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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 2 - 1999 Bond Issue for Animal Diagnostic Laboratories, Agricultural and Forestry Research, and Veterninary Medicine Facilities. › Section 2-3A-30 - Issuance of Bonds; Obligation of State; Proceeds; Specifications.

Section 2-3A-30
Issuance of bonds; obligation of state; proceeds; specifications.
In order to implement Constitutional Amendment 618 authorizing the issuance by the state of $52,000,000 in principal amount of its general obligation bonds, which amendment was proposed by Act 98-378 of the 1998 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority shall, in addition to all other powers that may be exercised by said authority, have the power to issue and sell for the state, subject to the approval of the Governor, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the state not in excess of $52,000,000 in principal amount, as authorized by said amendment. Such bonds shall not be obligations of said authority but shall be general obligations of the State of Alabama with the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state to be pledged to the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and the interest and redemption premium (if any) thereon. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes described in the aforesaid constitutional amendment. Such bonds may be sold and issued in one or more series at any time and from time to time, may have such series designations, may be in such forms, principal amounts, denominations and numbers, may be of such tenor and maturities, may bear such date or dates, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption at the option of the state to be exercised by said authority on such date or dates prior to their respective maturities and upon payment of such redemption price or prices, and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of said amendment and this article, all as shall be provided by the board of directors of said authority in the resolution or resolutions pursuant to which such bonds shall be authorized, sold, and issued.
(Act 98-497, p. 1063, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 2 - 1999 Bond Issue for Animal Diagnostic Laboratories, Agricultural and Forestry Research, and Veterninary Medicine Facilities. › Section 2-3A-31 - Issuance and Redemption.

Section 2-3A-31
Issuance and redemption.
The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this article may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to such schedule as the board of directors of said authority shall determine in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Provided, however, no bonds shall be sold nor counsel or other professional hired or retained by the authority prior to February 1, 1999. Such bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the state, on such terms and conditions as shall be provided by the board of directors of said authority in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Any or all of such bonds subject to redemption at the option of the state may be called for redemption by the authority pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors thereof if pursuant to appropriations theretofore made by the Legislature, the moneys required for such redemption are at the time held in the State Treasury or if such redemption is to be effected with moneys provided by the sale and issuance of refunding bonds issued pursuant to Amendment 618 and as provided for in this article. The authority may specify the terms and conditions under which any of the bonds authorized pursuant to Amendment 618 may be exchanged for like bonds of other denominations as the authority may prescribe.
(Act 98-497, p. 1063, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 2 - 1999 Bond Issue for Animal Diagnostic Laboratories, Agricultural and Forestry Research, and Veterninary Medicine Facilities. › Section 2-3A-32 - Execution.

Section 2-3A-32
Execution.
The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this article shall be sold by said authority at public sale as provided in Amendment 618. Said bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the chairman of the authority, and the Great Seal of the State shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. A facsimile of the signature of each such official may be imprinted on any of said bonds in lieu of being manually inscribed thereon, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State may be printed on said bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each such facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are so used had signed said bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the State so used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on said bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of said bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before such bonds are delivered and paid for, such bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed such or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the bonds bearing such signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for.
(Act 98-497, p. 1063, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 2 - 1999 Bond Issue for Animal Diagnostic Laboratories, Agricultural and Forestry Research, and Veterninary Medicine Facilities. › Section 2-3A-33 - Alabama Agricultural, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine Facilities Improvement Fund.

Section 2-3A-33
Alabama Agricultural, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine Facilities Improvement Fund.
The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-30 shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated "The Alabama Agricultural, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine Facilities Improvement Fund," pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by Amendment 618. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in investments of the same kind as those in which the State Treasurer is at the time legally authorized to invest moneys held in the General Fund of the state, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds; provided, however, that notwithstanding any legal limitation that might otherwise be applicable, the State Treasurer shall have the authority to invest such proceeds and income in certificates of deposit of any savings and loan association, whether federally or state chartered, whose principal office is located in the state. The State Treasurer, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-30.
(Act 98-497, p. 1063, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 2 - 1999 Bond Issue for Animal Diagnostic Laboratories, Agricultural and Forestry Research, and Veterninary Medicine Facilities. › Section 2-3A-36 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 2-3A-36
Exemption from taxation.
All bonds (including refunding bonds) issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom (including the interest income thereon) shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.
(Act 98-497, p. 1063, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 3 - 1998 Bond Issue for Textile Technology Facilities. › Section 2-3A-50 - Issuance of Bonds; Obligation of State; Proceeds; Specifications.

