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AL Code § 2-25-13.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-13.1 - Sale of Plants or Nursery Stock Which Is Not Viable Unlawful; "Viable" Defined.

Section 2-25-13.1Sale of plants or nursery stock which is not viable unlawful; "viable" defined. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any plants or nursery stock unless such plants or nursery stock are viable and meet the basic requirements of a viable plant or viable nursery stock at the time and place of sale. Nursery stock or plants that are capable of living and accomplishing the purpose for which they are grown, whether foliage, flowers, fruit or special use, shall be considered viable. The basic requirements of viable nursery stock or viable plants are as follows: (1) They must be free of physiological and pathological defects to the extent that all essential parts may function normally. (2) The root system must have adequate roots or the ability to produce them to support normal performance of all essential parts of the plant. The root system must be adequately protected to prevent excessive loss of moisture while in storage and transit. (3) The trunk and branches must be capable of transporting fluids throughout the plant and be free from any infirmity of a permanent nature which would interfere with this function. Any damaged branches must be capable of being pruned without seriously deterring growth of the plant. (4) The leaves must be capable of performing essential manufacturing functions, such as photosynthesis. In the case of deciduous plants, when void of leaves, they must have the ability to put out new leaves capable of functioning normally. (Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §19.)
AL Code § 2-25-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-14 - Sale, Carriage, Shipment, etc., of Nursery Stock by Nurserymen or Dealers.

Section 2-25-14Sale, carriage, shipment, etc., of nursery stock by nurserymen or dealers. It shall be unlawful for any nurseryman or dealer to sell, give away, carry, ship or deliver for carriage or shipment any nursery stock except in compliance with the provisions of this article and the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto. (Ag. Code 1927, §305; Code 1940, T. 2, §465; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §11.)
AL Code § 2-25-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-15 - Importation, Sale, Possession, etc., of Fruits, Nuts, etc., Infested or Infected With Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds Likely to Cause Damage.

Section 2-25-15Importation, sale, possession, etc., of fruits, nuts, etc., infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds likely to cause damage. It shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, give away or have in possession for sale or barter fruits, nuts, vegetables, flowers of any kind, or plants or plant products in the State of Alabama that are infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds of a kind and to such an extent that it is likely to cause serious damage to products susceptible to the plant pests or noxious weeds. (Ag. Code 1927, §306; Code 1940, T. 2, §466; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §12.)
AL Code § 2-25-15.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-15.1 - Receipt of Plants, Nursery Stock, etc., Not in Compliance With Law by Common Carriers, Et Alia; Duty to Inform Commissioner and Isolate and Hold Item.

Section 2-25-15.1Receipt of plants, nursery stock, etc., not in compliance with law by common carriers, et alia; duty to inform commissioner and isolate and hold item. Any person, including a common carrier, who receives plants, plant products, nursery stock, or other things sold, given away, carried, shipped, or delivered by carriage or shipment within this state, as to which provisions of this article and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto have not been complied with, shall immediately inform the commissioner and isolate and hold the plant, plant product, nursery stock or other thing unopened or unused subject to such inspection or other disposition as may be provided by the commissioner. (Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §23.)
AL Code § 2-25-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-16 - Throwing Cuttings, Prunings, etc., Into Public Roads, Fields, etc.; Destruction of Cuttings, Prunings, etc., Containing Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds.

Section 2-25-16Throwing cuttings, prunings, etc., into public roads, fields, etc.; destruction of cuttings, prunings, etc., containing plant pests or noxious weeds. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or operating any nursery or fruit orchards of any kind to throw any cuttings or prunings of any fruit trees, nursery stock or ornamental trees or any fruit if said cuttings, prunings or fruit contain plant pests or noxious weeds into any public road, highway, lane, field or other enclosure or into any watercourse of any kind. Any of the above cuttings or prunings or fruit shall be destroyed with fire or by other methods approved by the commissioner within a reasonable time from the time such cuttings or prunings are made. (Ag. Code 1927, §307; Code 1940, T. 2, §467; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §13.)
AL Code § 2-25-17.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-17.1 - Procedures to Be Used When Plant, Nursery Stock, etc., Found to Contain Plant Pests or Noxious Weeds; Commissioner's Power, Upon Notice, to Order Removal, Destruction or Treatment; Refusal of Owner to Comply; Liability for Cost of Treatment or Destruction.

