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AL Code § 2-26-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-4 - Establishment of Seed Division and Testing Laboratory; Enforcement of Rules and Regulations as to Sale or Distribution of Tree or Shrub Seed.

Section 2-26-4Establishment of seed division and testing laboratory; enforcement of rules and regulations as to sale or distribution of tree or shrub seed. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Agriculture and Industries a seed division which shall maintain facilities, equipment, and qualified personnel to perform the seed testing, sampling, and analysis work required to execute the provisions and requirements of this article. Any testing or analysis required to be performed may be performed as provided in Section 2-2-33. The seed division established and created under this section shall also perform the administrative, clerical, and other work incident to the administration and enforcement of the provisions and requirements of this article and such seed testing and administrative duties shall not be performed by any other division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries; except, that the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have the authority to enter into an agreement delegating the responsibility for the testing of tree and shrub seed to the United States Forest Service or any other seed laboratory designated and approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (b) The responsibility for the enforcement of the rules and regulations governing the sale or distribution of tree or shrub seed within the state shall be the sole responsibility of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries. (Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §9; Act 2015-262, §2.)
AL Code § 2-26-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-6 - Injunctive Proceedings to Restrain Persons Selling, Processing, Cleaning, etc., Seed Without Permit.

Section 2-26-6Injunctive proceedings to restrain persons selling, processing, cleaning, etc., seed without permit. Any person required to secure a permit as provided under Section 2-26-5 who fails or refuses to apply for and obtain such a permit and pay the fee therefor may be restrained from engaging in the sale of agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub or herb seed or from operating a seed cleaning, shelling, delinting or processing plant. In addition to the penalty provided in this article, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may file a petition in the circuit court for a temporary restraining order or permanent injunction or both; and, for cause shown, the court shall have jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin any person from engaging in the sale of seed without securing the permit as required under this article. Such temporary restraining order or permanent injunction shall be issued without bond. (Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §11.)
AL Code § 2-26-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-8 - Analyses and Interpretations of Seeds.

Section 2-26-8Analyses and interpretations of seeds. Analyses and interpretations shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Association of Official Seed Analysts. (Acts 1943, No. 560, p. 552, §1; Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §1.)
AL Code § 2-26-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-9 - Requirements as to Certification, etc., of Hybrid Seed Corn Sold or Offered for Sale.

Section 2-26-9Requirements as to certification, etc., of hybrid seed corn sold or offered for sale. No hybrid seed corn shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is certified by a recognized seed certifying agency or produced by a person having a bona fide corn breeding program. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall be authorized to determine whether certain corn breeding programs constitute a bona fide program to comply with this requirement. (Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §4.)
AL Code § 2-26-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-12 - Suspension From Sale, Seizure and Condemnation of Articles Not in Compliance With Provisions of Article.

Section 2-26-12Suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation of articles not in compliance with provisions of article. Any lot of agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub or flower seed not in compliance with the provisions of this article shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation. The issuance of a "suspension from sale or use" or "stop-sale" order and seizure and condemnation of seed sold or offered for sale in violation of the provisions of this article shall be in accordance with Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. (Acts 1943, No. 560, p. 552, §;8; Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §12.)
AL Code § 2-26-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-13 - Violation of Provisions of Article or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Hereunder Deemed Misdemeanor.

Section 2-26-13Violation of provisions of article or rules or regulations promulgated hereunder deemed misdemeanor. Any person who shall perform any of the acts which are declared to be unlawful by this article or who fails to perform any duty or requirements imposed by the provisions of this article or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated hereunder or who shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or solicit orders for agricultural, vegetable, herb, tree, shrub or flower seed without having a permit as required by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such offense. (Acts 1943, No. 560, p. 552, §8; Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §13.)
AL Code § 2-26-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-14 - Exemptions From Article.

