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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Suspension From Sale, Condemnation and Sampling of Articles and Products. › Section 2-2-36 - Establishment and Operation of Laboratory.

Section 2-2-36
Establishment and operation of laboratory.
The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall have authority to incur such expenses and use such funds as necessary for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a laboratory or laboratories in which adequate and proper tests or chemical analyses can be made and conducted.
(Ag. Code 1927, §225; Code 1940, T. 2, §502; Acts 1969, No. 1055, p. 1975, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Suspension From Sale, Condemnation and Sampling of Articles and Products. › Section 2-2-37 - Commissioner Authorized to Inspect and Secure Samples.

Section 2-2-37
Commissioner authorized to inspect and secure samples.
The commissioner is authorized, in person or by deputy or by his agents, to have free access at all reasonable hours to all premises, places of business, buildings, transportation facilities or packages or containers of whatever kind used in the manufacture, transportation, importation, sale or storage of any article, substance, material or product, the possession or sale of which is regulated by the provisions of this title or the possession or sale of which is regulated by any other statute which the commissioner, department or board is directed to administer or enforce, and shall have the power and authority to examine and inspect any parcel, container or receptacle containing or supposed to contain any of said articles, substances, material or product and, upon paying or offering to pay the full value of said specimen or sample, to take therefrom samples or specimens for analysis, examination and inspection.
(Ag. Code 1927, §227; Code 1940, T. 2, §503.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 3 - Statistics. › Section 2-2-50 - Agricultural Statistics.

Section 2-2-50
Agricultural statistics.
The commissioner shall gather, compile and publish statistics relating to crop acreage, prospects and production; livestock and livestock products; prices of farm commodities; the marketing of farm products; wages of farm labor; the use and results of commercial and other forms of fertilizers; systems of farming and of farm rentals; the production, purchase and sale of food and food products and such other data relating to farms and farming as may be of interest to the people of Alabama and pertinent to the administration of the laws relating to agriculture.
(Ag. Code 1927, §32; Code 1940, T. 2, §490.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 3 - Statistics. › Section 2-2-51 - Designation of Federal Statistician.

Section 2-2-51
Designation of federal statistician.
The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, may designate the statistician assigned to Alabama by the United States Department of Agriculture upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the United States Department of Agriculture.
(Ag. Code 1927, §33; Code 1940, T. 2, §491.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 3 - Statistics. › Section 2-2-52 - Funds to Pay Expenses of Compiling Statistics.

Section 2-2-52
Funds to pay expenses of compiling statistics.
To defray the expenses of gathering, compiling and publishing statistics, funds available to the Department of Agriculture and Industries by legislative appropriation or otherwise may be expended for this purpose pursuant to budget and allotment as now provided by law.
(Ag. Code 1927, §34; Code 1940, T. 2, §492; Acts 1965, No. 569, p. 1054.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 3 - Statistics. › Section 2-2-53 - Use of Information Gathered Under Article.

Section 2-2-53
Use of information gathered under article.
No information gathered or received from any individual under this article shall be used for tax purposes and shall not be disclosed except in aggregate amounts for entire counties.
(Ag. Code 1927, §35; Code 1940, T. 2, §493.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 4 - Bond Equivalent. › Section 2-2-70 - Legislative Findings.

Section 2-2-70
Legislative findings.
The Legislature has found and does hereby declare that bonds that are required by persons obtaining licenses and permits that are issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or the Department or the Board of Agriculture and Industries are hard to obtain and unduly expensive.
Many times the person applying for the permit or license will have available funds such as cash or negotiable securities or credit, but existing statutes do not allow for these funds to be substituted in lieu of a bond.
It is, therefore, the purpose of this law to allow certain specified funds to be substituted in lieu of those bonds that are required to be obtained prior to being licensed or permitted.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-692, p. 1364, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 4 - Bond Equivalent. › Section 2-2-71 - Substitution of Bond Equivalent; Forms.

Section 2-2-71
Substitution of bond equivalent; forms.
(a) Whenever there is a requirement under law to obtain any permit or license issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Board of Agriculture and Industries or the Department of Agriculture and Industries that the permittee or licensee be bonded, the licensee or permittee may substitute in lieu of the bond a bond equivalent.
(b) The bond equivalent shall be in the form of a trust fund agreement based upon cash, fully negotiable bonds of the U.S. Government or of the State of Alabama, or an irrevocable letter of credit.
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall furnish all necessary forms to be used for the issuance of the bond or bond equivalent.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-692, p. 1364, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 4 - Bond Equivalent. › Section 2-2-72 - Trust Fund Agreements.

