Alabama. (10) DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE. A calcareous rock composed of calcium and magnesium carbonates with a minimum elemental magnesium (Mg) content of six percent. (11) FINENESS. The percentage by weight of the material which will pass U.S. standard sieves of specified sizes. (12) GROUND SHELLS. A product obtained by the grinding of shells of mollusks and which shall carry the name of mollusk origin. (13) HYDRATED LIME. A material made from burnt lime which consists essentially of calcium hydroxide or a combination of calcium hydroxide with magnesium oxide and/or magnesium hydroxide. (14) INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCT USED AS LIMING MATERIALS. Any industrial by-product containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize acidity. (15) LABEL. Any written or printed matter on or attached to the package or delivery ticket which accompanies a bulk shipment. (16) LIMESTONE. A calcareous rock composed primarily of calcium carbonate or a combination of calcium and magnesium carbonates. (17) PERCENT or PERCENTAGE. By weight. (18) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity, or organization. (19) RELATIVE NEUTRALIZING VALUE or RNV. A calculation that uses calcium carbonate equivalent and fineness to represent the effectiveness of agricultural liming materials. (20) TON. Two thousand pounds avoirdupois. (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §2; Act 2021-321, §1.)
AL Code § 2-23-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-3 - Permit Required for Manufacturing or Distribution; Fees.

Section 2-23-3Permit required for manufacturing or distribution; fees. Every manufacturer or distributor selling agricultural liming materials in this state shall, on or before October 1 of each year or prior to manufacture or distribution of such liming material in the State of Alabama, apply for and obtain an annual permit for such purpose on a form to be furnished by the commissioner. Such application shall be accompanied by a permit fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and shall show the brand name under which the liming material will be sold. If more than one type of agricultural liming material is manufactured or distributed or the product or the brand name is changed by a manufacturer or distributor, an additional permit fee established by the Board of Agriculture and Industries not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) for each additional brand or type of liming material must be paid. All permits shall expire on September 30 of the following year. When the manufacturer and the distributor are not the same, only one permit shall be required unless the brand name is changed, as it is hereby intended that the permit fee be paid only once on the same brand. Such application shall contain the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor, the brand name and common name of each such product together with the correct name of the material which it desires to sell in Alabama and the guaranteed analysis thereof and such other information as may be required for the effective administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the board. (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §3; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
AL Code § 2-23-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-4 - Requirements as to Labeling; False or Misleading Statements on Package Labels; Delivery Slips, etc., Prohibited.

Section 2-23-4Requirements as to labeling; false or misleading statements on package labels; delivery slips, etc., prohibited. (a) Agricultural liming materials sold or offered for sale in this state for use herein or sold for importation into this state for use herein shall have affixed to each container in a conspicuous manner on the outside thereof a clearly legible printed or stamped label, tag, or statement or, in the case of bulk sales, a delivery slip, setting forth at least all of the following information: (1) The name and principal office of the manufacturer, processor, or distributor. (2) The brand name of the material. (3) The identification of the product as to the type of agricultural liming material, as defined in Section 2-23-2. (4) The minimum percent guaranteed by weight passing through U.S. standard sieves as prescribed by rules of the board. (5) The minimum guaranteed calcium carbonate equivalent. (6) The minimum guaranteed content of elemental magnesium (Mg) if claimed. (7) The minimum guaranteed content of available potassium (K2O) or phosphorus (P2O5), or both, if claimed. (8) The maximum water content. (9) Net weight. (10) The relative neutralizing value (RNV) as determined by the following formula: RNV=CCE x [(0.5 x A) + (1 x B)], where A is the percent of lime passing through a 10-mesh screen, but not a 60-mesh screen, and B is the percent of lime passing through a 60-mesh screen. (b) No information or statement shall appear on any package label, delivery slip, or advertising matter which is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the quality, analysis, type, or composition of any agricultural liming material. (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §4; Act 2021-321, §1.)
AL Code § 2-23-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-6 - Inspection, Sampling, Analysis, etc., of Agricultural Liming Materials by Commissioner; Right of Entry Upon Public or Private Premises, etc., of Commissioner.

Section 2-23-6Inspection, sampling, analysis, etc., of agricultural liming materials by commissioner; right of entry upon public or private premises, etc., of commissioner. (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner, who may act through his authorized agents, to sample, inspect, make analysis of and test agricultural liming materials distributed within this state as he may deem necessary to determine whether such agricultural liming materials are in compliance with the provisions of this act or regulations promulgated hereunder. (b) The commissioner, individually or through his agents, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or carriers during regular business hours in order to have access to agricultural liming materials subject to the provisions of this chapter and regulations pertaining thereto and to the records relating to their distribution. (c) In the case of out-of-state manufacturers or distributors of agricultural liming materials, sampling and inspections will be made at points of delivery or elsewhere in Alabama. (d) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those approved by the board and shall be guided by procedures of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. The analysis, test and sampling of agricultural liming materials shall be made and conducted in accordance with and subject to the provisions and requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §6.)
AL Code § 2-23-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-7 - Assessment of Penalties Against Manufacturers, Distributors, etc., for Deficiencies in Agricultural Liming Materials.

Section 2-23-7Assessment of penalties against manufacturers, distributors, etc., for deficiencies in agricultural liming materials. The board shall have authority by rules and regulations duly adopted, as provided in this section, to provide for the assessment of penalties to be assessed against a manufacturer, distributor or other seller responsible for such deficiency of any agricultural liming material where such material is determined by analysis to be deficient in its calcium carbonate equivalent, magnesium, available potassium, available phosphorous, excessive moisture content, fineness or other minimum standards as may be established by the board for the manufacture, distribution or sale of agricultural liming materials with reasonable tolerances to be specified in such standards. Such rules and regulations as may be adopted under this section relating to the assessment of monetary penalties shall provide for the payment thereof to the purchaser-user of the liming materials; and, in the event such purchaser-user cannot be found, then payment of the amount of such penalty shall be made to the commissioner for deposit in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §9.)
AL Code § 2-23-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 23 - Agricultural Liming Materials.|Section 2-23-8 - Sale or Offer for Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials Not Complying With Provisions of Chapter, etc.; Sale or Offer for Sale of Agricultural Liming Materials Containing Toxic Materials in Quantities Injurious to Plants or Animals.

Section 2-23-8Sale or offer for sale of agricultural liming materials not complying with provisions of chapter, etc.; sale or offer for sale of agricultural liming materials containing toxic materials in quantities injurious to plants or animals. (a) No agricultural liming materials shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless they comply with provisions of this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. (b) No agricultural liming materials shall be sold or offered for sale in this state which contain toxic materials in quantities injurious to plants or animals. (Acts 1975, No. 1190, §7.)