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AL Code § 2-8-137 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 4 - Nuts, Bulbs, Fruits and Vegetables.|Section 2-8-137 - Annual Statements by Treasurer of Organization; Bond of Treasurer.

Section 2-8-137Annual statements by treasurer of organization; bond of treasurer. If assessments are levied and collected as provided in this article, the treasurer of the organization shall, within 30 days after the end of any calendar year in which such assessments are collected, publish through the medium of the press of the state a statement of the amount or amounts so received by him under the provisions of this article. Before receiving such assessments, such treasurer shall give a bond in the amount of not less than the estimated total of such assessments as will be collected, such bond to have as surety thereon a surety company licensed to do business in the State of Alabama, and to be in the form and amount approved by the organization conducting such referendum and to be filed with the chairman or executive head of such organization. (Acts 1957, No. 108, p. 142, §18.)
AL Code § 2-8-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-150 - Legislative Purpose and Intent.

Section 2-8-150Legislative purpose and intent. It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare of the State of Alabama that owners or others in possession of hens for the production of eggs and egg products shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, processors or others who purchase hens and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and more efficient and economical production, marketing and use of eggs and egg products. Accordingly, the intent and purpose of this article is to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the segment of the poultry industry in Alabama engaged in the production and sale of eggs and egg products and the financing thereof pursuant to authority of Amendment 214 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §1.)
AL Code § 2-8-151 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-151 - Authorized Activities Not Illegal or in Restraint of Trade.

Section 2-8-151Authorized activities not illegal or in restraint of trade. No association, meeting or activity undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of this article and intended to benefit the poultry and egg industry shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §2.)
AL Code § 2-8-152 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-152 - Referendum to Levy Assessment Declared to Be in Public Interest.

Section 2-8-152Referendum to levy assessment declared to be in public interest. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and advantageous to the economy of the state that owners and others in possession of hens who produce eggs and egg products be permitted by referendum, as provided in this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection thereof for the financing or contributing toward the financing of a program of research, education, advertising and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical production, distribution and marketing, as well as the increased use, consumption and sale, of eggs and egg products. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §3.)
AL Code § 2-8-153 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-153 - Application for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum - Generally.

Section 2-8-153Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum — Generally. Any nonprofit association of producers of eggs and egg products or any nonprofit association organized for the benefit and betterment of the poultry industry of the State of Alabama may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among owners or others in possession of hens who are engaged in egg production in the State of Alabama, upon the question of levying an assessment and collecting, expending and utilizing the same for the purpose or purposes authorized under this article and as stated in such referendum. Any nonprofit association approved or certified under this article by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to execute or carry out such a promotional program within the limits prescribed by this article. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §4.)
AL Code § 2-8-154 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-154 - Application for Certification and Approval to Conduct Referendum - Action by Board on Application.

Section 2-8-154Application for certification and approval to conduct referendum - Action by board on application. Upon the filing of an application with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries by any nonprofit association of owners or others in possession of hens, as authorized under Section 2-8-153, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet and consider such application. If it is shown by the applicant to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant is fairly representative of egg producers of this state and the board shall otherwise find and determine that such application is in conformity with the provisions and purposes of this article, the board shall certify such association as the duly delegated and authorized group or organization and shall likewise certify that such organization is duly authorized to conduct a referendum among egg producers of this state for the purpose set forth in its application, which shall be consistent with the purposes of this article. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §5.)
AL Code § 2-8-155 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-155 - Authority of Certified Association to Conduct Referendum on Assessment.

Section 2-8-155Authority of certified association to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in the manner set forth in Section 2-8-154, such organization shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the producers of eggs in Alabama a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote on the question of whether or not an assessment shall be levied upon such producers under and subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum may be conducted either on a statewide or area basis as may be determined by the certified association and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §6.)
AL Code § 2-8-156 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-156 - Notice of Referendum.

Section 2-8-156Notice of referendum. When a referendum has been authorized as provided in Section 2-8-155, the certified organization shall, not less than 30 days before the date of the referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places and rules for voting in the referendum, the area covered by the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected and the general purposes to which said amount thus collected shall be expended and applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified organization through the medium of its trade publication, and written notice thereof shall be given to each county agent in the area covered by the referendum. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §7.)
AL Code § 2-8-157 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-157 - Conduct of Referendum; Payment of Expense.