Section 2-26-14Exemptions from article. The provisions of this article do not apply to: (1) Seed when sold directly to and in the presence of the consumer and taken from the container properly labeled in accordance with the provisions of this article, but this provision shall in no way exempt the vendor from the analysis given on the tag or label attached to any container; (2) Seed or grain not intended for sowing or planting purposes if proper indication of such intention is shown; (3) Seed in storage in or consigned to a seed-cleaning or processing establishment for cleaning or processing; provided, that for seed to be processed and stored in the same room from which seed are delivered for planting, sowing or resale, each bag shall bear a label or there shall be displayed a large placard with the following words "For Processing - Not for Sale;" further provided, that seed held in storage for interstate shipment need be labeled only with a lot number supported by an analysis in office files; and provided further, that any labeling or other representations which may be made with respect to such seed shall be subject to this article; (4) Seed produced in Alabama and sold by the farmer who produced such seed to another farmer with the provision that if such seed are advertised for sale by a paid advertisement or by free advertisement through publications of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries such seed shall be subject to all of the requirements of this article; provided, however, that farmer-producers selling only their own production shall not be required to obtain the permit except as required under Section 2-26-5; or (5) Seed sold or distributed by the grower thereof, unless such grower is also a dealer, to a local merchant in due course of trade and by such local merchant resold in due course of trade, but without advertising and without holding himself as a dealer as defined in this article. (Acts 1943, No. 560, p. 552, §4; Acts 1963, No. 424, p. 931, §5.)
AL Code § 2-26-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 2-26-15 - Seed Inspection Fees; Reporting.

Section 2-26-15Seed inspection fees; reporting. (a) The Board of Agriculture and Industries may adopt seed inspection fees. The department shall administer the inspection fees, prescribe and furnish forms, and require the filing of reports necessary for the payment of the inspection fees. The department may inspect the record of any person who sells or distributes seed for sale during the normal hours of business operation as it deems necessary. (b) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund in the State Treasury. The commissioner may expend revenue raised by this section for the support of the Alabama State Seed Laboratory. (c) Every person who sells or distributes seed for sale, whether in bulk or in containers, within the state or into the state for planting purposes, shall be assessed a seed inspection fee as established by the board. (d) Every person who sells or distributes seed for sale shall do all of the following: (1) Pay an inspection fee on the total number of pounds of seed sold within or into the state. Payment of the seed inspection fees shall be the responsibility of the person initiating the first sale of seed within or into the state. (2) Maintain records, as required by the department, that accurately reflect the total pounds of seed subject to the fees that are handled, sold or offered for sale, or distributed for sale. (3) File quarterly reports on forms provided or approved by the department, covering the total pounds of all sales of seed subject to the fee and sold during the preceding quarter. The reports and fees due shall be filed with the department no later than 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter. (e) A person who sells or distributes seed for sale who does not file the quarterly report by the due date shall pay a penalty fee as provided by the regulations of the department. The penalty fee shall be waived if the seedsman obtains prior written approval from the department for a late filing and complies with the late filing requirements. (f) The commissioner may suspend the permit or seek any remedy provided in Section 2-26-13, against any person subject to this section. (g) The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall review the fee schedule and administration of the seed inspection fee program and shall make recommendations for its renewal or renewal with revisions by the board meeting date immediately prior to the convening of the regular session of the Legislature in the fourth year of the quadrennium. Any change in the fee schedule or the administration of the seed inspection program shall be adopted by rule pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (Act 2012-401, p. 1097, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 2-26-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 2 - Elimination of Fungi and Noxious Weeds From Seed.|Section 2-26-30 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Removal, etc., of Fungi and Noxious Weeds From Seeds and Small Grains by Commissioner.