Section 2-2-72
Trust fund agreements.
Every provision relating to the amount, the making, executing, filing and maintaining and all other requirements required for a bond issued by a surety shall also be applicable for any trust fund agreement issued in lieu of a bond.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-692, p. 1364, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 4 - Bond Equivalent. › Section 2-2-73 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 2-2-73
Promulgation of rules and regulations.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and under the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this article.
The commissioner is also empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to also adopt such rules concerning irrevocable letters of credit so as to adequately protect the department and the public who may have occasion to depend upon said letter of credit for payment.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-692, p. 1364, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-2-90 - Legislative Findings; Center for Alternative Fuels; Definitions.

Section 2-2-90
Legislative findings; Center for Alternative Fuels; definitions.
(a) The Legislature finds that the interests of the citizens, businesses, and political subdivisions of this state are best served by promoting the development and encouraging the use of alternative fuels as a clean, abundant, reliable, and affordable source of energy.
(b)(1) There is established within the Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Center for Alternative Fuels. The commissioner of the department shall appoint a director of the center. The department may employ staff necessary to carry out this division. To the extent possible, the staff shall represent the racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of the state.
(2) There is created in the State Treasury an Alabama Alternative Fuels and Research Development Fund which shall receive funds from the income tax check-off program established pursuant to Section 2-2-93.
(c)(1) For purposes of this division, "alternative fuel" means motor vehicle fuel that is produced from any of the following:
a. Biofuel as defined in paragraph a. of subdivision (2).
b. Compressed natural gas.
c. Liquefied natural gas.
d. Liquefied petroleum gas.
e. Electricity.
(2)a. The term "biofuel" as used above means motor vehicle fuel that meets all of the following requirements:
1. Is produced from grain, starch, oilseeds, vegetable, algae, animal, or fish materials including fats, greases and oils, sugarcane, sugar beets, sugar components, tobacco, potatoes, and lignocellulosic or other biomass.
2. Is used to replace fossil fuel or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehicle.
3. Meets the most current applicable American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Fuel Specification standard.
b. Biofuel includes all of the following:
1. Cellulosic biomass biofuels such as ethanol, butanol, diesel, gasoline, and aviation fuel derived from any lignocellulosic, hemicellulosic or cellulosic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis, including dedicated energy crops and trees, wood and wood residues, plants, grasses, agriculture residues, and fibers.
2. Waste derived biofuels derived from animal waste, municipal solid waste, and other waste materials.
3. Biodiesel that is a diesel fuel substitute derived from non-petroleum renewable resources and any blending components derived from non-petroleum renewable resources, provided that only the renewable fuel portion of any such blending component shall be considered part of the applicable volume.
(d) All alternative fuels sold in Alabama shall meet the appropriate ASTM standard for that particular fuel.
(Act 2007-452, p. 935, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-2-91 - Duties of the Center.

Section 2-2-91
Duties of the center.
The responsibilities of the center shall be as follows:
(1) To assess the current status and development of sources of alternative fuels as defined in subsection (c) of Section 2-2-90.
(2) To act as an information center for alternative fuels.
(3) To create an information clearinghouse for available federal grant funds and to provide information regarding these grants to individuals, businesses, and political subdivisions interested in developing sources of alternative fuels.
(4) To establish criteria for matching potential grant applicants with available grants.
(5) To promote alternative fuels as a viable energy source in this state.
(6) To ensure that alternative fuels sold in Alabama meet ASTM standards.
(7) To receive and expend funds paid to the Alternative Fuel Research and Development Fund through the income tax check-off program created in Section 2-2-93 and to expend and disburse the funds for the purposes in Section 2-2-93.
(Act 2007-452, p. 935, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-2-92 - Promulgation of Rules.

Section 2-2-92
Promulgation of rules.
The department may promulgate rules necessary for the efficient operation of the center.
(Act 2007-452, p. 935, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-2-93 - Contributions to the Alternative Fuel Research and Development Fund.

Section 2-2-93
Contributions to the Alternative Fuel Research and Development Fund.
Pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 40-18-140, each individual taxpayer required to file a state tax return desiring to contribute to the Alternative Fuel Research and Development Fund, may designate, by placing an "X" in the appropriate box on the state income tax form, that the contribution be made to the fund. Contributions to the fund shall be used by the center to promote, develop, and raise awareness about alternative fuels.
(Act 2007-452, p. 935, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 2 - Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Program. › Section 2-2-110 - Legislative Findings.