Section 2-25-17.1Procedures to be used when plant, nursery stock, etc., found to contain plant pests or noxious weeds; commissioner's power, upon notice, to order removal, destruction or treatment; refusal of owner to comply; liability for cost of treatment or destruction. If the commissioner finds, on examination, any plant, plant product or nursery stock infested or infected with plant pests or noxious weeds, he shall notify in writing the owner or persons having charge of such premises to that effect, and the owner or person in charge shall, within 10 days after such notice, unless an appeal is taken as provided in this article, cause the removal and destruction of the infested and infected plant or plant product if it is incapable of successful treatment; otherwise, such owner or person in charge shall cause it to be treated as directed in the order of the commissioner. No indemnity shall be awarded to the owner for complying with the above notice or orders of the commissioner. In case the owner or person in charge shall refuse or neglect to comply with the terms of the order within 10 days after receiving it, the commissioner may proceed to treat or destroy the infested or infected plant or plant product. The expense thereof shall be assessed, collected, and enforced against the owner by the commissioner. If such owner shall fail to pay all such expenses within 30 days, the Attorney General shall, or shall cause the district attorney of such circuit, to institute a civil action in the name of the state for the recovery of the same; and when judgment is recovered and collected, the sum shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund. (Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §18.)
AL Code § 2-25-17.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-17.2 - Procedures for Fumigation or Treatment of Infested Plants, Etc.

Section 2-25-17.2Procedures for fumigation or treatment of infested plants, etc. The commissioner is authorized to supervise or cause the fumigation or treatment of nursery stock, plants and plant products infested or infected by plant pests and/or noxious weeds. Fumigation or treatment may be performed by private employees or other persons supervised by the commissioner. (Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §20.)
AL Code § 2-25-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-18 - Appeals to State Board From Findings or Orders of Commissioner.

Section 2-25-18Appeals to state board from findings or orders of commissioner. The owner or person in charge may appeal the orders of the commissioner requiring treatment or destruction of plants, plant products or nursery stock by serving written notice of appeal on the commissioner within 10 days after receiving his orders or findings. This appeal from the findings or orders of the commissioner shall lie to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which shall, as soon as practicable, hear and determine the same. The order of the said board shall be enforced by the circuit court upon filing a complaint by the commissioner setting forth said order and requesting enforcement of the same. (Ag. Code 1927, §309; Code 1940, T. 2, §469; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §15.)
AL Code § 2-25-19.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-19.1 - Penalties, Temporary Restraining Orders or Injunctions for Violations Issued Without Bond; Form of Action; Approval of Attorney General; Assistance of District Attorneys or Their Deputies.

Section 2-25-19.1Penalties, temporary restraining orders or injunctions for violations issued without bond; form of action; approval of Attorney General; assistance of district attorneys or their deputies. In addition to any other penalties provided hereunder, the commissioner may apply for, and the circuit court shall grant a temporary restraining order, or temporary, or permanent injunction or both, restraining any person from violating or from continuing to violate any provisions of this article or any rules or regulations promulgated under this article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Any such restraining orders or injunctions shall be issued without bond. Said action shall be brought in the name of the State of Alabama upon the relation of the Attorney General and with his approval and such officer shall, upon his request, be assisted by the district attorney or deputy district attorney of the judicial circuit in which injunctive proceedings are filed. (Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §21.)
AL Code § 2-25-19.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-19.2 - Acts of Officials, Agents, Employees, etc., Deemed Those of Principal as Well as of Individual.

Section 2-25-19.2Acts of officials, agents, employees, etc., deemed those of principal as well as of individual. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this article, the act, omission, or failure of any official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, corporation or other principal within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission or failure of such association, partnership, corporation or other principal as well as that of the individual. (Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §22.)
AL Code § 2-25-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-20 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations of Board or Commissioner; Admissibility in Evidence Thereof.