Section 2-26-30Promulgation of rules and regulations for removal, etc., of fungi and noxious weeds from seeds and small grains by commissioner. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of eradicating and preventing the spread of fungus growths and diseases from seed and small grains used for planting purposes and the removal of noxious weeds from agricultural and vegetable seed and small grain used for planting purposes by requiring that persons, firms, partnerships, corporations and associations engaged in cleaning or otherwise processing seed shall process, clean or treat such seed and small grains in a manner whereby fungi, diseases and noxious weeds will be eradicated or removed from such seed and small grain prior to the packaging, shipping or sale thereof to growers. Rules and regulations adopted under this section may require seed cleaners or processors to clean or process seed and small grain used for planting purposes by applying fungicides or other chemicals and to process or treat such seed and grain in any other manner reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure prescribed under the provisions of Sections 2-2-16 and 2-2-17. (Acts 1953, No. 739, p. 1003, §1.)
AL Code § 2-26-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 2 - Elimination of Fungi and Noxious Weeds From Seed.|Section 2-26-31 - Suspension From Sale, Seizure and Condemnation of Seeds and Small Grains Sold, Transported, etc., in Violation of Rules and Regulations; Right of Commissioner to Inspect and Secure Samples.

Section 2-26-31Suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation of seeds and small grains sold, transported, etc., in violation of rules and regulations; right of commissioner to inspect and secure samples. Any agricultural or vegetable seed or small grain used for planting purposes which is sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or transported in violation of any rules and regulations promulgated and adopted in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be subject to suspension from sale, seizure and condemnation in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this title. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall have the right of inspection and the right to secure samples as provided in said Article 2. (Acts 1953, No. 739, p. 1003, §2.)
AL Code § 2-26-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 2 - Elimination of Fungi and Noxious Weeds From Seed.|Section 2-26-32 - Failure to Process, Clean, etc., Seeds or Small Grains or Sale, Distribution, etc., of Seeds or Small Grains Not Cleaned, Processed, etc., in Accordance With Rules and Regulations Promulgated Under Article.

Section 2-26-32Failure to process, clean, etc., seeds or small grains or sale, distribution, etc., of seeds or small grains not cleaned, processed, etc., in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated under article. It shall be unlawful for anyone to fail or refuse to clean, process or treat agricultural or vegetable seed or small grain used for planting purposes in violation of any rules or regulations promulgated under the provisions of this article, and it shall also be unlawful for anyone to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or distribute any agricultural or vegetable seed or small grain used for planting purposes unless such seed and grains have been cleaned, processed or treated in accordance with requirements of rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the provisions of this article. Whoever shall violate any rules and regulations or other requirements of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as prescribed by law. (Acts 1953, No. 739, p. 1003, §3.)
AL Code § 2-26-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 3 - Registration of Symbol of Seeds or Plant Parts.|Section 2-26-50 - Adoption and Registration of Symbols of Identification or Certification of Foundation Seed, Seeds or Plant Parts.

Section 2-26-50Adoption and registration of symbols of identification or certification of foundation seed, seeds or plant parts. An association or associations of farmers engaged in multiplying and certifying seed or plant parts of a superior variety or strain of plants or crops, such as those bred and tested or tested only by the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University, and in increasing breeder seed by producing, processing and distributing foundation seed may adopt a symbol or symbols of identification or certification of such seed or plant parts and such foundation seed and, upon approval of the director of such experiment station and of the Director of the Extension Service of Auburn University, register same with the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Only one such association may so register such a symbol or symbols for any one specified crop. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §§1, 2; Acts 1975, No. 745, §1.)
AL Code § 2-26-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 3 - Registration of Symbol of Seeds or Plant Parts.|Section 2-26-51 - Use of Symbols by Persons, Associations, etc., Other Than Associations Registering Same; Violations of Provisions of Article Deemed Misdemeanors.