Section 2-2-110
Legislative findings.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Act 2012-527, p. 1564, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 2 - Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Program. › Section 2-2-111 - Program Created; Goals; Implementation and Administration.

Section 2-2-111
Program created; goals; implementation and administration.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Act 2012-527, p. 1564, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 2 - Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Program. › Section 2-2-112 - Advisory Commission on Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grant.

Section 2-2-112
Advisory Commission on Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grant.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Act 2012-527, p. 1564, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 2 - Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Program. › Section 2-2-113 - Evaluation of Grant Proposals; Report to Legislature.

Section 2-2-113
Evaluation of grant proposals; report to Legislature.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Act 2012-527, p. 1564, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 2 - Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 5 - Center for Alternative Fuels. › Division 2 - Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Program. › Section 2-2-114 - Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Fund.

Section 2-2-114
Public Interest Energy and Fuel Research and Development Grants Fund.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Act 2012-527, p. 1564, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-3-1 - Composition of Board.

Section 2-3-1
Composition of board.
There shall be a State Board of Agriculture and Industries composed of 11 members which shall consist of the Governor as ex officio chairman, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of the Cooperative Extension Service of Auburn University, the Administrative Head of Agriculture and Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Auburn University, four outstanding farmers and three outstanding leaders of industry.
(Acts 1939, No. 145, p. 199; Code 1940, T. 2, §25; Acts 1979, No. 79-234, p. 361, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-3-2 - Farmer and Industry Members Appointed by Governor; Terms of Office.

Section 2-3-2
Farmer and industry members appointed by Governor; terms of office.
The four farmer members and the three industry members shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate; provided, that no two of the farmer members shall reside in the same congressional district of the state; provided further, that no two of the industry members shall reside in the same congressional district of the state. The members of said State Board of Agriculture and Industries appointed by the Governor shall hold office for and only during the tenure of office of the Governor making the appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(Acts 1939, No. 145, p. 199; Code 1940, T. 2, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-3-3 - Meetings; per Diem and Expenses.

Section 2-3-3
Meetings; per diem and expenses.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall hold its annual meetings each year at the office of the commissioner on the second Tuesday in November. Other regular meetings shall be held on the second Tuesdays in February, May and August. Special meetings may be held as the duties and business of the board may require. In case of the absence of the chairman, the board shall elect a temporary chairman. The rules generally adopted by deliberative bodies for their government shall be observed by the board. No motion or resolution shall be adopted without the concurrence of a majority of the whole board. The appointive members of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries shall receive a per diem of $50.00 per day, and their expenses incurred in attending meetings and transacting the business of the board shall be paid as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36; provided, that they shall not draw such per diem for more than 20 days in any fiscal year. An ex officio or nonappointive member of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries may designate or appoint any member of his staff to attend meetings of the board when such ex officio member is unable to attend and such staff member so designated shall have full power and authority to vote for and on behalf of such ex officio member on any question that may come before the board.
(Ag. Code 1927, §27; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Code 1940, T. 2, §27; Acts 1953, No. 669, p. 926; Acts 1979, No. 79-234, p. 361, §;2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-3-4 - Duties of Board.

Section 2-3-4
Duties of board.
It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to consider the agricultural and industrial needs of the state; to make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of the regulatory work required by law to be executed by the commissioner; to cooperate with all federal, state, county and municipal agencies in the enforcement of such regulatory work or police matters as relate to the duties of the commissioner; to cooperate with the Agricultural Experiment Station, the extension service of Auburn University and with all official agencies in promoting the interest of agriculture and industry in Alabama; to provide that the soil survey of Alabama and the necessary resurvey and revision of the soil survey work are completed and state soil survey maps and reports are printed for distribution and to discharge such other duties as are required by law.
(Ag. Code 1927, §28; Code 1940, T. 2, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-3-5 - Assistance From Specialists and Scientists of Auburn University and Agricultural Extension Service.

Section 2-3-5
Assistance from specialists and scientists of Auburn University and Agricultural Extension Service.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to call into consultation the heads of departments, professors or scientists of Auburn University and officers or specialists of the Alabama Agricultural Extension Service whenever it may be deemed advisable to secure technical, scientific or practical information relating to any of the subjects of this title. It shall be the duty of such heads of departments, professors or scientists of Auburn University and of the officers or specialists of the Alabama Agricultural Extension Service, when so requested by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to attend any meetings of the board and to furnish such information, facts and data in their possession as may be requested by the said board. The actual traveling expenses of such persons in attending such meeting may be paid from the Agricultural Fund.
(Ag. Code 1927, §30; Code 1940, T. 2, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-3-6 - Attorney General Legal Advisor; Duties of District Attorneys.

