Chapter 1 - Commissioner Of Agriculture And Industries
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Section 2-2-1 Chief executive officer of department
The constitutional officer known as the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be the chief executive officer and shall have management and control of ...
- Section 2-2-2 Qualifications of commissioner
The commissioner shall be a person of good moral character of recognized executive ability and trained in the practice and science of agriculture. ...
- Section 2-2-3 Bond
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to ...
- Section 2-2-4 Term of office; vacancy
The commissioner shall hold office for a term of four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his ...
- Section 2-2-5 Salary of commissioner
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall be paid such salary as shall be fixed by law. Such salary shall be payable from the ...
- Section 2-2-6 Inspection of books; examination of witnesses; divulging information
The commissioner or his duly appointed agents shall have authority to inspect books and records, to hear complaints, to administer oaths, to certify to ...
- Section 2-2-7 Annual report; publication of handbooks, pamphlets, etc
The commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, shall submit each year on or before December 1 or as ...
- Section 2-2-8 Commissioner's powers and duties generally; assistance from other state agencies
(a) The commissioner shall execute the agricultural and industrial policies of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. It shall be his duty: (1) ...
- Section 2-2-8.1 Promotion of economic and industrial development
(a) The Commissioner of the State Department of Agriculture and Industries, or an employee designated in writing by the commissioner, in order to promote ...
- Section 2-2-9 Delegation of powers and duties
The commissioner may delegate any of his powers to or direct any of his duties to be performed by the chief of a division ...
- Section 2-2-10 Assistant to commissioner
The Board of Agriculture and Industries may, in its discretion, designate one employee of the Department of Agriculture and Industries as an assistant to ...
- Section 2-2-11 Organization of department; unclassified service
The commissioner shall, with the advice and approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, organize the Department of Agriculture and Industries into ...
- Section 2-2-12 Legal counsel for department
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall be authorized, subject to the provisions of the state Merit ...
- Section 2-2-13 Appointment of assistants and employees; employees' bonds
The commissioner shall, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and as otherwise provided by law, appoint such chiefs, assistants, ...
- Section 2-2-14 Livestock theft investigator
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized to designate as "livestock theft investigator" any employee or ...
- Section 2-2-14.1 Appearance upon arrest for misdemeanor livestock violations
(a) Whenever any person is arrested by livestock theft investigators of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries under Section 2-2-14 for misdemeanor violations ...
- Section 2-2-14.2 Forfeiture of conveyances and vehicles used to perpetrate livestock theft
(a) All conveyances and vehicles of transportation including trailers and semitrailers, equine or equidae, or any other equipment, together with all harness or other ...
- Section 2-2-15 Accountant in charge of clerical work and records; qualifications of division heads
There shall be employed in the Department of Agriculture and Industries an expert accountant who shall have charge of all clerical work and records ...
- Section 2-2-16 Commissioner to enforce laws; promulgation of rules and regulations; notice
The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Industries is charged with the execution and enforcement of the laws and provisions contained in this ...
- Section 2-2-17 Evidence of rules, regulations and notices; copies furnished to probate judges
The rules, regulations or notices purporting to be published by authority of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in book or pamphlet form ...
- Section 2-2-18 Civil penalties or fines for violations of Chapters 27 and 28; maximum amount; notice; failure to pay assessed fine or penalty
(a) Notwithstanding the existence of any other penalty imposed for violations of the provisions of the Alabama Pesticide Act of 1971 as found in ...
- Article 2 Suspension From Sale, Condemnation and Sampling of Articles and Products.
- Section 2-2-30 Suspension of sale of article
If at any time the commissioner or his duly authorized agent shall have reason to believe that any product or article, the possession or ...
- Section 2-2-31 Seizure and condemnation of adulterated, misbranded or substandard article
Any article, substance, material or product which is subject to the provisions of this article which is adulterated, misbranded or under the standard, grade, ...
- Section 2-2-32 Procedure when analysis shows article or product in violation of title
Upon the examination of specimens or samples of any article, substance, material or product the sale of which is subject to the provisions of ...
- Section 2-2-33 Duty of commissioner to have tests or analyses made
Whenever it shall be necessary to have any tests or analyses made in order to properly execute any law or rule and regulation under ...
- Section 2-2-34 Where analyses to be made
All chemical analyses shall be made in a laboratory at such place or places as the commissioner with the approval of the State Board ...
- Section 2-2-35 Certificate of analysis admissible as evidence
A certificate of analysis or examination by the chemist who is the supervisor or director of the laboratory of the Department of Agriculture and ...
- 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 ...
- 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, ...
- Article 3 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Article 4 Bond Equivalent.
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Article 5 Center for Alternative Fuels.
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Section 2-2-92 Promulgation of rules
The department may promulgate rules necessary for the efficient operation of the center. ...
- 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 ...