Section 2-26-51Use of symbols by persons, associations, etc., other than associations registering same; violations of provisions of article deemed misdemeanors. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, other than the association which so registered such symbol or symbols, to use such symbol or symbols in any manner for identifying or certifying seeds or plant parts or for any person, firm, association or corporation to sell, offer for sale or otherwise market or distribute foundation seed for any specified crop, other than the association which registered the symbol or symbols of such foundation seed for such crop with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (b) Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §3; Acts 1975, No. 745, §2.)
AL Code § 2-26-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 3 - Registration of Symbol of Seeds or Plant Parts.|Section 2-26-52 - Cooperation of Department of Agriculture and Industries and Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Station of Auburn University.

Section 2-26-52Cooperation of Department of Agriculture and Industries and Agricultural Extension Service and Experiment Station of Auburn University. The Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Agricultural Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate and work with such associations of farmers to accomplish the following purposes: (1) To implement an Alabama seed improvement program encompassing activities of foundation seed production, seed certification and labeling and quality control in the production of seed in order to make available for agriculture in this state high quality seed; (2) To conduct educational programs stressing the benefits of the use of seed of superior varieties and strains; and (3) To otherwise formulate and implement such programs as will insure that quality seed is properly produced, processed, certified and distributed in the state. (Acts 1945, No. 404, p. 643, §4; Acts 1975, No. 745, §3.)
AL Code § 2-26-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 4 - Investigation and Settlement of Complaints as to Quality of Seeds.|Section 2-26-70 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-26-70Purpose of article. The intent and purpose of this article is to provide a method for assisting farmers and other seed purchasers and seed dealers to determine the validity of complaints of such seed purchasers against seed dealers relating to the quality of the seed by establishing a committee to investigate and make findings and recommendations in the nature of arbitration proceedings where damages are suffered by such seed purchasers caused by the failure of any agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree, shrub and herb seeds to perform as represented, or to conform to the description on the labeling thereof as required by Sections 2-26-1 through 2-26-14. The meaning of words and terms as used in this article shall, where applicable, be construed to conform to the meaning of such words and terms as same are defined in Section 2-26-1. (Acts 1979, No. 79-424, p. 661, §1.)
AL Code § 2-26-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 4 - Investigation and Settlement of Complaints as to Quality of Seeds.|Section 2-26-71 - Creation of Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee; Composition; Qualifications, Appointment and Terms of Office of Members; Officers; Meetings Generally.

Section 2-26-71Creation of Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members; officers; meetings generally. There is hereby created and established a Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee to be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to consist of five members. The members shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries upon the recommendation of each of the following: Dean and Director, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University; Executive Committee of the Alabama Seedsmen's Association; President of the Alabama Farmers Federation; State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and one member shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Each of these members may be represented by an alternate appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, upon the recommendation of the recommending authority or on recommendation of the committee member when such authority has been vested in the committee member by the recommending authority. Each member shall continue to serve on the committee until a replacement has been recommended by one of the above named organizations, agencies, or officials authorized to make such recommendations or appointments, at which time the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall appoint a new member from those recommended. Each alternate shall serve only for the case in which he has been appointed and only one member shall represent each of the above organizations, agencies, or officials authorized to make recommendations for appointment to the committee. The committee shall elect a chairman and a secretary from its membership. The committee chairman shall conduct all meetings and deliberations held by the committee and direct the other activities of the committee. The secretary shall keep accurate and correct records on all meetings and deliberations and perform any other duties for the committee as directed by the chairman. The committee shall be known as the Seed Investigation and Arbitration Committee. (Acts 1979, No. 79-424, p. 661, §3 (1); Acts 1992, No. 92-108, p. 178, §3.)
AL Code § 2-26-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 26 - Seeds.|Article 4 - Investigation and Settlement of Complaints as to Quality of Seeds.|Section 2-26-72 - Compensation and Expenses of Members of Committee.

Section 2-26-72Compensation and expenses of members of committee. The members of the committee shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the same manner and at the same rate paid to state employees for travel expenses when such members attend meetings or perform other required duties which shall be paid from funds appropriated or available to the Department of Agriculture and Industries upon approval of the commissioner. (Acts 1979, No. 79-424, p. 661, §3 (4).)