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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally. › Section 2-15-171 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Transportation, Disposition, etc., of Quarantined Livestock by State Board of Agriculture and Industries; Admissibility in Evidence Thereof; Furnishing of Copies to Probate Judges, Etc.

Section 2-15-171
Promulgation of rules and regulations as to transportation, disposition, etc., of quarantined livestock by State Board of Agriculture and Industries; admissibility in evidence thereof; furnishing of copies to probate judges, etc.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall have full power to make or enact such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for governing the movement, transportation or disposition of livestock that may be quarantined as provided in this article on account of being affected with or exposed to a contagious or communicable disease or on account of being infected or infested with the carrier or carriers of the cause of a contagious, infectious or communicable disease of livestock.
The rules and regulations purporting to be published by authority of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in book or pamphlet form or a typewritten copy of any such rules and regulations certified to by the commissioner as being a true and correct copy and having been legally promulgated shall be received as evidence of the passage and legal publication of such rules and regulations as of the date mentioned or provided for therein in all courts and places without further proof.
A copy of said rules and regulations shall be furnished by the commissioner to all probate judges and district attorneys in all areas that might be affected by said rules and regulations immediately after their adoption by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally. › Section 2-15-172 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations as to Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Veterinary or Biological Products and Serums and Disposal of Dead Carcasses, Etc.

Section 2-15-172
Promulgation of rules and regulations as to manufacture, sale, etc., of veterinary or biological products and serums and disposal of dead carcasses, etc.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries may make rules and regulations governing the manufacture, sale, distribution, handling and keeping and use of all veterinary or biological products and serums and also the disposal of dead carcasses, infectious and toxic meats and feeds.
(Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally. › Section 2-15-173 - Payment of Expenses of Suppression or Eradication of Livestock Diseases and Administration of Article.

Section 2-15-173
Payment of expenses of suppression or eradication of livestock diseases and administration of article.
(a) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall provide for payment of the expense of the suppression or eradication of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of livestock from the Agricultural Fund.
(b) The funds appropriated in the general appropriation bill for the purpose of controlling outbreaks of plant and animal disease may be expended in the administration of this article, including all help in such control as may be deemed necessary by the commissioner, and in payment of animals and materials which have been condemned as provided and authorized in this article.
(Ag. Code 1927, §588; Code 1940, T. 2, §380; Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 7 - Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases Generally. › Section 2-15-174 - Penalty for Violations of Article or Rules or Regulations of Department, Commissioner, Etc.

Section 2-15-174
Penalty for violations of article or rules or regulations of department, commissioner, etc.
Any person violating any section or provision of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated by the department, its board or the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished accordingly.
(Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-190 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-15-190
Purpose of article.
The purpose of this article is to authorize and empower the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to establish a program to include methods and procedures for the prevention, control and eradication of brucellosis or Bang's disease in cattle and to prescribe the powers, authority and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian relative to such a disease control program, which powers, duties and authority shall be in addition to or supplemental to all other powers, duties and authority now authorized by law for the control and eradication of diseases of livestock.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-191 - Adoption and Establishment of Calfhood Vaccination Program by State Board.

Section 2-15-191
Adoption and establishment of calfhood vaccination program by state board.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized and empowered to adopt and establish a calfhood vaccination program whereby persons owning cattle or calves in Alabama shall have such animals vaccinated against brucellosis at a time and in such a manner and under conditions as may be prescribed pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for this purpose; provided, however, that any calfhood vaccination program as may be adopted under this section shall be limited to the vaccination of calves between the ages of four to eight months, inclusive; provided further, that any such rules and regulations for a calfhood vaccination program shall prescribe a method to properly and adequately identify animals which have been vaccinated hereunder by the use of ear tags, brands, tattooing or any other suitable or recommended method. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries, pursuant to any rules and regulations authorizing or requiring a calfhood vaccination program, shall be authorized to exempt certain animals from vaccination requirements where it is found not to be necessary to require the vaccination of these animals for an effective calfhood vaccination program.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-192 - Establishment of Disease Control Program by State Board.

