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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-90 - Appeal From Order or Action of Commissioner.

Section 2-13-90
Appeal from order or action of commissioner.
Any person affected by any order or action of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries authorized by this article, who deems himself aggrieved by any such order or action, may within 15 days after receiving notice of such order or action have such order or action reviewed by appeal to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, by filing a complaint setting out the specific order or action or any part thereof whereby said person deems himself aggrieved and shall present to said court such testimony as shall be deemed necessary to support such grievance. All such complaints shall be given preferred settings on the trial docket and shall be heard by the court as speedily as possible. The appeal shall be perfected upon posting of a bond for costs of the appeal, accompanied by the complaint.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §7A.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-91 - Powers of State and Local Boards of Health Not Restricted.

Section 2-13-91
Powers of state and local boards of health not restricted.
Nothing contained in this article or rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be construed to invade the domain of the public health laws, regulations or ordinances nor restrict the powers and authority of the State Board of Health, the county boards of health or any city or town in the State of Alabama, but is supplemental thereto for the accomplishment of this article.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-92 - Right of Entry of Commissioner; Investigations and Inspections; Examination of Records; Resisting or Interfering With Commissioner.

Section 2-13-92
Right of entry of commissioner; investigations and inspections; examination of records; resisting or interfering with commissioner.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and inspectors, employees and agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall have power and authority to enter upon any premises where milk being or having been shipped or transported into the State of Alabama is processed, bottled, collected, cooled or otherwise handled or to stop and inspect any truck or other vehicle transporting milk into this state, except as provided in this article, to be sold or offered for sale in this state and to make such investigations, examinations or inspections as may be necessary to determine whether such milk, cream, milk products or by-products thereof being shipped or transported into this state are produced, distributed, processed or otherwise handled in accordance with the requirements of this article and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Such power and authority shall also include authority to examine the records of any milk processing establishment for the purpose of determining the origin or place of production of milk handled at such establishment to the end that it may be determined whether such milk is produced and handled in accordance with the requirements of this article. All information received by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or any employee, official or agent of said commissioner as a result of the examination of records of any milk processing establishment shall be regarded and considered confidential, and it shall be unlawful for any official, employee or agent of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to reveal any of said confidential information. It shall be unlawful for any person to resist, prevent or refuse to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or inspectors, employees or agents of the Department of Agriculture and Industries entrance or access to premises as authorized under this article or to otherwise interfere or prevent such official or employee from carrying out the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-93 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-13-93
Rules and regulations.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the evident intent and purposes of this article. All rules and regulations promulgated under this article shall be in writing, and said rules and regulations shall become effective 30 days after a copy of the same has been posted in the office of the commissioner. The commissioner shall mail a copy of all such rules and regulations to each holder of a permit issued under this article, addressed to such permit holder at his last known address. No rule or regulation under the authority of this article shall become effective prior to the expiration of 30 days from the date of its promulgation and posting as aforesaid.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 3 - Health Regulations Governing Milk and Milk Products. › Section 2-13-94 - Violation a Misdemeanor.

Section 2-13-94
Violation a misdemeanor.
Any person, firm, corporation or association who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or who fails to perform any duty or requirement imposed by the provisions of this article or who violates any rules or regulations duly promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as prescribed by law for such offenses.
(Acts 1955, No. 570, p. 1239, §7; Acts 1955, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 65, p. 176, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-110 - Short Title.

Section 2-13-110
Short title.
This article shall be known as the "Alabama Dairy Promotion Act."
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-112 - Definitions.