Section 2-3A-50
Issuance of bonds; obligation of state; proceeds; specifications.
In order to implement Constitutional Amendment 619 authorizing the issuance by the state of five million seven hundred thousand dollars ($5,700,000) principal amount of its general obligation bonds, which amendment was proposed by Act 98-412 of the 1998 Regular Session of the Legislature, the Alabama Agricultural Development Authority shall, in addition to all other powers that may be exercised by said authority, have the power to issue and sell for the state, subject to the approval of the Governor, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the state not in excess of five million seven hundred thousand dollars ($5,700,000) in principal amount, as authorized by said amendment. Such bonds shall not be obligations of said authority but shall be general obligations of the State of Alabama with the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state to be pledged to the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and the interest and redemption premium (if any) thereon. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes described in the aforesaid constitutional amendment. Such bonds may be sold and issued in one or more series at any time and from time to time, may have such series designations, may be in such forms, principal amounts, denominations and numbers, may be of such tenor and maturities, may bear such date or dates, may be payable in such installments and at such time or times, may be payable at such place or places within or without the state, may bear interest at such rate or rates payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for redemption at the option of the state to be exercised by said authority on such date or dates prior to their respective maturities and upon payment of such redemption price or prices, and may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of said amendment and this article, all as shall be provided by the board of directors of said authority in the resolution or resolutions pursuant to which such bonds shall be authorized, sold, and issued.
(Act 98-506, p. 1178, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 3 - 1998 Bond Issue for Textile Technology Facilities. › Section 2-3A-51 - Issuance and Redemption.

Section 2-3A-51
Issuance and redemption.
The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this article may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to such schedule as the board of directors of said authority shall determine in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Such bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the state, on such terms and conditions as shall be provided by the board of directors of said authority in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Any or all of such bonds subject to redemption at the option of the state may be called for redemption by the authority pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of directors thereof if pursuant to appropriations theretofore made by the Legislature, the moneys required for such redemption are at the time held in the State Treasury or if such redemption is to be effected with moneys provided by the sale and issuance of refunding bonds issued pursuant to Amendment 619 and as provided for in this article. The authority may specify the terms and conditions under which any of the bonds authorized pursuant to Amendment 619 may be exchanged for like bonds of other denominations as the authority may prescribe.
(Act 98-506, p. 1178, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 3 - 1998 Bond Issue for Textile Technology Facilities. › Section 2-3A-52 - Execution.

Section 2-3A-52
Execution.
The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this article shall be sold by said authority at public sale as provided in Amendment 619. Said bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the chairman of the authority, and the Great Seal of the State shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. A facsimile of the signature of each such official may be imprinted on any of said bonds in lieu of being manually inscribed thereon, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the State may be printed on said bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each such facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are so used had signed said bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the State so used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on said bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of said bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before such bonds are delivered and paid for, such bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed such or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the bonds bearing such signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for.
(Act 98-506, p. 1178, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 3 - 1998 Bond Issue for Textile Technology Facilities. › Section 2-3A-53 - Alabama Agricultural and Textile Technology Facilities Improvement Fund.

Section 2-3A-53
Alabama Agricultural and Textile Technology Facilities Improvement Fund.
The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-50 shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income), in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated "The Alabama Agricultural and Textile Technology Facilities Improvement Fund," pending the expenditure of such proceeds and income for the purposes hereinafter authorized and as required by Amendment 619. All proceeds so deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in investments of the same kind as those in which the State Treasurer is at the time legally authorized to invest moneys held in the General Fund of the state, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, such income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as such proceeds; provided, however, that notwithstanding any legal limitation that might otherwise be applicable, the State Treasurer shall have the authority to invest such proceeds and income in certificates of deposit of any savings and loan association, whether federally or state chartered, whose principal office is located in the state. The State Treasurer, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments which shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to Section 2-3A-50.
(Act 98-506, p. 1178, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 3 - 1998 Bond Issue for Textile Technology Facilities. › Section 2-3A-54 - Expenses; Disposition of Proceeds.

