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AL Code § 2-19-127 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-127 - Authority for Destruction or Treatment of Cotton in Elimination Zones; When Compensation Payable.

Section 2-19-127Authority for destruction or treatment of cotton in elimination zones; when compensation payable. The commissioner shall have authority to destroy, or in his discretion, to treat with pesticides volunteer or other noncommercial cotton and to establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton in elimination zones when the commissioner deems such action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article. No payment shall be made by the commissioner to the owner or lessee for the destruction or injury of any cotton which was planted in an elimination zone after publication of notice as provided in this article, or was otherwise handled in violation of this article, or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. However, the commissioner shall pay for losses resulting from the destruction of cotton which was planted in such zones prior to promulgation of such notice. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §8.)
AL Code § 2-19-128 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-128 - Authority to Promulgate Appropriate Regulations.

Section 2-19-128Authority to promulgate appropriate regulations. (a) The board is authorized to promulgate regulations restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies in any premises in an elimination zone which have been or are to be treated with pesticides or otherwise treated to cause the eradication of the boll weevil, or in any other area that may be affected by such treatments. (b) The board shall also have authority to adopt such other rules and regulations as it deems necessary to further effectuate the purposes of this article. All rules and regulations issued under this article shall be adopted and published in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Section 41-22-1 et seq. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §9.)
AL Code § 2-19-129 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-129 - Penalties.

Section 2-19-129Penalties. (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or the regulations promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge or counterfeit, or use without authority, any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this article or in the regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) Any person who shall, except in compliance with the regulations of the board, move any regulated article into this state from any other state which the board found in such regulations is infested by the boll weevil, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §10.)
AL Code § 2-19-130 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-130 - Certification by Board of Cotton Growers' Organization Authorized; Requirements.

Section 2-19-130Certification by board of cotton growers' organization authorized; requirements. (a) The board may certify a cotton growers' organization for the purpose of entering into agreements with the State of Alabama, other states, the federal government, and other parties as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. (b) In order to be eligible for certification by the board, the cotton growers' organization must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that: (1) It is a nonprofit organization and could qualify as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. § 501(a)). (2) Membership in the organization shall be open to all cotton growers in this state. (3) The organization shall have only one class of members with each member entitled to only one vote. (c) The organization's board of directors shall be composed as follows: (1) Two Alabama cotton growers recommended by the Alabama Cotton Commission, to be appointed by the commissioner with the consent of the board. (2) Two Alabama cotton growers recommended by the Alabama Farmers Federation, to be appointed by the commissioner, with the consent of the board. (3) Four Alabama cotton growers to be appointed by the commissioner, with the consent of the board. (4) One representative of state government from this state to be appointed by the commissioner with the consent of the board. (d) All books and records of account and minutes of proceedings of the organization shall be available for inspection or audit by the commissioner at any reasonable time. (e) Employees or agents of the growers' organization who handle funds of the organization shall be adequately bonded in an amount to be determined by the commissioner. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §11; Acts 1992, No. 92-108, p. 178, §2; Acts 1993, No. 93-633, p. 1086, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-131 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-131 - Certification; Revocation.

Section 2-19-131Certification; revocation. Upon determination by the board that the organization meets the requirements of Section 2-19-130, the board shall certify the organization as the official cotton growers' organization. Such certification shall be for the purposes of this article only, and shall not affect other organizations or associations of cotton growers established for other purposes. The board shall certify only one such organization; provided that the board may revoke the certification of the organization if at any time the organization shall fail to meet the requirements of this article. The organization so certified above shall be authorized to borrow money or otherwise incur indebtedness and to expend the moneys so acquired for the purpose of destroying and eradicating the boll weevil in Alabama. Any indebtedness created pursuant to this paragraph shall be repaid from the assessments on cotton growers provided for in Section 2-19-132 or from other funds available to the certified organization and shall not constitute a debt of the State of Alabama or any department, agency, political subdivision, official, or employee thereof. Funds so borrowed shall be expended by the certified organization for the purpose of reducing the annual assessment or increasing the number of years over which cotton growers are required to pay assessments. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §12; Acts 1987, No. 87-624, p. 1110, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-132 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-132 - Cotton Growers Assessment Referendum Authorized; Assessments Generally.