Section 2-13-112
Definitions.
The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context shall provide otherwise:
(1) STATE. The State of Alabama;
(2) MILK. Any class of cow's milk produced in the state;
(3) DAIRY PRODUCTS. Products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk and includes fluid milk products;
(4) FLUID MILK PRODUCTS. Those dairy products normally consumed in liquid form;
(5) PERSON. Any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative association, or any other entity;
(6) PRODUCERS. Any person engaged in the production of milk for commercial use;
(7) PROMOTION. Actions such as paid advertising, sales promotion and publicity to advance the image and sales of and demand for dairy products;
(8) NUTRITION EDUCATION. Those activities intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional principle including the role of milk and dairy products in a balanced diet;
(9) STATE ADA. The American Dairy Association of Alabama, an affiliated member organization of Southeast United Dairy Industry Association;
(10) SOUTHEAST UNITED DAIRY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION. A regional dairy promotion organization coordinating regional dairy promotion activities in the southeast United States;
(11) DAIRY DIVISION. A division of the Alabama Farmers Federation composed of all Alabama dairy farmers;
(12) BULK TANK UNIT. A bulk tank unit as defined in accordance with the State Board of Health, Dairy Inspection Division;
(13) HANDLER. Any person engaged in the business of distributing, marketing, or in any manner handling fluid milk or dairy products, in whole or in part, for consumption;
(14) NATIONAL DAIRY BOARD. The National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under 7 U.S.C. §4504, as amended;
(15) ACT. The Alabama Dairy Promotion Act; and
(16) COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. Any cooperative marketing association of producers which is organized under the provisions of the act of Congress of February 18, 1922, known as the "Capper-Volstead Act."
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-113 - Activities Under Article Not in Restraint of Trade.

Section 2-13-113
Activities under article not in restraint of trade.
No association, meeting or activity undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this article and intended to benefit all of the producers and handlers of milk and dairy products in Alabama shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-114 - Referendum on Assessment of Milk Producers and Handlers.

Section 2-13-114
Referendum on assessment of milk producers and handlers.
It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural economy of the state that producers and handlers of milk and dairy products shall be permitted by referendum to be held among producers in the state and subject to the provisions of this article, to levy upon themselves an assessment on such milk produced in the state, for the purpose of financing or contributing towards the financing of a program of promotion and nutrition education designed to strengthen the dairy industry's position in the marketplace and to maintain and expand domestic and foreign markets and use for fluid milk and dairy products produced in the state and the United States. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the agricultural economy of the state that the state ADA conduct the referendum in coordination with the Alabama Farmers Dairy Division in accordance with the provisions of this article and the Federal Dairy Promotion Program codified in 7 U.S.C. §4501 et seq.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-116 - Supervision of Referendum; Expenses.

Section 2-13-116
Supervision of referendum; expenses.
The arrangements for management and supervision of any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article shall be under the direction of the state ADA in cooperation with the Alabama farmers dairy division of each county in the state, and any and all expenses in connection therewith shall be borne by the state ADA.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-117 - Statewide Basis of Referendum; Question.

Section 2-13-117
Statewide basis of referendum; question.
Any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article shall be held on a statewide basis. In such referendum, the bulk tank units eligible for participation shall vote upon the question of whether or not there shall be levied an annual assessment for a period of five years in the amount set forth in the call for such referendum.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-118 - Collection of Assessment if Voted On.

Section 2-13-118
Collection of assessment if voted on.
If in such referendum called under the provisions of this article, a simple majority of the bulk tank units eligible to participate and voting therein shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of such assessment proposed in such milk referendum covered thereby, then such assessment shall be collected in the manner determined and announced by the state ADA.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-119 - Call for Another Referendum.

Section 2-13-119
Call for another referendum.
In the event such referendum to be conducted as herein provided shall not be supported by a majority of those eligible for participation and voting therein, then the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division conducting the said referendum shall have the full power and authority to call another referendum for the purposes herein set forth in the next succeeding year, on the question of an annual assessment for five years.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-120 - Publication of Referendum Information; Notice.

Section 2-13-120
Publication of referendum information; notice.
Referendum date, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of such referendum shall be published by the state ADA and Alabama Dairy Farmers Federation Service through the medium of the public press in the state at least 30 days before the holding of such referendum, and direct written notice thereof shall likewise be given to all dairy-related organizations within the state and to each county extension agent and shall likewise state the method by which such assessment shall be collected and how the proceeds thereof shall be administered and the purposes to which the same shall be applied, which purposes shall be in keeping with the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-121 - Ballots; Poll Holders; Declaration of Results.

Section 2-13-121
Ballots; poll holders; declaration of results.
The state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division shall likewise prepare and distribute in advance of such referendum all necessary ballots for the purposes thereof, and shall, under rules and regulations promulgated, arrange for the necessary poll holders for conducting the said referendum; and following such referendum and within 10 days thereafter shall canvass and publicly declare the result of such referendum.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-122 - Vote of Cooperative Association as Roll of Members; Eligibility of Cooperative Association to Vote; Notification of Intent to Vote.