Section 2-3A-54
Expenses; disposition of proceeds.
Upon order of the board of directors of said authority, all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, preparation, sale, and issuance of bonds authorized herein and by Amendment 619 shall be paid out of the proceeds thereof. The proceeds thereof remaining after payment of such expenses, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment of such proceeds (including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income) shall be disbursed from time to time on the order of said authority for payment of costs incurred in carrying out the purposes authorized in said amendment, as follows: The sum of five million seven hundred thousand dollars ($5,700,000) shall be used for the purpose of providing and the equipping of a center for cotton, cotton products technology, and for its use as an educational, applied research, and promotional facility in the field of textile and apparel technology.
Disbursements for such purposes shall be made taking into account matching or other funds at the time available to pay a portion of the costs of facilities as aforesaid, and said authority is authorized to provide for and coordinate the expenditure of such matching or other funds in providing said facilities through agreements to be entered into with such other agencies and institutions as shall be determined to be appropriate and convenient therefor. The costs of architectural and supervisory services, from whatever source provided, shall be deemed to constitute a capital cost or outlay for which bond proceeds and investment income are authorized to be expended by the provisions of this article. Any building or facility constructed, expanded, renovated, altered or otherwise improved wholly or in part with such proceeds shall be constructed or improved pursuant to plans and specifications approved by said authority and the technical staff of the Building Commission shall thereafter be operated by an agency to be determined by the Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in consultation and cooperation with textile related business, trade associations, to include, but not be limited to, the Alabama Textile Manufacturers Association, Inc., under such arrangements as may be authorized by law.
(Act 98-506, p. 1178, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 3A - Alabama Agricultural Development Authority. › Article 3 - 1998 Bond Issue for Textile Technology Facilities. › Section 2-3A-56 - Exemption From Taxation.

Section 2-3A-56
Exemption from taxation.
All bonds (including refunding bonds) issued pursuant hereto, and the income therefrom (including the interest income thereon) shall be free from all taxation by the state or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or instrumentality of the state, excepting inheritance, estate, and gift taxes.
(Act 98-506, p. 1178, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 4 - State Veterinarian, Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors. › Section 2-4-1 - Appointment of State Veterinarian; Qualifications; Compensation and Powers and Duties.

Section 2-4-1
Appointment of State Veterinarian; qualifications; compensation and powers and duties.
The State Veterinarian of Alabama shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Governor of Alabama, and the President of the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, or majority of them, from the list of qualified applicants who have passed the official examination and who have been certified to the aforesaid appointing authorities by the State Personnel Department. The State Veterinarian appointed under the provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System, and his or her salary shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board, upon recommendation of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, which salary shall be paid out of the appropriation provided by law for payment of salaries and expenses of the employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The State Veterinarian appointed under this section shall be a graduate of a college of veterinary medicine, which institution has been approved and accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association and by the federal Secretary of Agriculture. The State Veterinarian appointed under this section shall also be a licensed veterinarian and a member in good standing of the Alabama Veterinary Medical Association, and he or she shall exercise all the powers vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the state livestock laws relating to the care of livestock or the control of contagious and infectious diseases in livestock and rules promulgated thereunder.
(Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §6; Acts 1951, No. 295, p. 589; Act 2010-550, p. 977, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 4 - State Veterinarian, Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors. › Section 2-4-2 - Appointment of Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors.

Section 2-4-2
Appointment of assistant state veterinarians and state livestock inspectors.
The State Veterinarian, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall appoint as many assistant state veterinarians and state livestock inspectors as they may deem necessary and as the funds at their disposal shall permit.
(Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 4 - State Veterinarian, Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors. › Section 2-4-3 - Appointment of Federal Veterinarians and Livestock Inspectors as Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors.

Section 2-4-3
Appointment of federal veterinarians and livestock inspectors as assistant state veterinarians and state livestock inspectors.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries may appoint or elect the federal veterinarians and livestock inspectors who are doing work in Alabama as assistant state veterinarians and state livestock inspectors, provided they consent to act without pay from the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1947, No. 694, p. 528, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 4 - State Veterinarian, Assistant State Veterinarians and State Livestock Inspectors. › Section 2-4-4 - Annual Report of State Veterinarian.

Section 2-4-4
Annual report of State Veterinarian.
The State Veterinarian shall make an annual report to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, giving a full account of the work done and a detailed report of the money expended, which report may be published by the board in pamphlet form as soon thereafter as is practical.
(Ag. Code 1927, §575; Code 1940, T. 2, §367.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-1 - Establishment; Powers and Duties.

