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AL Code § 2-2-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-11 - Organization of Department; Unclassified Service.

Section 2-2-11Organization of department; unclassified service. The commissioner shall, with the advice and approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, organize the Department of Agriculture and Industries into such divisions as deemed necessary to properly segregate and conduct the work of the department. The commissioner may assign to each of the employees of the department such powers, duties, and labors as the commissioner may see fit. At the discretion of the commissioner, one additional person for each division may be employed in the unclassified service. Provided, however, the total number of additional persons who may be employed in the unclassified service under the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not exceed three additional persons. (Ag. Code 1927, §16; Code 1940, T. 2, §22; Act 99-673, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 175, §1.)
AL Code § 2-2-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-12 - Legal Counsel for Department.

Section 2-2-12Legal counsel for department. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall be authorized, subject to the provisions of the state Merit System law, to appoint a legal counsel for the state Department of Agriculture and Industries. He shall be commissioned as an assistant attorney general and shall have the authority and duties of an assistant attorney general, but he shall devote his entire time to the business of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The compensation for the said legal counsel shall be paid out of funds appropriated to the state Department of Agriculture and Industries and in the same manner as the compensation of other employees is paid. (Acts 1953, No. 640, p. 899.)
AL Code § 2-2-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-13 - Appointment of Assistants and Employees; Employees' Bonds.

Section 2-2-13Appointment of assistants and employees; employees' bonds. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and as otherwise provided by law, appoint such chiefs, assistants, deputies, agents, experts and other employees as are necessary for the successful administration of the affairs of the department and prescribe their duties. The chief clerk of the commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $10,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. Other employees shall execute to the state such official bonds as the commissioner may determine and require, unless otherwise expressly provided by law. (Ag. Code 1927, §18; Code 1940, T. 2, §23; Code 1940, T. 41, §115; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190.)
AL Code § 2-2-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-14 - Livestock Theft Investigator.

Section 2-2-14Livestock theft investigator. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to designate as "livestock theft investigator" any employee or employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries performing duties relating to the enforcement of the livestock laws of this state. Such employee or employees so designated shall, in addition to other duties of employment, perform work involving investigations and the enforcement of all laws of the State of Alabama enacted for the purpose of preventing theft and unlawful dealing in and handling of cattle and other livestock, including the enforcement of livestock sanitary and disease control laws to the end that persons who commit or who are charged with the commission of such unlawful offenses may be arrested and prosecuted therefor. Employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries designated and approved under the provisions of this section as "livestock theft investigators" shall have the power and authority of peace officers for the enforcement of laws to prevent theft of livestock, livestock sanitary and disease control laws and any other laws relating to or governing the keeping, handling, movement and sale of livestock and such peace officers shall exercise such power and authority anywhere within the State of Alabama. Such employees designated and approved as peace officers hereunder shall also be authorized to investigate, serve subpoenas and make arrests for the theft of any farm machinery, equipment or supplies and perform such duties with respect to any other farm related crime as well as any other unlawful offense or crime and such peace officer authority may be exercised anywhere within the state; provided, however, livestock theft investigators shall not have the power or authority to execute search warrants. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to change the employment status of any employee designated, authorized and approved to perform duties as livestock theft investigators as provided under this section except as expressly provided herein. (Acts 1953, No. 238, p. 303; Acts 1979, No. 79-281, p. 432.)
AL Code § 2-2-14.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-14.1 - Appearance Upon Arrest for Misdemeanor Livestock Violations.

Section 2-2-14.1Appearance upon arrest for misdemeanor livestock violations. (a) Whenever any person is arrested by livestock theft investigators of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries under Section 2-2-14 for misdemeanor violations of livestock sanitary and disease control laws and regulations, or any other laws and regulations governing the handling, movement, or sale of livestock, all punishable as a misdemeanor, the arresting officer shall take the name and address of such person and issue a summons or otherwise notify him in writing to appear at a time and place to be specified in such summons or notice. Upon the person signing said summons or notice, the officer shall forthwith release him from custody. (b) If the arrested person shall refuse to identify himself by giving his name and address, or shall refuse to sign the summons or notice, then the arresting officer shall immediately take such person before the nearest and most accessible district judge or district court magistrate of the county within which the violation occurred to set bond. (c) Any person who willfully refuses to appear at the time and place specified in the summons or notice which the person has signed shall be guilty of the separate offense of bail jumping in the second degree, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally charged. (Acts 1987, No. 87-643, p. 1148.)
AL Code § 2-2-14.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-14.2 - Forfeiture of Conveyances and Vehicles Used to Perpetrate Livestock Theft.