Section 2-13-122
Vote of cooperative association as roll of members; eligibility of cooperative association to vote; notification of intent to vote.
(a) In conducting any referendum under this article, the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division shall consider the approval or disapproval by any cooperative association engaged in a bona fide manner in marketing milk or the dairy products as the approval or disapproval of the producers who are members of or under contract with such cooperative association of producers.
(b) In order to be eligible to vote in a referendum, a cooperative association must:
(1) Certify to the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division in conjunction with casting its ballot, that the association is organized under the provisions of the "Capper-Volstead Act" and that it is engaged in a bona fide manner in marketing its members' milk or dairy products;
(2) Certify to the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division in conjunction with casting its ballot, the number of bulk tank units on whose behalf the cooperative association is casting a ballot, that such bulk tank units are members of or under contract with the cooperative association and that the association was engaged during the representative period in marketing the milk of each of the bulk tank units for whom the cooperative association claims the right to vote;
(3) Furnish to the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division in conjunction with casting its ballot, a copy of the resolution authorizing the casting of the ballot;
(4) Certify to the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division in conjunction with casting its ballot, that the cooperative association has complied with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section; and
(5) Agree to make available to the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division necessary records and information pertaining to the representative period to validate the eligibility of the cooperative association to vote and to verify the number and identity of the producers on whose behalf the cooperative association claims the right to vote.
(c) Not later than 30 days prior to the beginning of the referendum, each cooperative association shall notify the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division as to whether or not the association intends to vote on behalf of its bulk tank units.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-123 - Collection of Assessment; Enforcement.

Section 2-13-123
Collection of assessment; enforcement.
(a) In the event a majority of the bulk tank units eligible for participation in such referendum and voting therein shall vote in favor of such assessment, then the said assessment shall be collected monthly for the number of years set forth in the call for such referendum, and the collection of such assessment shall be under such method, rules and regulations as may be determined by the state ADA conducting the same; and the said assessment so collected shall be paid into the treasury of the state ADA to be used together with other funds from other sources. Funds to be collected pursuant to a referendum conducted under this article shall be withheld and paid by each handler, including producer handlers, to the state ADA by the last calendar day of the month succeeding the month in which the milk was received by the handler.
(b) In the event of a failure to pay part or all of an assessment levied pursuant to this article, the Attorney General of the state shall, upon the request of the state ADA, enforce the provisions of this article and collect such moneys for payment to the state ADA. In the alternative to requesting the Attorney General to enforce the provisions of this article, the state ADA may bring a civil action to collect assessment from a handler failing to pay such assessments. A handler found to have failed to pay assessments pursuant to this article shall also be liable for reasonable attorney's fees and costs in the collection of such assessments.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-124 - Refund of Assessment Paid by Dissatisfied Bulk Tank Unit; Transfer of Funds to National Dairy Board.

Section 2-13-124
Refund of assessment paid by dissatisfied bulk tank unit; transfer of funds to National Dairy Board.
In the event such referendum is carried in the affirmative and the assessment is levied and collected as provided herein and under the regulations to be promulgated by the state ADA, any bulk tank unit upon and against whom such assessments shall have been levied and collected under the provisions of this article, if a bulk tank unit is dissatisfied with said assessment and the result thereof, such unit shall have the right to demand the treasurer of the state ADA to refund such assessment so collected from such bulk tank unit, provided such demand for refund is made in writing within 30 days from the date on which said assessment is collected or due to be collected, whichever is earlier, from such bulk tank unit under the rules and regulations of the state ADA. Pursuant to the Dairy Promotion Stabilization Act of 1983, 7 U.S.C. §4510 et seq., any such funds shall be transferred to the National Dairy Board by the treasurer of the state ADA.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13 - Milk and Dairy Products. › Article 4 - Alabama Dairy Promotion. › Section 2-13-125 - Statement of Amounts Collected.