Section 2-5-1
Establishment; powers and duties.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §1; Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 289; Acts 1969, No. 270, p. 600, §1; Act 98-243, p. 396, §1; Act 2006-620, p. 1700, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-2 - Composition; Qualifications of Members; Terms of Office; Chair and Vice-Chair.

Section 2-5-2
Composition; qualifications of members; terms of office; chair and vice-chair.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §2; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 200; Act 98-243, p. 396, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-3 - Meetings; per Diem and Expenses.

Section 2-5-3
Meetings; per diem and expenses.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §3; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 200; Acts 1981, No. 81-796, p. 1399.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-4 - Director.

Section 2-5-4
Director.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §4; Acts 1969, No. 270, p. 600, §1; Act 2005-327, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-5 - Establishment of Farmers' Markets.

Section 2-5-5
Establishment of farmers' markets.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-6 - Regulation of Market Location; No Right of Eminent Domain.

Section 2-5-6
Regulation of market location; no right of eminent domain.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-7 - Regulating Conduct of Markets; Grades and Classes for Produce; Sale of Cull Produce.

Section 2-5-7
Regulating conduct of markets; grades and classes for produce; sale of cull produce.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §§7, 12; Act 2006-620, p. 1700, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-8 - Market Charges.

Section 2-5-8
Market charges.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-9 - Sale of Articles Unfit for Food to Be Prohibited.

Section 2-5-9
Sale of articles unfit for food to be prohibited.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §9; Act 2005-327, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-10 - Rules and Regulations to Enforce Article.

Section 2-5-10
Rules and regulations to enforce article.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-11 - Ejection of Persons From Markets.

Section 2-5-11
Ejection of persons from markets.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §11; Act 2005-327, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-12 - Fixing Minimum Prices.

Section 2-5-12
Fixing minimum prices.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-13 - Facilitating Sale and Exchange of Products.

Section 2-5-13
Facilitating sale and exchange of products.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §14; Act 2006-620, p. 1700, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-14 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 2-5-14
Disposition of funds.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §15; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 200; Acts 1969, No. 270, p. 600, §1; Acts 1991, No. 91-707, p. 1375, §1; Act 98-243, p. 396, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-15 - Sales by Producer to Consumer Outside Markets.

Section 2-5-15
Sales by producer to consumer outside markets.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-16 - Lease of Space or Facilities; Remedies Upon Default.

Section 2-5-16
Lease of space or facilities; remedies upon default.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §17; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 200; Acts 1969, No. 270, p. 600, §1; Act 98-243, p. 396, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5-17 - Local Appropriations Authorized.

Section 2-5-17
Local appropriations authorized.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-30 - Definitions.

Section 2-5-30
Definitions.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-31 - Authorization to Issue Bonds.

Section 2-5-31
Authorization to issue bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-32 - Execution and Other Details of the Bonds.

Section 2-5-32
Execution and other details of the bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-33 - Sale of the Bonds.

Section 2-5-33
Sale of the bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-34 - Security for the Bonds.

Section 2-5-34
Security for the bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-35 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 2-5-35
Refunding bonds.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-36 - Establishment of Debt Service Reserve Fund.

Section 2-5-36
Establishment of debt service reserve fund.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-37 - Investment of Proceeds From Bond Sale.

Section 2-5-37
Investment of proceeds from bond sale.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-38 - Property of Authority Exempt From Taxation.

Section 2-5-38
Property of authority exempt from taxation.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5 - Farmers' Market Authority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5-39 - Maintain Federal Tax-Exempt Status.

Section 2-5-39
Maintain federal tax-exempt status.
Repealed by Act 2013-286, §2, effective August 1, 2013.
(Act 98-243, p. 396, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-2 - Director.