Section 2-15-192
Establishment of disease control program by state board.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby further authorized and empowered to establish a program which shall include methods and procedures whereby all persons owning cattle and calves in Alabama shall be required to make such animals available for testing by the State Veterinarian at such time and place and in such a manner as may be prescribed under rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for this purpose to the end that it may be determined whether the disease of brucellosis is found to exist in or among such animals. Any cattle or herds of cattle which react positively or are otherwise found to be infected with brucellosis may be quarantined, released therefrom, moved, handled and disposed of under conditions and requirements as may be established by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated as authorized under this section. Any such disease control program as may be established under this section by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may provide for uniform methods and procedures for the establishment of brucellosis free areas, certified areas, modified certified areas, recertification, individual herd certification or other recognized methods and procedures for control and eradication of brucellosis in cattle. Any such control program may also provide for the method of treatment or vaccination, the proper identification of any animals which react to any brucellosis test or which have been vaccinated or otherwise treated for such disease, and such disease control program may require owners of cattle to vaccinate such cattle for the prevention, treatment and control of brucellosis at state expense to the extent that funds may be available for such purpose or at the owner's expense.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-193 - Supervision, etc., of Disease Control Program; Right of Entry and Inspection, etc., of State Veterinarian, etc.; Interference With Performance of Duties by State Veterinarian, Etc.

Section 2-15-193
Supervision, etc., of disease control program; right of entry and inspection, etc., of State Veterinarian, etc.; interference with performance of duties by State Veterinarian, etc.
Any compulsory, voluntary or recommended program for the control and eradication of brucellosis disease in cattle as may be established under authority of this article shall be carried out under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
The State Veterinarian, his associates and assistants or other authorized employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries are hereby authorized to enter any place or upon any premises or into any barns or other buildings, including stockyards, where livestock are kept for any purpose or to stop any truck, vehicles or other carriers transporting cattle in order to perform any inspection, testing, examination or any other duties that may be required under a brucellosis disease control and eradication program established under authority of this article.
Any person who shall refuse, oppose, prevent or interfere with the State Veterinarian or other authorized officials from entry into any place for the purpose of carrying out his or their duties as authorized under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-194 - Cooperation With Federal Agencies.

Section 2-15-194
Cooperation with federal agencies.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall be authorized to cooperate with appropriate officials and agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture and to enter into agreements with such officials and agencies for the purpose of carrying out any brucellosis disease control and eradication program as may be adopted under the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-195 - Expenditure of General Appropriations for Conduct of Disease Control Program and Indemnification of Owners of Cattle Condemned, Slaughtered or Destroyed.

Section 2-15-195
Expenditure of general appropriations for conduct of disease control program and indemnification of owners of cattle condemned, slaughtered or destroyed.
Funds appropriated under the provisions of the general appropriations act for brucellosis or Bang's disease control and eradication work or any other funds that may be available for this purpose may be used and expended to carry out any brucellosis disease eradication and control program that may be established as authorized under this article, and such funds to the extent authorized by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may also be used for payments to indemnify owners of cattle which have been condemned, slaughtered or destroyed after it is determined that such action must be taken when the cattle are found to have tuberculosis, paratuberculosis or brucellosis.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-196 - Penalty for Violations of Rules and Regulations Promulgated by State Board.

Section 2-15-196
Penalty for violations of rules and regulations promulgated by state board.
Rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized under this article for a brucellosis disease program shall have the force and effect of law, and any person who shall violate any such rule or regulation or who shall fail or refuse to perform any duty required thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such an offense.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 8 - Control of Brucellosis or Bang's Disease. › Section 2-15-197 - Article Cumulative.

Section 2-15-197
Article cumulative.
The provisions of this article are cumulative or supplemental to other laws or parts of laws enacted for the control and eradication of diseases of livestock.
(Acts 1961, No. 1036, p. 1621, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-210 - Establishment, Conduct, and Maintenance of Swine Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.

Section 2-15-210
Establishment, conduct, and maintenance of swine disease diagnostic laboratory.
(a) The Department of Agriculture and Industries may establish, conduct and maintain a swine disease diagnostic laboratory for the purpose of diagnosing contagious, infectious and communicable diseases of swine owned by producers of such livestock in Alabama, and the amount appropriated and made available for such purpose in the general appropriations act shall be used and expended by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to establish, operate and conduct such a laboratory.
(b) Testing for swine disease may be performed at a swine disease diagnostic laboratory at a location in the State of Alabama to be designated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries or as otherwise provided in Section 2-2-33.
(Acts 1961, No. 1035, p. 1621; Act 2015-262, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-211 - Feeding of Garbage to Swine.