Section 2-8-157Conduct of referendum; payment of expense. The arrangements for and the management of any referendum conducted under this article shall be under the direction of the organization certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct the same, and such organization shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange for the necessary poll holders. All expense and costs necessary to conduct such a referendum shall be borne by such organization. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §8.)
AL Code § 2-8-158 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-158 - Eligibility to Vote in Referendum; Question to Be Voted On; Period During Which Assessments Levied.

Section 2-8-158Eligibility to vote in referendum; question to be voted on; period during which assessments levied. Any referendum conducted under this article may be held on an area or statewide basis, as may be determined by the certified association, pursuant to and in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted for holding of such referendum. All owners of hens engaged in the production of eggs who shall be subject to any assessment levied under this article shall be entitled to vote in the referendum. In such referendum, individuals so eligible for participation therein shall vote upon the question of whether there shall be levied an assessment for a period, as provided in this article, in an amount set forth in the call for such referendum, which amount shall not exceed the limitations prescribed by this article. In the event the required number of owners of hens engaged in the production of eggs vote in favor of levying and collecting assessments as authorized in this article, the period of time during which such assessment shall be levied shall be five years following the first referendum and for periods of three years for subsequent referendums, as provided in Section 2-8-160. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §9.)
AL Code § 2-8-159 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-159 - Two Thirds Vote Required for Approval of Assessment; Canvass of Results; Amount of Assessment.

Section 2-8-159Two thirds vote required for approval of assessment; canvass of results; amount of assessment. If in any referendum held under the provisions of this article two thirds or more of the egg producers in the area in which the referendum is conducted, eligible to participate and voting therein, shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in such referendum, then such assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in this article. Two thirds or more of the eligible voters who actually vote in the referendum shall be the number required for the levying of assessments for a promotional program as authorized under this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified association shall canvass, tabulate and publicly declare and announce the results thereof. The amount of the assessment levied under this article shall not exceed the amount authorized to be assessed for promotion of poultry and poultry products as set out in the Constitution of Alabama 1901. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §10; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-766, p. 243.)
AL Code § 2-8-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-160 - Subsequent Referendums.

Section 2-8-160Subsequent referendums. In the event any referendum conducted as provided in this article shall fail to receive the required number of affirmative votes from egg producers eligible for participation and voting therein, then the certified association conducting the referendum shall be authorized to call another referendum for the purposes set forth in this article in the next succeeding year, on the question of an assessment and promotional program for the period authorized by this article, but no such referendum shall be held within a period of 12 months following the date on which the last referendum was held. In the event such referendum is carried or favored by the required number of eligible voters participating therein, and assessments in pursuance thereof are levied for the period set forth in the call for the referendum, then the organization conducting such referendum shall have power and authority to call and conduct during or after the last year of such period another referendum in which egg producers shall vote upon the question of whether or not such assessments shall be continued or renewed for another period of time, as authorized under this article. Any subsequent referendums shall be subject to all of the requirements of an original referendum conducted under the provisions of this article. The first referendum held under this article shall authorize the collection of assessments for a period not to exceed five years, and subsequent referendums may authorize such assessment for three-year periods. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §11.)
AL Code § 2-8-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-161 - Collection of Assessment; Deductions for Expenses.

Section 2-8-161Collection of assessment; deductions for expenses. In the event the required number of egg producers approve, by a referendum as provided in this article, the levying of an assessment upon the sale of hens for a promotional program, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person engaged in the business of selling hens for the purpose of dressing, processing or reselling to processors, whether said buyers [sellers] are located within the State of Alabama or not, that on or after the date designated in such notice, which shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the mailing of such notice by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, that the amount of the assessment levied pursuant to the referendum shall be added by all such sellers of hens to the sale price thereof where such hens are purchased within the area covered by the referendum where such hens are sold for commercial processing or where such hens are to be resold for that purpose. On or before the tenth day of each calendar month, all assessments so added by such seller shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, by the seller. The books and records of all such sellers of hens subject to the assessment as levied under this article shall at all times during regular business hours be open for inspection by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his duly authorized representatives or agents for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of amounts remitted under this article. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be entitled to deduct three percent of all sums remitted to the Department of Agriculture and Industries under this article to defray expenses incident to collection and administration thereof. The amount thus deducted by the commissioner for expenses incident to the administration of this article shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §12; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-768, p. 246, §1.)
AL Code § 2-8-162 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-162 - Remittances to Treasurer of Association.