Section 2-3-6
Attorney General legal advisor; duties of district attorneys.
The Attorney General shall be the legal advisor of the Department of Agriculture and Industries in matters relating to the powers and duties of the commissioner and State Board of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be the duty of any district attorney, when requested by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent, to investigate, institute and prosecute all violations of the laws of the state and rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and such district attorney shall, upon the request of the commissioner, institute and prosecute all necessary actions and proceedings which the commissioner is authorized to bring to enforce the laws of the state and rules and regulations of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(Ag. Code 1927, §31; Code 1940, T. 2, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Acquisition and Construction of Markets. › Section 2-3-20 - Acquisition of Sites and Erection of Facilities; Storage; Charges for Space; Services and Facilities; Disposition of Funds Collected.

Section 2-3-20
Acquisition of sites and erection of facilities; storage; charges for space; services and facilities; disposition of funds collected.
The Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, lease or condemnation, for and in the name of the State of Alabama a suitable site or sites accessible to highways and railroad and air terminal facilities and to erect and install thereon such structures, facilities and equipment as may be necessary for the inspection, grading, standardization, classification, refrigeration, dehydration (for both food and feed), canning, packing, processing, cold storage and marketing of agricultural products, including all staple food crops, fruits, vegetables, poultry, dairy products, fish and kindred products and to let or lease space and facilities in such markets for the storage of such products pending inspection, grading, packing, canning, processing, classification, refrigeration, dehydration (for both food and feed) and marketing of such products and to make such charges for such space, services and facilities as will cover the reasonable costs of operation and maintenance of such markets, equipment and facilities; provided that such charges shall not be made with a view to producing any revenue or profit to the State of Alabama or to the board but shall be based exclusively upon the reasonable cost of operation and maintenance and liquidation of costs of construction.
All collections of such charges shall be deposited monthly in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund, and shall be used for payment of the expenses of operation and maintenance and liquidation of costs of construction of such markets and facilities, upon requisition upon the State Comptroller, to be paid by the warrant of the Comptroller upon the Treasury. Any moneys remaining after payment of the above expenses may be used for the payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued for the purpose of construction of a farmers market facility, upon requisition upon the State Comptroller, to be paid by warrant of the Comptroller upon the State Treasury. Said collections received from operations of a farmers market facility are hereby appropriated for the above uses.
(Acts 1943, No. 32, p. 25, §§3, 4; Acts 1984, No. 84-239, p. 360, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Acquisition and Construction of Markets. › Section 2-3-21 - Other Departments to Furnish Services and Labor in Construction of Roads, Etc.

Section 2-3-21
Other departments to furnish services and labor in construction of roads, etc.
All surveying and engineering services in connection with the construction of roads, approaches and paving connected with such market or markets shall be furnished by and shall be rendered under the supervision of the Department of Transportation, without charge to the Board of Agriculture and Industries, and all labor for construction of such roads, approaches and paving shall be furnished without charge by the Alabama Department of Corrections.
(Acts 1943, No. 32, p. 25, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Acquisition and Construction of Markets. › Section 2-3-22 - Commissioner of Agriculture to Supervise Operation of Facilities, Etc.

Section 2-3-22
Commissioner of Agriculture to supervise operation of facilities, etc.
The operation of any structure, facility, equipment or market as provided in this article shall be under the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. He is empowered to employ any necessary personnel for the efficient operation of said facilities or markets. At the discretion of the commissioner, one person for each market may be employed in the unclassified service.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-239, p. 361, §2; Acts 1991, No. 91-731, p. 1423, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Acquisition and Construction of Markets. › Section 2-3-23 - Promulgation and Enforcement of Rules and Regulations; Posting of Rules; Penalty.

Section 2-3-23
Promulgation and enforcement of rules and regulations; posting of rules; penalty.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is empowered and authorized, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations, as in the opinion of the commissioner, shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Any rules and regulations made and promulgated shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each structure, facility or market. When so promulgated and posted, such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Any person willfully violating the provisions of any rule or regulation after it has been promulgated and posted, as provided above, for over 30 days, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-239, p. 360, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Acquisition and Construction of Markets. › Section 2-3-24 - State Farmers' Market Committee - Creation; Composition.