Section 2-25-20Promulgation of rules and regulations of board or commissioner; admissibility in evidence thereof. (a) All rules and regulations made by the board or commissioner shall be promulgated by publishing same in any official organ of the department or of the board or by giving such other reasonable public notice as may be prescribed by the board; provided, that in cases where it is deemed necessary to place a quarantine to take effect immediately, promulgation may be made by posting a copy in the courthouse or other places as the commissioner may prescribe within the county or counties in which the quarantined area exists. (b) Printed copies of all acts, rules and regulations, quarantines or notices of the board or of the commissioner which shall be published under the authority of the board shall be admitted as sufficient evidence of such acts, rules, regulations, quarantines or notices in all courts and on all occasions whatsoever; provided, that the correctness of such copies shall be certified to by the chairman of the board or the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §299; Code 1940, T. 2, §459.)
AL Code § 2-25-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-21 - Review of Rules or Regulations by Board.

Section 2-25-21Review of rules or regulations by board. Any person affected by any rule or regulation made on notice given pursuant to this article may have a review thereof by the board for the purpose of having such rule, regulation or notice modified, suspended or withdrawn. Such review shall be allowed and considered and the cost thereof fixed, assessed, collected and paid in such manner and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board. (Ag. Code 1927, §300; Code 1940, T. 2, §460.)
AL Code § 2-25-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-22 - Violations of Article, Rules and Regulations, Notice or Order; Forgery, etc., of Certificates, Etc.

Section 2-25-22Violations of article, rules and regulations, notice or order; forgery, etc., of certificates, etc. Any person who shall violate any provision or requirement of this article or of the rules and regulations made thereunder or of any notice or order given pursuant thereto or who shall forge, counterfeit, destroy or wrongfully or improperly use any certificate provided for in this article or in the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto or who shall interfere with or obstruct any inspector or other employee of the commissioner in the performance of his duties shall be deemed guilty of a Class "C" misdemeanor. (Ag. Code 1927, §311; Code 1940, T. 2, §471; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §17.)
AL Code § 2-25-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 2 - Sale of Fruit Trees, etc., as to Kind or Variety.|Section 2-25-40 - Delivery of Fruit Trees of Different Kind, Variety, etc., Than Sold.

Section 2-25-40Delivery of fruit trees of different kind, variety, etc., than sold. It shall be unlawful for any person, acting either as principal or agent, to sell to any person any fruit trees or other plants representing same to be of a certain kind, variety and description and thereafter to deliver to such purchaser in filling such order and in completing such sale a fruit tree or fruit trees of a different kind, variety or description than the kind, variety or description of such fruit tree or fruit trees so ordered and sold; provided, that a variation in kind, variety and description may vary not more than five percent in any shipment containing not less than 50 such fruit trees. (Ag. Code 1927, §316; Code 1940, T. 2, §482.)
AL Code § 2-25-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 2 - Sale of Fruit Trees, etc., as to Kind or Variety.|Section 2-25-41 - Limitation Period for Prosecutions Under Section 2-25-40.

Section 2-25-41Limitation period for prosecutions under Section 2-25-40. Prosecutions may be commenced at any time within seven years from the time of the delivery of such fruit tree or fruit trees mentioned in Section 2-25-40. (Ag. Code 1927, §318; Code 1940, T. 2, §483.)
AL Code § 2-25-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 2 - Sale of Fruit Trees, etc., as to Kind or Variety.|Section 2-25-42 - Sale, etc., of Falsely Named Seeds, Trees, Plants, Etc.

Section 2-25-42Sale, etc., of falsely named seeds, trees, plants, etc. All trees, seeds, plants and vines sold, offered or exposed for sale in the State of Alabama, shall be properly named as to variety and kind, and any person selling, trading or exchanging or offering or exposing for sale any trees, seeds, plants or vines falsely named as to variety and kind shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ag. Code 1927, §319; Code 1940, T. 2, §484.)
AL Code § 2-26-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-2 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner Generally.