Section 2-15-211
Feeding of garbage to swine.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, municipality, county, political subdivision, governmental agency or department, institution, individual, partnership, corporation, association, other entity or organization to feed garbage to swine.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods including animal and fowl carcasses or parts thereof; provided, that citrus pulps, pea vines, bakery waste, candy kitchen waste and dairy products waste from milk processing plants shall not be included in this definition when such waste has not been mixed with or in contact with other animal or vegetable waste.
(c) This section shall not apply to any person who feeds only his own household garbage to swine.
(d) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and, within the discretion of the court, may also be imprisoned for a period not to exceed six months.
(e) The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1969, No. 613, p. 1119, §§1-4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-230 - Definitions.

Section 2-15-230
Definitions.
When used in this subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) HOG CHOLERA VIRUS. An unattenuated virus administered to swine for the purpose of immunizing such swine from the disease known as hog cholera.
(2) STATE VETERINARIAN. The State Veterinarian of Alabama.
(Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-231 - Possession, Sale, etc., of Hog Cholera Virus.

Section 2-15-231
Possession, sale, etc., of hog cholera virus.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association in the State of Alabama to have in possession or keep, sell or offer for sale, barter, exchange, give away or otherwise dispose of hog cholera virus.
(Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-232 - Sale of Swine Infected With or Exposed to Hog Cholera.

Section 2-15-232
Sale of swine infected with or exposed to hog cholera.
It is unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to sell any hog, pig or shoat which is infected with or has been exposed to hog cholera disease. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law.
(Acts 1953, No. 111, p. 161.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-233 - Quarantining of Lots, Stalls, etc., Where Swine Infected With Hog Cholera; Disposition of Bodies of Hogs Dying From Hog Cholera; Moving of Hogs From Quarantined Premises, Etc.

Section 2-15-233
Quarantining of lots, stalls, etc., where swine infected with hog cholera; disposition of bodies of hogs dying from hog cholera; moving of hogs from quarantined premises, etc.
All lots, stalls and pastures and other premises where swine are kept and the disease of hog cholera is diagnosed or exists among such swine are hereby declared to be quarantined for a period of at least 30 days. No hogs may be removed for any purpose from such premises for a period of at least 30 days following the date of the appearance of the last case of hog cholera. All hogs shall be burned immediately which have died from hog cholera or moved to rendering plants in vehicles equipped with watertight bodies, and no other disposition of such hogs shall be made.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to move swine from quarantined premises in violation of the provisions of this section, and it shall also be unlawful to move hogs which have died from hog cholera in any manner other than the manner prescribed by this section.
(Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-234 - Appropriation and Expenditure of Funds by Counties for Hog Cholera Eradication Programs; Employment of Inspectors, Etc.

Section 2-15-234
Appropriation and expenditure of funds by counties for hog cholera eradication programs; employment of inspectors, etc.
County commissions of the several counties of the State of Alabama, when such bodies desire to conduct a hog cholera eradication program, are hereby authorized to appropriate and expend county funds in such sums as they deem necessary for enforcing the provisions of this subdivision and rules and regulations promulgated under this subdivision.
Such counties may employ inspectors and other necessary employees to enforce the provisions of this subdivision. Inspectors so employed by any county of the State of Alabama shall be approved by the State Veterinarian and shall work under the direction and supervision of the State Veterinarian.
(Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-235 - Commissioner Charged With Execution and Enforcement of Subdivision; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Commissioner.

Section 2-15-235
Commissioner charged with execution and enforcement of subdivision; promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this subdivision, and he is authorized and empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to accomplish the evident intent and purposes of this subdivision.
(Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-236 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Subdivision.

Section 2-15-236
Penalties for violations of provisions of subdivision.
Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $500.00.
(Acts 1951, No. 308, p. 601, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-250 - Department to Acquire Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and Other Approved Immunizing Agents.