Section 2-3-24
State Farmers' Market Committee - Creation; composition.
To assist and advise the Board of Agriculture and Industries in carrying out its responsibilities prescribed in this article, there is hereby created the State Farmers' Market Committee, which shall consist of seven members as follows:
(1) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, or at his discretion, a full-time employee of the state Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(2) The Director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, or at his discretion, a full-time employee of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service.
(3) The President of the Alabama Farmers Federation or at his discretion, a full-time employee of the federation.
(4) One member to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Alabama.
(5) One member to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alabama.
(6) Two members to be appointed by the Governor of Alabama. One member's primary occupation shall be the production of fresh fruits and vegetables and the other member's primary occupation shall be a wholesale or retail merchant of agricultural or agriculture related products.
Term of office of the respective members representing the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, and the Alabama Farmers Federation shall be for the duration of the term of office of said Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of the Cooperative Extension Service, and the President of the Alabama Farmers Federation. The first term of office of the members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House shall be for two years. The term of office of the two members appointed by the Governor shall be for four years. Any successive appointments of those members appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or the Speaker of the House shall be for a period of four years.
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his appointed representative shall serve as secretary to the committee and shall also preside as chairman until such time as a chairman can be routinely elected. The committee shall meet as often as necessary on call of the chairman. Members shall receive mileage, per diem, and subsistence as is provided by law for state boards, committees, and commissions for attending meetings of the committee. Provided, however, that the committee shall meet at least quarterly and the first meeting of the committee shall be within 30 days from the appointment of the committee members.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-239, p. 360, §4; Acts 1992, No. 92-108, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3 - Board of Agriculture and Industries. › Article 2 - Acquisition and Construction of Markets. › Section 2-3-25 - State Farmers' Market Committee - Functions.

Section 2-3-25
State Farmers' Market Committee - Functions.
In the exercise of its functions, the committee shall make recommendations to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries as to the implementation and administration of the responsibilities of said department under this article, and conduct studies and compile information as deemed necessary as a basis for such recommendation. At the end of each fiscal year, a complete financial statement and report will be furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to the committee. This report, along with a state of any market report from the committee shall be presented to the Governor.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-239, p. 360, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-1 - Declaration of Purpose and Legislative Findings.

Section 2-3A-1
Declaration of purpose and legislative findings.
The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in this state the following conditions exist:
(1) That there exists in this state an inadequate supply of funds at interest rates sufficiently low to enable persons engaged in agriculture in this state to continue their operations at present levels;
(2) That such inability to continue agricultural operations lessens the supply of agricultural commodities available to fulfill the needs of the citizens of this state;
(3) That such inability to continue operations decreases available employment in the agricultural sector of the state and results in unemployment and its attendant problems; and
(4) That it is necessary, desirable and in the best interest of the citizens of this state that provision be made for the establishment of a public corporation to promote the development of agriculture in this state by making available to persons engaged in agriculture in this state, at interest rates lower than would be otherwise obtainable, funds for use in agricultural operations and to vest such corporation with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-2 - Definitions.

Section 2-3A-2
Definitions.
The following words and phrases used in this article, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein:
(1) AFFILIATE. With respect to any lender, any person, firm or corporation controlled by, or under common control with, such lender, and any person, firm or corporation controlling such lender.
(2) AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Farming, ranching, the production of agricultural commodities (including, without limitation, the products of aquaculture and silvaculture) or the treating, processing, storing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution or exporting of agricultural commodities; provided, however, that such term shall not include any operation the principal purpose of which is the selling at retail of agricultural commodities or related products; provided, further, that costs of agricultural operations shall specifically include, but not be limited to, costs of acquiring and improving real and personal property, repairs, annual operating expenses, family living expenses and refinancing of debt incurred for any such costs.
(3) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(4) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.
(5) BONDS. Bonds, notes, certificates, bond, grant or revenue anticipation notes or any other evidence of indebtedness representing an obligation to pay money.
(6) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of the authority.
(7) LENDER. Any federal or state chartered bank, federal land bank, production credit association, bank for cooperatives, federal or state chartered savings and loan association or building and loan association, small business investment company or any other institution qualified within this state to originate and service loans, including, but without limitation to, insurance companies, credit unions and mortgage loan companies.
(8) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, a person, corporation, association, partnership or cooperative.
(9) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §2; Acts 1985, No. 85-313, p. 218; Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-725, p. 157, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-3 - Incorporation of Authority; Procedure.