Section 2-5A-2
Director.
(a) The commissioner may appoint a director who, under the supervision of the commissioner, shall administer this article. The director shall receive a salary to be fixed as provided in Section 36-6-6, payable in installments in the same manner as the salaries of other state employees are paid, and shall be allowed the same travel expenses in the performance of his or her duties as are allowed to other state employees as provided by law. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and subject to the state Merit System, shall appoint all necessary clerks, stenographers, inspectors, and other employees to administer this article. The director shall act as manager, secretary, and custodian of all records unless the commissioner shall otherwise direct. In addition to those duties already described, the director's duties shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Directing the overall planning, development, and administration of promotional or assistive services or programs of the authority.
(2) Directing the development and implementation of departmental planning and budget issues.
(3) Directing compliance activities at farmers' markets and in programs administered by the authority.
(4) Directing promotional activities of the authority.
(5) Managing real property and other assets of the authority.
(6) Representing the authority to the public and to federal, state, and local governments.
(7) Managing the personnel of the authority.
(8) Managing the fiscal affairs of the authority.
(9) Writing grant proposals.
(10) Negotiating and administering contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements.
(b) The director, with the approval of the commissioner, shall fix the duties of all employees of the authority. The director shall be at the time of his or her appointment a resident of the State of Alabama.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-3 - Establishment of Farmers' Markets.

Section 2-5A-3
Establishment of farmers' markets.
When a site has been acquired by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, the commissioner may establish thereon a farmers' market, independent of and without the necessity of securing any permit from any municipality in which a site or sites may be located.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-4 - Regulation of Market Location; No Right of Eminent Domain.

Section 2-5A-4
Regulation of market location; no right of eminent domain.
Any farmers' market, as to its location in any municipality, shall be subject to any necessary or fair municipal zoning ordinances or fire or health regulations. This article shall not be construed as conferring the right of eminent domain upon the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-5 - Regulating Conduct of Markets; Grades and Classes for Produce; Sale of Cull Produce.

Section 2-5A-5
Regulating conduct of markets; grades and classes for produce; sale of cull produce.
The commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may make such rules as in his or her judgment may be necessary to conduct properly such farmers' market or markets, both wholesale and retail. The commissioner may provide experienced and competent persons to act as graders and classifiers on such markets. The commissioner may prescribe and designate reasonable grades and classes for farm products, truck crops, fruits, vegetables, and fish products and to enforce the same in all markets in the state. The commissioner may designate separate places on any market where fruits, vegetables, truck crops, and fish products of the different classes and grades shall be handled and kept separate. The commissioner may promulgate rules regulating or prohibiting the sale of cull produce or produce unfit for human consumption at any state farmers' market. Ripe peaches, cantaloupes, tomatoes, and other commodities of a similar nature shall not be classed as cull produce when sold in Alabama for local consumption.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-6 - Market Charges.

Section 2-5A-6
Market charges.
In acquiring the sites for such market or markets and in conducting same, the commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may prescribe and collect reasonable charges to pay the necessary costs of acquiring, operating, and maintaining such sites and markets, may erect the necessary buildings, and may conduct the markets as provided by law.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-7 - Sale of Articles Unfit for Food to Be Prohibited.

Section 2-5A-7
Sale of articles unfit for food to be prohibited.
Whenever any farm products are found on any market in this state in such condition that they are unfit for food, it shall be the duty of the commissioner or his or her duly authorized agent to forbid the same from being sold in this state, the same as is now done with other food and feeds.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-8 - Rules to Enforce Article.

Section 2-5A-8
Rules to enforce article.
The commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may make and promulgate such rules as in his or her judgment may be necessary to enforce this article. The rules shall be promulgated by being posted for a period of 24 hours in a conspicuous place in each market established under this article and, when so promulgated, shall have the force and effect of law.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-9 - Ejection of Persons From Markets.

Section 2-5A-9
Ejection of persons from markets.
The commissioner, through his or her authorized agents, may eject from any farmers' market any person, and his or her property, refusing to comply with this article and the rules promulgated hereunder.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-10 - Fixing Minimum Prices.

Section 2-5A-10
Fixing minimum prices.
The commissioner, from time to time, as he or she may deem necessary, may fix minimum prices on the different grades and classes as provided for in this article and enforce the same by not permitting any person to sell any fruits, vegetables, or truck crops within the bounds of any market established under this article, at a lower price than the minimum price fixed by the commissioner.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-11 - Facilitating Sale and Exchange of Products.