Section 2-2-14.2Forfeiture of conveyances and vehicles used to perpetrate livestock theft. (a) All conveyances and vehicles of transportation including trailers and semitrailers, equine or equidae, or any other equipment, together with all harness or other accessories, which have been used, or are used in the commission of theft of livestock, as defined in Section 13A-8-4(f), shall be contraband, and in the discretion of the circuit court, may be forfeited to the state Department of Agriculture and Industries, as hereinafter provided. (b) Livestock theft investigators, appointed under Section 2-2-14, or any other officer authorized to enforce those laws pertaining to the theft of livestock, who finds any vehicle, conveyance or equipment, listed above, which is being, or has been, used in the perpetration of the crime of theft of livestock, shall seize said vehicle, conveyance or equipment listed above, and report said seizure to the district attorney in the county where the seizure was made. The report made to the district attorney shall include a full description of the property seized along with a full explanation of the circumstances under which the property was seized. (c) The district attorney or other prosecuting officer of the judicial circuit, upon receiving such report may at once institute, or cause to be instituted condemnation proceedings in the circuit court, in the same manner that he is directed by law to institute proceedings for the condemnation and forfeiture of automobiles and other vehicles used in the illegal transportation of alcoholic beverages. The provisions of Sections 28-4-286 and 28-4-287, so long as they are in compliance with this section shall apply. (d) The proceeds of the sale of any property condemned and forfeited to the state Department of Agriculture and Industries under authority of this section, after payment of all expenses in the cause, including the cost of seizure and a keeping of the property pending the proceedings, shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (e) Any lienholder with a perfected security interest recorded in accordance with the Uniform Commercial Code may recover the property in kind or may recover the balance remaining after deduction of any costs of recovery and sale. (Acts 1989, No. 89-688, p. 1354; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
AL Code § 2-2-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-15 - Accountant in Charge of Clerical Work and Records; Qualifications of Division Heads.

Section 2-2-15Accountant in charge of clerical work and records; qualifications of division heads. There shall be employed in the Department of Agriculture and Industries an expert accountant who shall have charge of all clerical work and records of said department; a graduate of an accredited agricultural college in horticulture who has had professional training in economic entomology and plant diseases and practical experience in horticulture who shall have charge of the division of plant industry; a graduate of an accredited college in chemistry who has had professional training in agricultural chemistry and practical experience in analytical work who shall have charge of the division of agricultural chemistry; and a graduate of an accredited college with a major or concentration in poultry husbandry who has served at least three years as poultry and egg inspector who shall have charge of the poultry division, charged with the administration of the inspection and regulatory phases of the national poultry improvement plan and the administration of the Alabama Egg Law. The chief of each division of the department shall also be experienced in such subjects as shall pertain to the performance of his duties. (Ag. Code 1927, §29; Code 1940, T. 2, §24; Acts 1945, No. 475, p. 707.)
AL Code § 2-2-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-16 - Commissioner to Enforce Laws; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Notice.

Section 2-2-16Commissioner to enforce laws; promulgation of rules and regulations; notice. The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the execution and enforcement of the laws and provisions contained in this title and any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized or directed to administer or enforce, and he is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to accomplish the evident purpose and intent of the law. The commissioner shall give notice of all rules and regulations promulgated as provided in this section to all parties in interest and to all parties who are likely to be interested in the same within 30 days after the promulgation thereof, and such rules and regulations shall not become effective until the expiration of said 30-day period. (Ag. Code 1927, §4; Code 1940, T. 2, §4.)
AL Code § 2-2-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-17 - Evidence of Rules, Regulations and Notices; Copies Furnished to Probate Judges.

Section 2-2-17Evidence of rules, regulations and notices; copies furnished to probate judges. The rules, regulations or notices purporting to be published by authority of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in book or pamphlet form and typed or printed copies of all acts, rules, regulations or notices certified to by the commissioner or the board shall be received as evidence of the passage or issuance and legal publication of such rules, regulations or notices as of the date mentioned or provided for therein in all courts and places without further proof. A copy of said rules and regulations or notices shall be furnished to all probate judges by the commissioner immediately after their adoption; provided, that such rules, regulations or notices as apply to a restricted area of the state shall be required to be furnished only to the probate judges within the area to which such rules, regulations and notices apply. (Ag. Code 1927, §5; Code 1940, T. 2, §5.)
AL Code § 2-2-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-18 - Civil Penalties or Fines for Violations of Chapters 27 and 28; Maximum Amount; Notice; Failure to Pay Assessed Fine or Penalty.