Section 2-13-125
Statement of amounts collected.
In the event of the levying and collection of assessments as herein provided, the treasurer of the state ADA conducting same shall, within 90 days after the end of any calendar year in which such assessments are collected, have available upon written request by a producer, or Alabama Farmers Dairy Division or other agency of the state, a statement of the amount or amounts so received and collected by him under the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13A - Southern Dairy Compact. › Section 2-13A-1 - Southern Dairy Compact.

Section 2-13A-1
Southern Dairy Compact.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Act 98-305, p. 498, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 13A - Southern Dairy Compact. › Section 2-13A-2 - Appointment of Members to the Southern Dairy Compact Commission.

Section 2-13A-2
Appointment of members to the Southern Dairy Compact Commission.
REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(Act 98-305, p. 498, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-1 - Definitions.

Section 2-14-1
Definitions.
When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) COLONY OF BEES. A queen bee and worker bees on comb enclosed in any container.
(2) APIARY. A location or site on which one or more colonies of bees is located.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-2 - Purpose of Chapter.

Section 2-14-2
Purpose of chapter.
The purpose of this chapter is to prevent the introduction into and dissemination within this state of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees by providing for the registration, inspection and control of honeybees and apiaries, which activity is hereby found and declared by the Legislature to promote agriculture in the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-3 - Registration of Colonies, Bee Yards, and Apiaries; Disposition of Fees and Fines.

Section 2-14-3
Registration of colonies, bee yards, and apiaries; disposition of fees and fines.
Every beekeeper, owner or others in possession of any honeybees shall, on or before October 1 of each year, register with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries every colony of honeybees, bee yards or apiaries in their possession or under their control, and such registration shall be made upon forms furnished by the commissioner upon which there shall be shown the number and location of colonies of bees with the apiary location or locations together with such other information as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter. The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall establish through rules and regulations categories of apiarists or beekeepers. Colonies of bees and apiaries acquired after October 1 during any year and not previously registered shall also be registered as required under this section; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to any bees or apiaries acquired after March 31, as such bees shall not be registered until the following October 1.
If any honeybees or an apiary currently registered under this section are sold or otherwise transferred from one beekeeper to another beekeeper, the registration may be transferred to the person acquiring the bees or apiary without the payment of the registration fee.
An annual registration or inspection fee shall be paid by the registrant which shall accompany the application for registration. The amount of such fee shall be based upon the number of colonies of bees owned by or under the control of the person registering such honeybees in the following amounts:
Number of Colonies
Maximum Registration Fee
1-9
$5
10-24
$10
25-49
$15
50-99
$20
100-249
$25
250-499
$50
500 or more colonies
$75
The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall establish the annual registration or inspection fee for each category of apiarist or beekeeper.
All amounts collected under this section as registration fees together with the amount of any fine imposed under the penalty section of this chapter shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury to be disbursed and expended for the administration and enforcement of this chapter by the Department of Agriculture and Industries for the payment of salaries, equipment purchases, travel expenses, and other purposes incident to and necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. Failure or refusal to comply with the registration requirements of this section and to pay the required registration fee shall be unlawful and punishable under the penalty provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §2; Act 2004-516, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-4 - Movement or Shipment of Honeybees Into State.

Section 2-14-4
Movement or shipment of honeybees into state.
(a) All honeybees shipped or moved into the State of Alabama shall be accompanied by a certificate of inspection, signed by the apiary inspector or other official performing similar duties of the state or country from which shipment is made, certifying that the bees and the combs and hives from which the bees were taken have been inspected by such official and that the bees, their combs, and hives are apparently free from contagious and infectious diseases. The inspection provided for in this section shall be based upon an actual examination of the bees and their combs, and hives, such examination or inspection to be made during brood-rearing and within a period of 60 days preceding the date of shipment. The inspection certificate required under this section shall be attached to each parcel or package of each shipment or movement in a conspicuous place, plainly written. All shipments or movements of honeybees into the State of Alabama shall be in combless packages only, and shipments or movements of honeybees into this state in violation of the requirements of this section shall be unlawful.
(b) It shall also be unlawful to ship or move into, within or out of the state a queen bee or other bees in packages or cages that contain food, any part of which is honey.
(c) Any person moving bees into this state on a comb in violation of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) per hive. The owner or other person in possession of the hives shall be given notice by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to move the hives within seven days of the notice. If the hives are not moved pursuant to the order of the department, the hives shall be destroyed. Upon conviction of a violation under this subsection, the judge may award a person providing information leading to the conviction a reward to be paid from the fine proceeds in an amount not to exceed one-half of the fines.
(d) This section shall not apply to bees moved into this state pursuant to a compliance agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Industries as provided by rule of the department.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §3; Act 2011-646, p. 1645, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-5 - Shipment, Movement, etc., Into State of Used Beekeeping Equipment or Supplies.