Section 2-5A-11
Facilitating sale and exchange of products.
The commissioner, when in his or her judgment it shall be advisable and necessary, shall provide a suitable means of communication between the Board of Agriculture and Industries and the farmers' market or markets established under this article so as to facilitate the sale and exchange of farm products and fish products of all kinds.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-12 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 2-5A-12
Disposition of funds.
All funds collected under this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of a special fund for the use of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and shall be used solely for maintenance, repair, and capital outlay for markets and market facilities, for payment of other expenses of operations as approved by the authority, and for liquidation of costs of construction of the markets and facilities. The funds shall be paid out on warrants drawn by the state Comptroller on the State Treasury, upon the authorization of the commissioner. After August 1, 2013, all funds remaining in the original Farmers’ Market Authority Fund #0360 shall transfer into a newly created Farmers’ Market Authority Fund for use by the Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-13 - Sales by Producer to Consumer Outside Markets.

Section 2-5A-13
Sales by producer to consumer outside markets.
No provision of this article shall be construed to apply to any producer of this state who sells his or her own produce directly to the consumer outside of the state markets established under this article.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-14 - Lease of Space or Facilities; Remedies Upon Default.

Section 2-5A-14
Lease of space or facilities; remedies upon default.
To assure the liquidation of the costs incurred in the installation of facilities at farmers' markets, notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 9-15-70) of Chapter 15 of Title 9, the commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may enter into contracts whereby persons who desire space or facilities at the markets may lease the facilities or space as necessary for their operation for a term not exceeding 30 years. The contract or lease, or both, shall contain provisions for the termination of the contract or lease, or both, upon the breach of the conditions therein or upon the failure to comply with the rules promulgated by the commissioner. The venue of any action resulting from the termination of such a lease or contract, or both, shall be in Montgomery County. If there be any default by the municipality, county, state, or any public corporation or state agency in the payment of any installment of rent or the performance of any agreement required to be made or performed under the provisions of any lease agreement, the corporation and the trustee, under any indenture, shall have and may exercise any one or more of the following remedies:
(1) By mandamus, injunction, or other proceedings, compel performance by the officials of such lessee of their duties respecting payment of the rentals required to be paid and the performance of the agreements on the part of such lessee required to be performed under any such lease agreement.
(2) Obtain a judgment against such lessee for all monetary payments required to be made by such lessee under the provisions of such lease agreement with respect to which the lessee is then in default.
(3) Terminate the lease and take possession of the project or part thereof leased to such lessee.
(4) Exercise any other remedy provided for in the lease.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 2-5A-15 - Local Appropriations Authorized.

Section 2-5A-15
Local appropriations authorized.
The county commission of any county and the governing body of any municipality may make such appropriations as, in their discretion, may be deemed necessary or proper to assist in the establishment of farmers' markets under this article.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5A-31 - Authorization to Issue Bonds.

Section 2-5A-31
Authorization to issue bonds.
The commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, in addition to all other powers previously conferred upon it, may issue and sell its bonds in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, improving, renovating, equipping, and maintaining farmers' market facilities which the Department of Agriculture and Industries may establish pursuant to Section 2-5A-1. The bonds shall be in such form or forms and denomination or denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner, shall be made subject to redemption prior to their maturities, and shall contain provisions not inconsistent with this article, all as may be provided by the resolution under which the bonds may be issued; provided, that those bonds having maturities more than 10 years after their date shall be subject to redemption at the option of the commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, on any interest payment date on and after the tenth anniversary after their date at such redemption price and under such conditions as may be prescribed in the proceedings of the Board of Agriculture and Industries under which they are issued.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 2 - Agriculture. › Chapter 5A - Farmers' Marketauthority. › Article 2 - Bond Issuance Authorized. › Section 2-5A-32 - Execution and Other Details of Bonds.

Section 2-5A-32
Execution and other details of bonds.
The bonds shall be signed by the chair or vice chair of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, and the seal of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be affixed thereto, or a facsimile thereof imprinted thereon, and attested by the secretary of the board. All signatures of the chair, vice chair, and secretary may be facsimile signatures if the proceedings under which the bonds are issued provide for the manual authentication of such bonds by a trustee or paying agent or by named individuals who are employees of the State of Alabama and who are assigned to the Department of Finance or office of the State Treasurer. The seal of the Department of Agriculture and Industries shall be impressed on the bonds and a facsimile of such seal may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of being manually impressed thereon. Delivery of bonds so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers subsequent to the signing of such bonds. For the purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, the commissioner shall designate the State Treasurer. Funds for the payment of debt service shall be transferred by the Department of Agriculture and Industries to the State Treasurer on the actual due date of such principal, premium, if any, or interest.
(Act 2013-286, p. 981,§1.)