Section 2-2-18Civil penalties or fines for violations of Chapters 27 and 28; maximum amount; notice; failure to pay assessed fine or penalty. (a) Notwithstanding the existence of any other penalty imposed for violations of the provisions of the Alabama Pesticide Act of 1971 as found in Chapter 27 of Title 2, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and the provisions of Chapter 28 of Title 2, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may, after a hearing thereon, impose a civil penalty or fine for violation of said Chapters 27 and 28, or any regulations promulgated thereunder. (b) The maximum amount of the above civil penalty or fine shall not exceed $10,000.00 for any one offense, and all incidents or violations committed by a person, firm, association or corporation, arising from the same transaction, shall constitute but one offense. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall, by duly adopted regulations, provide maximum amounts to be imposed by the commissioner for the various violations. (c) The fine or penalty assessed by the commissioner may be appealed to the Board of Agriculture and Industries by the aggrieved person giving the commissioner written notice of intention to appeal within 15 days from the time the fine or penalty was assessed. Said review or appeal before the Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be conducted under the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The Board of Agriculture and Industries may affirm the action of the commissioner or it may modify the amount of the penalty, but the board shall not increase the amount of penalty imposed by the commissioner. The board may also remand the matter back to the commissioner for the taking of further testimony or the board may dismiss the action of the commissioner in its entirety. Judicial review by either party of any final action of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be under the provisions of Section 41-22-20, of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act on the certified transcript of the record. (d) The failure of any person, firm, association, or corporation to pay the assessed fine or penalty shall constitute grounds for the revocation of any permit or license issued under the provisions of Chapters 27 and 28, Title 2. Said fine or penalty may also be collected in a civil action in court under the name of the State of Alabama on the relation of the Attorney General and with his permission. (e) All moneys received from the assessment of any fine or penalty shall accrue to the Agricultural Fund. (Acts 1989, No. 89-741, p. 1469.)
AL Code § 2-2-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-2-19 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective August 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 2-2-19THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) MICRO MARKET. An unstaffed, self-checkout retail food service facility that does all of the following: a. Includes one or more micro market displays. b. Has an automated payment kiosk or other device designed to accept electronic payments that is operated by the consumer. c. Is located indoors and within a separate business. d. Is generally accessible only to individuals within the building in which the food service facility is located. (2) MICRO MARKET DISPLAY. The place where the food being sold by a micro market is displayed, including any of the following: a. An open rack. b. A refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer that has an automated self-locking feature that prevents a consumer from accessing the food on the occurrence of any condition that results in the failure of the refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer. c. A vending machine. d. A beverage dispenser. e. A single-serve coffee brewer. (3) VENDING MACHINE. A self-service machine that, upon insertion of a coin, paper currency, token, card, or key, or by optional manual operation, dispenses servings of food in bulk or in packages, or prepared by the machine, without the necessity of replenishing the machine between each vending operation. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the regulatory authority provided to the Department of Public Health shall not apply to the regulation of a micro market or vending machine or to any food and beverages sold by a micro market or vending machine as defined in this section. (c) Except as provided in Sections 11-51-98, 20-1-7, 21-1-41, and 40-12-176, and as otherwise provided by general and local law, the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall regulate micro markets and vending machines. (Act 2021-460, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 2-2-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 2 - Suspension From Sale, Condemnation and Sampling of Articles and Products.|Section 2-2-30 - Suspension of Sale of Article.

Section 2-2-30Suspension of sale of article. If at any time the commissioner or his duly authorized agent shall have reason to believe that any product or article, the possession or sale of which is regulated by the provisions of this title or the possession or sale of which is regulated by any other statute which the commissioner, department or board is directed to administer or enforce, does not comply with the requirements of law or rules and regulations under authority of law as to ingredients, substance, analysis, marking or labeling, weight or measure, it shall be his duty by written order to suspend the sale of the same until he shall have satisfied himself or shall be satisfied by an analysis or otherwise that such product or article is made up, compounded or marked as required by law and rules and regulations under authority of law. If he shall find that the same does not comply with such laws and rules and regulations, either before or after the making of such suspension order, then he is authorized to proceed with regard to the same as provided in this article or he may order in writing the same to be held at his disposition pending the placing of such product or article in such condition as will meet the requirements of such laws, rules and regulations under the supervision and direction of the commissioner or his duly authorized agent or, at the discretion of the commissioner, proceeding with regards to the same as provided in this article. In case the owner of such product or article denies by written notice to the commissioner or his agent that the same is not in compliance with the laws, rules or regulations and requests a hearing thereon, the commissioner or his agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, proceed as provided in this article in order that the court may hear and decide said issue and proceed as provided for in this article. Any person who moves, transports, sells or in any other manner disposes of any product or article after such product or article has been ordered suspended or held as provided in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that such product or article may be moved, transported or otherwise disposed of by and in compliance with the written order of the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §217; Acts 1935, No. 515, p. 1102; Code 1940, T. 2, §494.)
AL Code § 2-2-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.|Article 2 - Suspension From Sale, Condemnation and Sampling of Articles and Products.|Section 2-2-32 - Procedure When Analysis Shows Article or Product in Violation of Title.

Section 2-2-32Procedure when analysis shows article or product in violation of title. Upon the examination of specimens or samples of any article, substance, material or product the sale of which is subject to the provisions of this article, made by any chemist, analyst, inspector or assistant under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, if such examination shows that such article, substance, material or product does not conform to the requirements prescribed by any provisions of law or rules and regulations under authority of law, the commissioner shall cause notice thereof to be given to the party from whom such specimen or sample was obtained. Any party so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard before the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. If it appears that any of the requirements of any provision of law or rules and regulations under authority of law relating to the sale of any article, substance, material or product, the sale of which is subject to the provisions of this article, have been violated, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or any assistant as provided in this section shall at once certify the fact under oath to the proper district attorney, with a copy of the result of the analysis, examination or inspection, duly authenticated by the person making such analysis, examination or inspection. (Ag. Code 1927, §219; Code 1940, T. 2, §496.)