Section 2-14-5
Shipment, movement, etc., into state of used beekeeping equipment or supplies.
It shall be unlawful to ship, move or otherwise transport into this state for delivery within the state any previously used honey containers or any hives, combs, frames, appliances, supers or other beekeeping equipment or supplies which have been previously used in the keeping or raising of bees; provided, that clean used screen cages or clean used honey containers may be brought into the state for the purpose of transporting bees or honey out of the state unless the State Apiarist or his agent determines that such cages or honey containers create a disease hazard; and, upon such a determination, such cages or honey containers shall be confiscated and destroyed by burning. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the movement or shipment of any new or unused bee supplies, equipment or honey containers into the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-6 - Shipment, Movement, etc., of Used Beekeeping Equipment or Appliances Without Permit From Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.

Section 2-14-6
Shipment, movement, etc., of used beekeeping equipment or appliances without permit from Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
It shall be unlawful to move, transport or ship any honeybees, combs or used beekeeping equipment or appliances without a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries bearing the approval or countersignature of the State Apiarist. The permit must have been issued within the calendar year during which the movement or shipment is to be made; and, before such a permit is issued, the proposed movement of any honeybees or beekeeping equipment shall be in compliance with all conditions and requirements that may be set forth and prescribed therefor under rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for the prevention and the spread of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-7 - Owners, etc., to Mark Used Hive-Bodies and Supers; Marks, etc., to Be Approved by State Apiarist.

Section 2-14-7
Owners, etc., to mark used hive-bodies and supers; marks, etc., to be approved by State Apiarist.
To adequately identify used bee equipment, the owner or other person in possession of such equipment shall be required to mark all hive-bodies and supers with an easily identified symbol, which symbol or identifiable mark must be approved by the State Apiarist.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-8 - Preparation and Maintenance of County Maps of Apiary Locations.

Section 2-14-8
Preparation and maintenance of county maps of apiary locations.
The State Apiarist shall prepare or cause to be prepared county maps showing the exact location of all apiaries located in each county of the State of Alabama. County maps shall be kept current based on information obtained from annual apiary inspections.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-9 - Eradication or Control of Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Honeybees; Inspection; Fees; Transfer of Honeybees to Hives With Movable Frames.

Section 2-14-9
Eradication or control of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees; inspection; fees; transfer of honeybees to hives with movable frames.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in this chapter, shall have full and plenary power to deal with American and European Foulbrood, Nosema, Isle of Wight disease, and other contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees and to do and perform all such acts through the State Apiarist and other agents or employees to the end that contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees may be eradicated or controlled. The commissioner, through the State Apiarist, may inspect all honeybees, combs, and hives being shipped or moved from this state to other states or countries that require inspection and certification before being admitted to other states or countries. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his or her agents or employees, including the State Apiarist, may enter and inspect, at all reasonable hours, any premises, station, depot, express office, storeroom, warehouse, vehicle, apiary, or any other location where honeybees, beekeeping equipment, or supplies are kept to ascertain whether such honeybees, equipment, or supplies are infected with or exposed to any infectious or contagious diseases or whether they are being kept, moved, or transported in violation of this chapter or rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The Board of Agriculture and Industries shall establish a fee to be paid by each owner of honeybees necessary to defray the cost and expense of the inspections which shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder, obstruct, resist or refuse to allow such entrance and inspection.
The State Apiarist or his or her agent may direct and require any owner or other person in possession of honeybees dwelling in hives without movable frames and combs not permitting of ready examination and inspection to transfer such bees within a specified time to hives with movable frames. Failure to comply shall be followed by destruction of the hives and contents.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §8; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-10 - Quarantining of Apiary or Colony of Honeybees Infected With Contagious or Infectious Disease, etc.; Moving of Quarantined Bees, Supplies or Equipment.