Section 2-15-250
Department to acquire anti-hog cholera serum and other approved immunizing agents.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized and required to purchase anti-hog cholera serum and any other approved immunizing agent in such units as deemed advisable by said department, at the lowest and best bid or bids, from one or more reliable manufacturers producing a high quality product, which products shall be approved by the State Veterinarian.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §1; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-251 - Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and Other Immunizing Agents by Department Generally; Payment of Cost of Inoculating Swine.

Section 2-15-251
Distribution of anti-hog cholera serum and other immunizing agents by department generally; payment of cost of inoculating swine.
(a) Except as provided in Section 2-15-253, the department shall distribute through employees of the livestock sanitary division of the said department, licensed veterinarians and others approved by the State Veterinarian, anti-hog cholera serum and any other approved immunizing agent, without cost thereof, to any bona fide farmer who is an owner of swine in Alabama making application therefor upon forms to be furnished by said department and approved by the officially approved administrator of said serum or other approved immunizing agent. Distribution of anti-hog cholera serum or other approved immunizing agent shall not be made under the provisions of this subsection to owners of commercial garbage fed swine.
(b) The cost of inoculating swine with products distributed under any of the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid by the owner of such swine, such cost to be mutually agreed upon by the owner and the individual performing the services of inoculation.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §2; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-252 - Hog Cholera Virus Not to Be Purchased or Distributed by Department.

Section 2-15-252
Hog cholera virus not to be purchased or distributed by department.
The hog cholera immunizing agent known as "hog cholera virus" shall not be distributed or sold by the Department of Agriculture and Industries under any of the provisions of this subdivision, and such department is hereby expressly prohibited from purchasing or making any distribution of hog cholera virus.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §3; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-253 - Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum and Other Immunizing Agents by Department to Owners of Commercial Garbage-Fed Swine, Etc.

Section 2-15-253
Distribution of anti-hog cholera serum and other immunizing agents by department to owners of commercial garbage-fed swine, etc.
The livestock sanitary division of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall distribute anti-hog cholera serum or other approved immunizing agent at a price equal to all cost of the product, storage and distribution thereof to said department to owners of hogs in Alabama for use on commercial or commercial garbage-fed herds of swine in Alabama and to all other owners of hogs in Alabama who are not entitled to free distribution of said serum or other approved immunizing agent under Section 2-15-251; provided, that whenever said serum or other approved immunizing agent is distributed as provided in this section, said serum or any other approved immunizing agent shall be applied for and distributed in the manner provided in Section 2-15-251.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §4; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-254 - Making of False Representation for Purpose of Securing Anti-Hog Cholera Serum or Other Immunizing Agents.

Section 2-15-254
Making of false representation for purpose of securing anti-hog cholera serum or other immunizing agents.
Any person who knowingly makes any false representation for the purpose of securing any anti-hog cholera serum or any other immunizing agent as provided in this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 and shall forfeit his right to again secure any anti-hog cholera serum or other immunizing agent as provided in this subdivision.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §6; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-255 - Serum Fund.

Section 2-15-255
Serum Fund.
All moneys accruing from the sale of anti-hog cholera serum or other approved immunizing agent as provided in Section 2-15-253 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Agriculture and Industries in a fund to be known as the "Serum Fund," which fund shall be used for the purchase and distribution of anti-hog cholera serum or other immunizing agent as provided in both Sections 2-15-251 and 2-15-253.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §5; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-256 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations for Implementation of Subdivision by Commissioner; Adoption of Swine Disease Control Program and Promulgation of Rules or Regulations Therefor by State Board; Expenditure of Funds Designated Therefor.

Section 2-15-256
Promulgation of rules and regulations for implementation of subdivision by commissioner; adoption of swine disease control program and promulgation of rules or regulations therefor by state board; expenditure of funds designated therefor.
(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized to promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this subdivision, and anti-hog cholera serum or other approved immunizing agent shall not be furnished to any person unless such person has complied with the requirements of this subdivision and rules and regulations promulgated under this section.
(b) The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to adopt a swine disease control program for the expenditure of funds designated to be used for swine disease control work as authorized under Section 2-15-257, and the State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations for the execution of such program. Any funds designated for such use shall be used for swine disease control work only and pursuant to a swine disease control program adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §8 1/2; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §8 1/2; Acts 1953, No. 278, p. 343, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 2 - Acquisition and Distribution of Anti-Hog Cholera Serum, Etc. › Section 2-15-257 - Appropriation.