Section 2-26-2Powers and duties of commissioner generally. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, who may act individually or through his authorized agents to: (1) Inspect, sample, make analyses of and test agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub and flower seeds transported, sold, offered or exposed for sale or distributed within this state for sowing or planting purposes, at such time and place and to such extent as he may deem necessary to determine whether said seeds are in compliance with the provisions of this article and notify promptly the person who transported, sold, offered or exposed the seed for sale of any violation; (2) Enter upon any public or private premises during regular business hours in order to have access to seeds subject to this article and the rules and regulations thereunder; (3) Issue and enforce a written or printed "stop-sale," "suspension from sale" or "nonuse" order to the owner or custodian of any lot of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub or herb seed which is found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this article, which shall prohibit further sale or use of such seed until such officer has evidence that the law has been complied with; provided, that in respect to seeds which have been denied sale, the owner or custodian of such seeds shall have the right to appeal from such order to a court of competent jurisdiction where the seeds are found, requesting a judgment as to the justification of said order and for the discharge of such seed from the order prohibiting this sale in accordance with the findings of the court; (4) Establish and maintain or make provision for seed testing and sampling facilities, employ qualified persons and incur such expenses as may be necessary to comply with these provisions; (5) Make or provide for making purity and germination tests of such seeds for farmers and dealers on request, prescribe rules governing such testing and fix and collect charges for such tests. The fees collected for making service tests shall be paid into the Agricultural Fund; (6) Cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in seed law enforcement; and (7) Publish the result of laboratory and field analyses and tests, information shown on analyses tags or labels by seedsmen and information pertaining to violations of this article. (Acts 1943, No. 560, p. 552, §7; Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §8.)
AL Code § 2-26-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-3 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by State Board.

Section 2-26-3Promulgation of rules and regulations by state board. (a) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have power to prescribe and, after public hearing following due public notice, to adopt rules and regulations governing the method of sampling, inspecting, analyzing, testing and examining agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seed and the tolerances and limitations to be followed in the administration of this article, to add to or subtract from the list of noxious weeds, to adopt or amend standards for vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seed, to increase or lower the standards for seeds when found to be in the best interest of users of seed and to meet emergencies, to adopt sizes of containers for seed sold, offered for sale or distributed in Alabama, to establish reasonable limitations as to the number of bags or other containers of seed in any one lot of seed sold, offered for sale or distributed in Alabama and such other rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this article and to secure its efficient administration and enforcement. (b) The board shall also be authorized to adopt rules and regulations to govern and control the sale or offering for sale of any seed which may be labeled and sold as feed or feed grain where such feed or grain is or may be used for planting purposes. The board is authorized to adopt rules, regulations and recommendations of the Association of Seed Control Officials of the Southern States; provided, that such recommendations are not in conflict with the provisions of this article. (c) The board shall also be authorized to adopt rules and regulations which will prohibit any false or misleading labeling, false or misleading advertising or other false or misleading representations with respect to sale, handling, labeling or distribution of any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or herb seed sold, offered for sale or distributed in Alabama where the sale of such seed is subject to any of the provisions and requirements of the Plant Variety Protection Act of the Congress of the United States. (Acts 1943, No. 560, p. 552, §6; Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §7; Acts 1975, No. 741, §3.)
AL Code § 2-26-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-3.1 - Exclusive Jurisdiction of Board and Commissioner; Local Regulation of Seeds Prohibited.

Section 2-26-3.1Exclusive jurisdiction of board and commissioner; local regulation of seeds prohibited.  (a) This chapter and its provisions and requirements are of statewide concern and occupy the whole field of regulation regarding the cultivation, harvesting, production, processing, registration, labeling, marketing, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, possession, notification of use, planting, or other use of seeds. The entire subject matter of this chapter shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Board of Agriculture and Industries and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, no law, ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state may prohibit or in any way attempt to regulate any matter relating to the cultivation, harvesting, production, processing, registration, labeling, marketing, sale, storage, transportation, distribution, possession, notification of use, and planting of seeds. Any law, ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution in conflict with, in addition to, or supplemental to this chapter, is declared to be invalid and of no effect. (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preempt or limit remedies available under common law or statute. (Act 2016-114, §1.)