Section 2-14-10
Quarantining of apiary or colony of honeybees infected with contagious or infectious disease, etc.; moving of quarantined bees, supplies or equipment.
Any apiary or colony of honeybees found infected with American Foulbrood or any other contagious or infectious disease or otherwise found to be kept or moved or transported in violation of the requirements of this chapter or rules or regulations adopted under this chapter shall be placed under quarantine by the commissioner, the State Apiarist or their agents or employees, which quarantine shall become effective upon written notice thereof being furnished to the beekeeper or person having possession or control of such bees. Bees, beekeeping supplies or equipment quarantined under the provisions of this section shall not be moved or allowed to be moved except by written permission of the commissioner or the State Apiarist.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-11 - Destruction of Diseased Bees, Supplies or Equipment.

Section 2-14-11
Destruction of diseased bees, supplies or equipment.
Any colony or colonies of bees, combs, honey frames, hives, supers or other beekeeping supplies or equipment found to be infected with American Foulbrood or any other infectious or contagious disease of bees which cannot be satisfactorily controlled is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be destroyed by burning by the beekeeper or other person in control of such diseased bees. Upon failure of the beekeeper to destroy the diseased bees and equipment, the commissioner or his agents or employees are hereby authorized to and may destroy such bees and equipment.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-12 - Failure of Owner to Treat or Destroy Bees, Equipment, etc., Upon Notification by Commissioner; Hearing for Review of Order of Commissioner to Treat or Destroy Diseased Bees, etc.; Enforcement of Order.

Section 2-14-12
Failure of owner to treat or destroy bees, equipment, etc., upon notification by commissioner; hearing for review of order of commissioner to treat or destroy diseased bees, etc.; enforcement of order.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper of bees who shall have been notified by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his agents or employees that the State Apiarist has determined that the disease of Foulbrood or any other contagious or infectious disease of bees exists in the hives of his apiary to fail or refuse to destroy or treat such bees, their hives, equipment and appliances in the manner prescribed by the State Apiarist within a period of five days from date of receipt of such notification; provided, that any owner or keeper of bees notified to treat or destroy diseased bees shall have the right to have the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries review and reconsider such order at a formal hearing to be conducted for this purpose. At such hearing, the beekeeper may present any facts relevant to the condition of his apiary and request that the commissioner review and reconsider such order to treat and destroy. Any owner or keeper of bees desiring a hearing must file his request therefor with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries not later than five days from the date of receipt of notice.
In addition to the penalties provided in this article for failure to treat or destroy diseased bees, their hives, equipment and appliances, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized, in the event any owner or keeper of bees fails and refuses to treat or destroy such bees, their hives and equipment, to enforce such order in a court of competent jurisdiction in the manner now provided by law for the abatement of public nuisances.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-13 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-14-13
Rules and regulations.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the evident intent and purpose of this chapter, including rules and regulations to govern the shipment, movement, or transportation of honeybees, beekeeping equipment, and supplies into or within the State of Alabama, the establishment of quarantines, the annual registration of colonies of honeybees, and the collection of registration fees, the establishment of fees to defray the expense of the duties imposed by this chapter, and other rules and regulations for the control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of honeybees. The rules and regulations duly promulgated under this chapter shall have the force and effect of law. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the Agricultural Fund in the State Treasury.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §12; Act 2004-516, p. 996, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-14 - Designation of State Apiarist; Powers Thereof.

Section 2-14-14
Designation of State Apiarist; powers thereof.
The employee of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries performing the duties of chief, director or supervisor of the division of plant industry shall be the State Apiarist, and he shall exercise all the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter except the review procedure to be performed by the commissioner under the provisions of Section 2-14-12.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 14 - Honeybees and Apiaries. › Section 2-14-15 - Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Chapter, Rules or Regulations, Etc.