Section 2-15-257
Appropriation.
There is hereby appropriated during each fiscal year such parts of funds made available by the Legislature for this purpose in the general appropriations act as is necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subdivision; provided, however, that the State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to determine the amount of such appropriation that may be expended for the purchase and distribution of anti-hog cholera serum and other immunizing agents and the amount to be expended by the Department of Agriculture and Industries for swine disease control work pursuant to a swine disease control program adopted by said board, and such amounts so designated under this section are hereby appropriated for such use to defray all expenses incident thereto including salaries, equipment, purchases and other expenses; provided further, that the amount designated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for swine disease control work shall be used by the Department of Agriculture and Industries for control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of swine and for no other purposes whatsoever, and such disease control work shall be carried out pursuant to a swine disease control program adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized under Section 2-15-256.
(Acts 1947, No. 370, p. 257, §7; Acts 1951, No. 722, p. 1272, §7; Acts 1953, No. 278, p. 343, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 3 - Regulation of Hog Cholera Serums, Vaccines, Etc. › Section 2-15-270 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations for Control of Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Hog Cholera Vaccines, Serums, etc., by State Board Authorized.

Section 2-15-270
Adoption of rules and regulations for control of manufacture, sale, etc., of hog cholera vaccines, serums, etc., by state board authorized.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of controlling the manufacture, sale, distribution, handling, keeping and use of all veterinary, biological products, serums and vaccines that are used or intended for use for the immunization, treatment, prevention or protection of swine from the disease known as hog cholera. The sale, distribution or use of any such products may also be restricted or prohibited by appropriate rules and regulations adopted and promulgated as authorized under this section when the State Board of Agriculture and Industries finds and determines that such action is necessary to control, eradicate and prevent the spread of hog cholera disease.
(Acts 1967, No. 397, p. 1000, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 3 - Regulation of Hog Cholera Serums, Vaccines, Etc. › Section 2-15-271 - Effective Date of Rules and Regulations; Notice to Veterinarians, County Agricultural Extension Chairmen, Manufacturers, etc., of Rules.

Section 2-15-271
Effective date of rules and regulations; notice to veterinarians, county agricultural extension chairmen, manufacturers, etc., of rules.
Rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under authority of Section 2-15-270 shall not become effective until the expiration of a period of not less than 30 days from the date on which such rules and regulations are adopted, and during such 30-day period the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall give notice thereof to all practicing veterinarians in Alabama, each county agricultural extension chairman and every person, firm, partnership or corporation known to manufacture, sell, handle and distribute any products in Alabama that may be controlled or regulated by such rules and regulations.
(Acts 1967, No. 397, p. 1000, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 3 - Regulation of Hog Cholera Serums, Vaccines, Etc. › Section 2-15-272 - Rules and Regulations to Have Force and Effect of Law; Violations of Rules or Regulations Deemed Misdemeanors.

Section 2-15-272
Rules and regulations to have force and effect of law; violations of rules or regulations deemed misdemeanors.
Rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as authorized under Section 2-15-270 shall have the force and effect of law, and any person who shall violate any such rule or regulation or who shall fail to or refuse to perform any duties required thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as now prescribed by law for such offense.
(Acts 1967, No. 397, p. 1000, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 3 - Regulation of Hog Cholera Serums, Vaccines, Etc. › Section 2-15-273 - Administration and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-15-273
Administration and enforcement of rules and regulations.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian are charged with the duty of the administration and enforcement of any rules and regulations as may be adopted and promulgated under authority of this subdivision.
(Acts 1967, No. 397, p. 1000, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 9 - Control of Swine Diseases. › Division 2 - Hog Cholera. › Division 3 - Regulation of Hog Cholera Serums, Vaccines, Etc. › Section 2-15-274 - Subdivision Cumulative; Repeal of Conflicting Laws.

Section 2-15-274
Subdivision cumulative; repeal of conflicting laws.
The provisions of this subdivision are cumulative or supplemental to other laws or parts of laws enacted for the prevention, control and eradication of the disease of hog cholera, and this subdivision shall not repeal any such laws or parts of laws unless the provisions hereof are in direct conflict with the provisions of said laws.
(Acts 1967, No. 397, p. 1000, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-290 - When Tick Eradication to Be Commenced Within County; Expenditures by County Upon Commencement of Tick Eradication by State Board; County Commissions to Make Appropriations for Tick Eradication.