Section 2-19-132Cotton growers assessment referendum authorized; assessments generally. (a) At the request of the certified organization, the board shall authorize a referendum among cotton growers upon the question of whether an assessment shall be levied upon cotton growers in the state to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of boll weevil or other cotton pest suppression or eradication programs authorized by this article or by any other law of this state. (b) The assessment levied under this article shall be based upon the number of acres of cotton planted. The amount of the assessment, the period of time for which it shall be levied, and the geographical area to be covered by the assessment shall be determined by the board. In no event shall the amount of the assessment exceed $50 per acre for any growing season. (c) All affected cotton growers shall be entitled to vote in any such referendum and the board shall determine any questions of eligibility to vote. (d) If at least two-thirds of those voting vote in favor of the assessment, then the assessment shall be collected by the department from the affected cotton growers. (e) The assessments collected by the department under this article shall be promptly remitted to the certified organization under such terms and conditions as the commissioner shall deem necessary to ensure that such assessments are used in a sound program of eradication or suppression of the boll weevil or other cotton pests. (f) The certified organization shall provide to the department an annual audit of its accounts performed by a certified public accountant. (g) The assessments collected by the department under this article shall not be "state" funds. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §13; Acts 1993, No. 93-633, p. 1086, §1.)
AL Code § 2-19-133 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-133 - Conduct of Referendum.

Section 2-19-133Conduct of referendum. The arrangements for the management of any referendum held under this article shall be under the direction of the certified organization. The organization shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting the referendum, to include furnishing the ballots and arranging for the necessary poll holders. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §14.)
AL Code § 2-19-134 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-134 - Subsequent Referendums.

Section 2-19-134Subsequent referendums. (a) In the event any referendum conducted under this article fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, the certified organization may, with the consent of the board be authorized to call other referendums. (b) After the passage of any referendum, the eligible voters shall be allowed, by subsequent referendums, at least every five years, to vote on whether to continue their assessments. All of the requirements for an initial referendum must be met in subsequent referendums. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §15.)
AL Code § 2-19-135 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 19 - Cotton.|Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.|Section 2-19-135 - Failure to Pay Assessments.

Section 2-19-135Failure to pay assessments. (a) A cotton grower who fails to pay, when due and upon reasonable notice, any assessment levied under this article, shall be subject to a per acre penalty as established in the board's regulations, in addition to the assessment. (b) A cotton grower who fails to pay all assessments, including penalties, within 30 days of notice of penalty, shall destroy any cotton plants growing on his acreage which is subject to the assessment. Any such cotton plants which are not destroyed shall be deemed to be a public nuisance, and said public nuisance may be abated in the same manner as any public nuisance. The commissioner, with approval of the Attorney General, and upon the relation of the Attorney General, may apply to the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the public nuisance is located to have said nuisance condemned and destroyed with all costs of destroying to be taxed against the grower. This injunctive relief shall be available to the commissioner notwithstanding the existence of any other legal remedy and the commissioner shall not be required to file a bond. (c) All assessments and penalties not paid by the cotton grower within 30 days of notice of penalty shall constitute and operate as a lien until paid, which shall be of equal dignity with liens for taxes owed the state. The commissioner is authorized to collect said assessments and penalties in the same manner as tax liens are collected by the state against delinquent taxpayers. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-786, p. 170, §16; Acts 1987, No. 87-624, p. 1110, §2.)
AL Code § 2-25-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-2 - Purposes of Article.