Section 2-14-15
Penalties for violations of provisions of chapter, rules or regulations, etc.
Any person who shall perform any of the acts declared by this chapter to be unlawful or who fails to perform any duty imposed by the provisions of this chapter or who violates any quarantine order issued under the provisions of this chapter or who violates any rule or regulation duly promulgated under the provisions of this chapter or who fails and refuses to register colonies of bees or pay the registration fee required by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 and, within the discretion of the court, may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed six months.
(Acts 1965, No. 794, p. 1488, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-1 - Department Authorized to Enter Into Contracts to Perform Inspection or Testing Services, etc., for Persons, Firms, etc., Engaged in Business of Marketing Livestock; Charge and Collection of Fees for Services Rendered and Disposition Thereof.

Section 2-15-1
Department authorized to enter into contracts to perform inspection or testing services, etc., for persons, firms, etc., engaged in business of marketing livestock; charge and collection of fees for services rendered and disposition thereof.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries, acting by and through the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association engaged in the business of marketing livestock whereby the Department of Agriculture and Industries, on terms and conditions mutually agreed upon between the parties to such a contract, shall perform any inspection or testing of livestock or any brand inspection or recording duties required by law to be performed by such person, firm, partnership, corporation or association engaged in the business of marketing livestock.
The Department of Agriculture and Industries, under the terms of any contract entered into under the provisions of this section, is authorized to charge and collect fees for services to be performed thereunder, and such fees shall be in an amount mutually agreed upon between the parties to the contract. All amounts collected as fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require or make it mandatory upon the Department of Agriculture and Industries or anyone to enter into contracts as authorized under this section as it is the intent and purpose of this section that such contracts shall be voluntarily entered into. The amount of fees or compensation to be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Industries under the provisions of any contracts authorized under this section shall be fixed at an amount whereby no cost or additional expenses will be borne by the department in rendering the services to be performed thereunder, nor shall the amount of fees or compensation be fixed at a sum which will produce a profit or any additional revenue to the department, as it is the intent and purpose of this section that such fees or compensation shall be fixed at an amount which will defray the actual cost and expense of the services provided.
(Acts 1953, No. 231, p. 297.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-2 - Payment of Indemnification to Owners of Cattle Slaughtered Under Program for Eradication of Tuberculosis, Paratuberculosis or Bang's Disease.

Section 2-15-2
Payment of indemnification to owners of cattle slaughtered under program for eradication of tuberculosis, paratuberculosis or Bang's disease.
Funds to indemnify owners of cattle which have been condemned and slaughtered, after having reacted to the test for tuberculosis, paratuberculosis or Bang's disease as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture under the provisions of the federal-state cooperation programs for combating or eradicating those diseases, shall be paid out of the treasury, as provided by law, upon requisition signed by the State Veterinarian and approved by the commissioner, to which shall be attached a certified copy of the appraisal of the cattle condemned and slaughtered and the State Veterinarian's certificate that the condemned cattle have been slaughtered.
(Acts 1939, No. 146, p. 200; Code 1940, T. 2, §381.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-3 - Butchers to Maintain Records as to Cows, etc., Butchered; Inspection of Records.

Section 2-15-3
Butchers to maintain records as to cows, etc., butchered; inspection of records.
(a) Every butcher shall keep a record of every cow or animal of the cow kind killed, showing the color, earmarks and brand of each cow or animal of the cow kind killed or butchered and the date when killed or butchered and, if purchased, from whom purchased, the residence of the person from whom the same was purchased and when and also the approximate gross weight at the time purchased and at the time killed or butchered.
(b) Any butcher who fails to keep such record or who fails to make the required entries above specified within 24 hours after butchering any cow or animal of the cow kind shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period of not exceeding 12 months.
(c) All persons shall have a right to inspect at any time the book required to be kept by this section.
(Code 1907, §§6419, 6420; Code 1923, §§3483, 3484; Code 1940, T. 14, §§91, 92.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 15 - Livestock. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-15-4 - No Implied Warranty That Livestock Disease Free.

Section 2-15-4
No implied warranty that livestock disease free.
With respect to the sale of cattle, swine, sheep, goats, and equine or equidae, there shall be no implied warranty that the livestock are free from disease provided that all existing or future federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements have been complied with concerning the inspection and disease prevention and control on the livestock.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-666, p. 1090; Act 2004-627, p. 1421, §1.)