Section 2-15-290
When tick eradication to be commenced within county; expenditures by county upon commencement of tick eradication by state board; county commissions to make appropriations for tick eradication.
The work of tick eradication shall be taken up in all counties that shall be at any time partially or completely tick infested under the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Where the State Board of Agriculture and Industries has begun the work of tick eradication in any county or in part of any county, the county shall not have authority to make any expenditure, except for preferred claims enumerated by the statutes, until provision has been made for financing the county's part of such work.
The county commission of the county shall make adequate appropriations to execute the law relating to such tick eradication in good faith.
(Ag. Code 1927, §576; Code 1940, T. 2, §368.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-291 - State Aid to Counties for Payment of Expenses of Tick Eradication.

Section 2-15-291
State aid to counties for payment of expenses of tick eradication.
In the event the Agricultural Fund will permit, the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may aid a county in defraying the county's expense of tick eradication from the said Agricultural Fund; provided, that such aid shall not exceed $20,000.00 to any one county during the fiscal year.
(Ag. Code 1927, §589; Code 1940, T. 2, §369.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-292 - Counties to Provide and Maintain Required Number of Dipping Vats and Chemicals, etc., Required Therefor.

Section 2-15-292
Counties to provide and maintain required number of dipping vats and chemicals, etc., required therefor.
The county commission of each county shall provide, build, repair and maintain the necessary number of concrete dipping vats with adequate pens and also provide the necessary chemicals, solutions and all other materials required for making, filling, replenishing and operating the required number of dipping vats. Each county shall furnish all the materials required for keeping the required vats filled with a standard tick-killing arsenical dip having the composition and strength as required by the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §577; Code 1940, T. 2, §370.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-293 - State Veterinarian to Determine and Notify County Commission as to Number of Dipping Vats, Inspectors, Chemicals, etc., Required; Admissibility in Evidence, etc., of Copy of Notice.

Section 2-15-293
State Veterinarian to determine and notify county commission as to number of dipping vats, inspectors, chemicals, etc., required; admissibility in evidence, etc., of copy of notice.
The State Veterinarian shall determine the required number of dipping vats in the county and shall give written notice to the county commission of said county of the necessary number of dipping vats and the required number of inspectors and the amount of material required for keeping said vats filled with a standard tick-killing arsenical dip of the composition and strength required by the rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
A certified copy of such notice shall be received as evidence of the giving of same in all courts and places without further proof, and said written or printed notice may be served on the probate judge or chairman of the board of revenue by registered or certified mail.
(Ag. Code 1927, §578; Code 1940, T. 2, §371.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-294 - Appointment, Commissioning and Supervision of Inspectors; Inspectors to Be Paid by Counties.

Section 2-15-294
Appointment, commissioning and supervision of inspectors; inspectors to be paid by counties.
The county commission in each county shall pay a reasonable salary, as determined by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to as many inspectors as shall be required in the county to guard county lines, look after isolated vats, quarantined ranges and premises and quarantined cattle.
The inspectors paid by the county shall be determined and appointed and commissioned by the State Veterinarian with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as state inspectors, and they shall work under the direction of the State Veterinarian or the state or federal inspector in charge of the county.
(Ag. Code 1927, §579; Code 1940, T. 2, §372.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-295 - Dipping of Cattle in Tick Infested or Quarantined Ranges, Farms, Etc.

Section 2-15-295
Dipping of cattle in tick infested or quarantined ranges, farms, etc.
Every person, firm, company or corporation having in possession or in charge as owner, agent or otherwise one or more cattle in a tick infested or quarantined county or on a tick infested or quarantined premises, range, farm or pasture that has not been released from state and federal quarantine shall dip the cattle regularly once every two weeks on the day and at the vat specified by the inspector in charge of the vat most convenient or nearest to the cattle.
The livestock inspector shall issue one printed or written dipping notice to the person or persons in charge or in possession of the cattle and shall serve said notice by leaving a copy of said notice with the person or persons in charge of or in possession of the cattle and shall make a return of said service on the original of said notice, and the serving of said dipping notice shall be legally sufficient to require the owner, agent, firm or person in charge to dip the cattle regularly every two weeks until released from quarantine, and said original dipping notice and the endorsement of the service thereon shall be received as evidence of the service thereof on the date mentioned therein in all courts, proceedings and places without further proof.
(Ag. Code 1927, §580; Code 1940, T. 2, §373.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-296 - Dipping of Horses, Mules, or Asses Kept in Tick Infested Lots, Ranges, Etc.