Section 2-25-2Purposes of article. The purposes of this article are to prevent the introduction into and dissemination within this state of plant pests and noxious weeds injurious to plants and plant products of this state, to provide for the inspection and control of nurseries and the regulation of the sale and distribution of plants and plant products and to prescribe the powers and duties of the board and commissioner relative thereto. (Ag. Code 1927, §289; Code 1940, T. 2, §450; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §2.)
AL Code § 2-25-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-4 - Power and Duty of Board as to Protection of Agricultural and Horticultural Interests From Plant Pests and Noxious Weeds Generally.

Section 2-25-4Power and duty of board as to protection of agricultural and horticultural interests from plant pests and noxious weeds generally. It shall be the duty of the board to protect the agricultural and horticultural interests of the state and, to that end, it is vested with power and authority to: (1) Make all such rules and regulations governing nurseries and the movement of nursery stock therefrom or the introduction of nursery stock therein as it may deem necessary to the eradication, control or prevention of the dissemination of plant pests or noxious weeds; (2) Make rules and regulations to govern the grading, marking, sale and distribution of nursery stock by dealers and nurserymen; (3) Provide rules and regulations under which nursery stock may be brought into this state from other states, territories and foreign countries; (4) Make such rules and regulations with reference to plants and plant products while in transit through this state as may be deemed necessary to prevent the introduction into or dissemination within this state of injurious plant pests and noxious weeds; (5) Declare a quarantine against any area, place, nursery, grove, orchard, county or counties within this state, other states, territories, foreign countries or portions thereof in reference to plant pests or noxious weeds and prohibit the movement within this state or any part thereof or the introduction into this state from other states, territories or foreign countries of all plants, plant products or other things from such quarantined places or areas which are likely to carry such plant pests and noxious weeds if such quarantine is determined, after due investigation, to be necessary in order to protect the agricultural and horticultural interests of this state. In such cases the quarantine may be made absolute or rules and regulations may be adopted prescribing the method and manner under which the prohibited articles may be moved into or within, sold or otherwise disposed of in this state; and (6) Make and publish reasonable rules and regulations regarding the application for the issuance, or revocation of certificates of inspection, under Section 2-25-6. (Ag. Code 1927, §297; Code 1940, T. 2, §457; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §4.)
AL Code § 2-25-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-5 - Exercise of Quarantine Powers of Board by Commissioner.

Section 2-25-5Exercise of quarantine powers of board by commissioner. All powers and authority as to the declaration and imposition of quarantines granted in Section 2-25-4 to the board may be exercised by the commissioner, acting independently of the board, during the intervening time between the meetings of the board; provided, that when the same are exercised by the commissioner, such quarantines shall be subject to review by the board, which shall have the power to revoke or annul the same; but, until so revoked or annulled by the board, all such quarantines of the commissioner shall be held legal and binding and of full force and effect. (Ag. Code 1927, §298; Code 1940, T. 2, §458.)
AL Code § 2-25-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-8 - When Commissioner May Refuse, Recall or Revoke Inspection Certificates.

Section 2-25-8When commissioner may refuse, recall or revoke inspection certificates. The commissioner shall have the power to refuse to issue an inspection certificate or to recall or to revoke any certificate already issued when he shall have reasonable cause to believe that the applicant for or holder of said certificate may tend to introduce into the state or disseminate within this state plant pests or noxious weeds injurious to plants and plant products of this state, or if an applicant or holder of said certificate is selling, offering to sell, distributing or offering to distribute nursery stock in violation of this article or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The commissioner may also refuse to certify or revoke or suspend existing certification of any nursery stock or plant product when it has been determined that plant pests and/or noxious weeds exist on said stock or product, or that the nursery or site is in such condition with regard to growth and cultivation that an adequate inspection for plant pests cannot be made. (Ag. Code 1927, §294; Code 1940, T. 2, §454; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §7.)
AL Code § 2-25-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-9 - Affixation of Official Tags to Boxes, Packages, etc., in Which Nursery Stock Shipped; Furnishing of Official Tags; Confiscation of Boxes, Packages, etc., Shipped Into State Without Official Tags.