Section 2-8-162Remittances to treasurer of association. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association all moneys paid to or collected by him on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth days of January, April, July and October of each year, less a commission of three percent of the total amount so collected, which commission shall be deposited to the credit of the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury. The amount remitted to the treasurer of the certified association shall be used and expended by such association for a promotional program in the manner provided by this article. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §13.)
AL Code § 2-8-163 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-163 - Bond of Treasurer of Association.

Section 2-8-163Bond of treasurer of association. Before any money is remitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to the treasurer of an organization or association, as authorized under the provisions of this article, the treasurer of said organization shall furnish to the commissioner a bond approved by the commissioner in an amount not less than the estimated annual total amount of the assessments handled by such officer. The surety on said bond shall be a corporate surety company qualified to do business in Alabama, and said bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful handling, proper accounting and properly authorized expenditure of funds received and disbursed by the principal named in said bond. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §14.)
AL Code § 2-8-164 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-164 - Expenditure of Assessments.

Section 2-8-164Expenditure of assessments. The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the sale of hens as authorized under this article shall be used and expended by the certified association, after such funds are remitted to it by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, for the purpose of promoting and stimulating, by advertising and other methods, the increased use and sale of eggs and egg products, and such funds may also be used for the financing or contributing toward the financing of research, experimental and educational programs for the efficient and economical production, distribution, processing and marketing of eggs and egg products. Any such certified association may enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate agencies of any public or private institution or organization, and funds derived from assessments to the extent agreed upon and approved may be contributed to such public or private institution or agency for such research, experimental and educational work as it may require for such work so conducted and performed pursuant to such an agreement. Any certified association may also formulate and establish a plan for advertising and sales promotion; and, to carry out such a promotional program, agreements for this purpose may be entered into with advertising and public relations agencies or organizations. Before any funds received as assessments under the provisions of this article are disbursed and expended for the purposes authorized in this section, the certified association shall prepare and formulate its promotional program on an annual basis, and said program shall be submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for its approval. Any funds expended by the certified association not authorized by the promotional program previously approved shall be deemed an unauthorized and illegal expenditure of such funds. Any funds approved for expenditure for a promotional program as authorized under this article are hereby appropriated for disbursement and expenditure by said certified association to carry out any such approved promotional program or programs, and it shall not be necessary for the Legislature to make any specific or general appropriation for such disbursements or expenditures, nor shall such disbursements or expenditures be subject to the budget and allotment requirements of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this Code, and such disbursements and expenditures shall not be restricted or subject to any other requirements for general or special appropriations. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §15.)
AL Code § 2-8-165 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-165 - Joint Programs With Other States.

Section 2-8-165Joint programs with other states. Any certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar egg and egg products promotional program and other activity, as authorized in this article, jointly with such associations, commissions or other agencies in other states, and such certified association shall be authorized to contribute a proportionate share of the cost and expense necessary for such a program. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §17.)
AL Code § 2-8-166 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.|Article 5 - Eggs and Egg Products.|Section 2-8-166 - Annual Audit of Association; Examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; Publication of Statement.

Section 2-8-166Annual audit of association; examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; publication of statement. The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts to be conducted by a certified public accountant, disclosing receipts, disbursements, expenditures, and other information related thereto, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for inspection and review. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may audit, review, and otherwise investigate the receipts and disbursements of the funds in the same manner that those duties are performed for examination and audits of agencies and departments of the state. An examination or audit as required by this section and submitted to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be open to public inspection. Within 90 days following the close of a certified association's fiscal year, if it has received any funds from assessments levied and collected pursuant to this article, the association shall forward a copy of a financial statement to the state board showing the amount received and collected and the amount spent for each project and item. The statement shall be available for public inspection. (Acts 1963, No. 351, p. 844, §18; Act 2010-257, p. 448, §1.)