Section 2-15-296
Dipping of horses, mules, or asses kept in tick infested lots, ranges, etc.
Repealed by Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §2, effective August 1, 2004.
(Ag. Code 1927, §581; Code 1940, T. 2, §374.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-297 - Stray Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Found on Quarantined or Tick Infested Ranges, Pastures, etc.; Condemnation and Sale; Redemption.

Section 2-15-297
Stray cattle, equine, or equidae found on quarantined or tick infested ranges, pastures, etc.; condemnation and sale; redemption.
All stray cattle and equine or equidae running at large on quarantined or tick infested ranges, commons, pastures, or fields, if the cattle and equine or equidae have not been dipped as provided in this article, shall be taken up by the sheriff, any constable or livestock inspector, quarantined and dipped regularly once every two weeks and fed and cared for at the expense and risk of the owner of the animals.
The sheriff, any constable or livestock inspector shall apply to any judge of a district court to have the animals condemned as strays and sold at public auction. The judge of the district court shall post notices of the sale of the animals in three public places in the county where the stock is taken up and in one county paper, if one is published in the county, giving the time and place of the sale, and the sale shall not be made until 10 days after the notices have been posted and printed.
The proceeds of the sale shall go to pay all the costs of taking up, feeding, confining, selling, and dipping and, if there is a balance, it shall go into the county treasury to be applied on tick eradication. Every one of the animals mentioned in this section whose owner cannot be found by the inspector shall be regarded as a legal stray and subject to this article. The owner may redeem the animal within 30 days after sale by proving ownership to the court and paying the purchase price and all cost.
(Ag. Code 1927, §582; Code 1940, T. 2, §375; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-298 - Ticky Cattle, Equine, or Equidae Prohibited From Entering State.

Section 2-15-298
Ticky cattle, equine, or equidae prohibited from entering state.
No ticky cattle or equine or equidae shall be driven, moved, or transported in any way into Alabama.
(Ag. Code 1927, §583; Code 1940, T. 2, §376; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 10 - Tick Eradication. › Section 2-15-299 - Inspectors Provided in Counties Released From Quarantine; Disinfection of Reinfested County.

Section 2-15-299
Inspectors provided in counties released from quarantine; disinfection of reinfested county.
(a) The county commission in a county released from state or federal quarantine shall provide and pay a reasonable salary to one or more inspectors or as many inspectors as shall be required to guard exposed county boundary lines, to look after local quarantined premises, ranges, pens, lots, pastures, or fields and, when necessary, to supervise the filling and replenishing of dipping vats and the dipping of quarantined cattle or equine or equidae.
(b) When a county becomes reinfested with ticks, that county shall pay the expenses of disinfection of all infested places, premises, ranges, and cattle, or equine or equidae under the direction of the State Veterinarian or a state inspector according to law and the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §584; Code 1940, T. 2, §377; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-310 - Purpose of Article.

Section 2-15-310
Purpose of article.
The purpose of this article is to protect farmers of this state against damage resulting from breeding to sires advertised with bogus or fraudulent pedigrees and to secure to the owners of sires payment for service.
(Ag. Code 1927, §593; Code 1940, T. 2, §395.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 11 - Protection of Breeders Against Bogus or Fraudulent Pedigrees. › Section 2-15-311 - Filing of Statement With Commissioner by Owner of Sire Charging Service Fee.

Section 2-15-311
Filing of statement with commissioner by owner of sire charging service fee.
Every owner of a sire charging a service fee, in order to have a lien upon the get of any such sire under the provisions of this article for said service, shall file a statement verified by oath or affirmation to the best of his knowledge and belief with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, giving the name, age, description and pedigree, as well as the terms and conditions upon which such sire is advertised for service.
(Ag. Code 1927, §593; Code 1940, T. 2, §395.)