Section 2-25-9Affixation of official tags to boxes, packages, etc., in which nursery stock shipped; furnishing of official tags; confiscation of boxes, packages, etc., shipped into state without official tags. Each box, bundle or package of nursery stock moved into or within the State of Alabama shall have a valid official tag bearing a copy of the certificate of inspection and seal of the Department of Agriculture and Industries conspicuously attached. Official tags will be furnished at cost through the commissioner. Certificate tags are not required on local retail sales where such sales are made directly to the ultimate user of such nursery stock. Each box, bundle or package of nursery stock shipped into or within Alabama by any person shall bear a valid certificate tag, and shipments of stock not thus tagged shall be liable to confiscation by the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §295; Code 1940, T. 2, §;455; Acts 1943, No. 495, p. 466; Acts 1969, No. 1147, p. 2150, §4; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §8.)
AL Code § 2-25-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-10 - Introduction Into State of Live Plant Pests, etc., or Specimens of Disease Injurious to Plants; Special Permit.

Section 2-25-10Introduction into state of live plant pests, etc., or specimens of disease injurious to plants; special permit. The introduction into this state of any live plant pest, noxious weed, or any regulated articles, or specimen of any disease injurious to plants, except under a special permit issued by the commissioner is hereby prohibited. He shall be the sole issuing agency for such special permits. (Ag. Code 1927, §301; Code 1940, T. 2, §461; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §9.)
AL Code § 2-25-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-11 - Common Carriers, etc., Not to Accept for Shipment or Deliver Nursery Stock, etc., Without Official Tags, Etc.

Section 2-25-11Common carriers, etc., not to accept for shipment or deliver nursery stock, etc., without official tags, etc. No transportation company or common carrier shall accept from any shipper or person or deliver to any consignee nursery stock or other plants or plant products named in the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries which do not bear the official tag issued by the commissioner or the inspection tag of the federal Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. (Ag. Code 1927, §302; Code 1940, T. 2, §462.)
AL Code § 2-25-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-12 - Common Carriers Not to Be Liable for Damages for Refusal to Receive, Deliver, etc., Boxes, Packages Without Official Tags, Etc.

Section 2-25-12Common carriers not to be liable for damages for refusal to receive, deliver, etc., boxes, packages without official tags, etc. No common carrier shall be liable for damages to the consignee or consignor for refusing to receive, transport or deliver such trees, packages or boxes, when not accompanied by the tag or certificate as provided in Section 2-25-11. (Ag. Code 1927, §303; Code 1940, T. 2, §463.)
AL Code § 2-25-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 2 - Agriculture.|Chapter 25 - Plants and Trees.|Article 1 - Insect and Disease Control.|Section 2-25-13 - Movement, Sale, etc., Into State or Within State of Plants, Plant Products, etc., During Quarantines; Confiscation by Commissioner; Plants, etc., Moved Into Quarantined Area.

Section 2-25-13Movement, sale, etc., into state or within state of plants, plant products, etc., during quarantines; confiscation by commissioner; plants, etc., moved into quarantined area. Whenever the board or commissioner under the provisions of this article shall declare a quarantine against any place, nursery, grove, orchard, county or counties of this state, other states, territories or foreign countries as to plant, pest, or noxious weed, it shall be unlawful thereafter until such quarantine is removed for any person to introduce into this state or to move, sell or otherwise dispose of within this state any plant, plant product or other thing included in such quarantine, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board or commissioner. Any plant, plant product, or other thing included under a quarantine which is moved, sold, or otherwise disposed of within the state in violation of this section, and any plant propagated from such plant, plant product, or other thing, shall be declared contraband and confiscated and destroyed by the commissioner without compensation to anyone. Any plant, plant product, or other thing moved into a quarantined area shall itself be quarantined and subject to all restrictions of the quarantine. (Ag. Code 1927, §304; Code 1940, T. 2, §464; Acts 1991, No. 91-632, p. 1179, §10.)