Section 2-3A-3
Incorporation of authority; procedure.
(a) The Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance may incorporate and organize a public corporation, with the power and authority hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this article. To organize such a corporation, the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth:
(1) The name and official designation of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office;
(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants;
(3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority;
(4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which shall be in the state;
(5) The period of duration of the proposed corporation (if the duration is to be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 2-3A-14, that fact shall be stated); and
(6) Any other matter relating to the incorporation of the proposed corporation that the applicants may choose to insert and that is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of the state.
(b) The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgments to deeds.
(c) The Secretary of State shall examine the application; and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.
(d) When the application has been made, filed and recorded as herein provided, the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this article under the Great Seal of the State, and shall record the certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation or dissolution of the authority.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-5 - Officers of the Authority.

Section 2-3A-5
Officers of the authority.
The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary or appropriate. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not, be held by the same person. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be the chairman of the authority; the vice chairman of the authority shall be elected by the board from the membership thereof; the secretary, the treasurer and any other officers of the authority may, but need not, be members of the board and shall also be elected by the board.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-6 - Legislative Oversight Committee; Members; Expenses.

Section 2-3A-6
Legislative oversight committee; members; expenses.
There shall be established a legislative oversight committee to provide recommendations to the board concerning efficient operation of the authority. The committee shall consist of seven members of the House of Representatives, one from each congressional district, appointed by the Speaker of the House and seven members of the Senate, one from each congressional district, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House or their designated representatives shall serve as ex officio members. The legislative members shall be named at each organizational session and all members shall serve until their successors are properly qualified. All members of this committee shall be entitled to their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the committee.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-9 - Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 2-3A-9
Proceeds from sale of bonds.
All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized, including, but without limitation to, the establishment of reserve funds as security for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the bonds, and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to (i) the fiscal, consulting, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds, and (ii) except in the case of refunding bonds, interest to accrue on such bonds for a period ending not later than two years from their date.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-10 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 2-3A-10
Refunding bonds.
Any bonds issued by the authority may from time to time be refunded by the issuance, by sale or exchange, of refunding bonds payable from the same or different sources for the purpose of paying all or any part of the principal of the bonds to be refunded, any redemption premium required to be paid as a condition to the redemption prior to maturity of any such bonds that are to be so redeemed in connection with such refunding, any accrued and unpaid interest on the bonds to be refunded, any interest to accrue on each bond to be refunded to the date on which it is to be paid, whether at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity, and the expenses incurred in connection with such refunding; provided, that unless duly called for redemption pursuant to provisions contained therein, the holders of any such bonds then outstanding and proposed to be refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their outstanding bonds for such refunding. Any refunding bonds may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as may be determined by its board to be most advantageous, or may be exchanged for the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. Any refunding bonds issued by the authority shall be issued and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-3A-8.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-11 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 2-3A-11
Exemption from taxation.
The property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages and deeds of trust or trust indentures by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, incorporated city or town, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but without limitation to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the authority may engage. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes or costs to the judge of probate of any county of this state in respect of its incorporation or the recording of any document. Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any private person, firm or corporation from payment of any ad valorem, mortgage or deed taxes or recording fees notwithstanding the fact that the authority has acquired an interest in the property or instrument subject to such taxes or fees.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-12 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 2-3A-12
Exemption from usury and interest laws.
The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the State of Alabama governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including, but without limitation to, the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-13 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control; Applicability of Code of Ethics.

Section 2-3A-13
Freedom of authority from state supervision and control; applicability of code of ethics.
(a) This article is intended to aid the state through the furtherance of the purposes of the article by providing an appropriate and independent instrumentality of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill its functions. Except as expressly provided in this article, no proceeding, notice or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority, the purchase of any note or other instrument secured by a mortgage, deed of trust, note or other security interest, the issuance of any bonds, the execution of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture, or the exercise of any other of its powers by the authority. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the state Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority.
(b) The directors, the officers and employees of the authority shall be subject to Chapter 25 of Title 36 and to the rules and promulgations by the Alabama Ethics Commission.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-14 - Dissolution of Authority and Vesting of Title to Its Property.

Section 2-3A-14
Dissolution of authority and vesting of title to its property.
At any time when the authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the said resolution in the office of the Secretary of State, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties shall thereupon pass to the state.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-15 - Article Cumulative.

Section 2-3A-15
Article cumulative.
The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal existing laws, except to the extent such laws are clearly inconsistent with provisions of this article.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisons. › Section 2-3A-16 - Liberal Construction of Article.

Section 2-3A-16
Liberal construction of article.
This article being remedial in nature, the provisions of this article shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-586, p. 913, §16.)