Section 2-19-125 – Quarantine.
Section 2-19-125 Quarantine. The board or the commissioner, in the board’s absence, as provided in Sections 2-25-4 and 2-25-5, is empowered to promulgate regulations, quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such […]
Section 2-19-126 – Authority to Designate Elimination Zones; Authority to Prohibit Planting of Cotton and to Require Participation in Eradication Program.
Section 2-19-126 Authority to designate elimination zones; authority to prohibit planting of cotton and to require participation in eradication program. The board is authorized to designate by regulation one or more areas of this state as “elimination zones” where boll weevil eradication programs will be undertaken. The board is authorized to promulgate reasonable regulations regarding […]
Section 2-19-127 – Authority for Destruction or Treatment of Cotton in Elimination Zones; When Compensation Payable.
Section 2-19-127 Authority for destruction or treatment of cotton in elimination zones; when compensation payable. The commissioner shall have authority to destroy, or in his discretion, to treat with pesticides volunteer or other noncommercial cotton and to establish procedures for the purchase and destruction of commercial cotton in elimination zones when the commissioner deems such […]
Section 2-19-128 – Authority to Promulgate Appropriate Regulations.
Section 2-19-128 Authority to promulgate appropriate regulations. (a) The board is authorized to promulgate regulations restricting the pasturage of livestock, entry by persons, and location of honeybee colonies in any premises in an elimination zone which have been or are to be treated with pesticides or otherwise treated to cause the eradication of the boll […]
Section 2-19-129 – Penalties.
Section 2-19-129 Penalties. (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article or the regulations promulgated hereunder, or who shall alter, forge or counterfeit, or use without authority, any certificate or permit or other document provided for in this article or in the regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be guilty of a […]
Section 2-19-130 – Certification by Board of Cotton Growers’ Organization Authorized; Requirements.
Section 2-19-130 Certification by board of cotton growers’ organization authorized; requirements. (a) The board may certify a cotton growers’ organization for the purpose of entering into agreements with the State of Alabama, other states, the federal government, and other parties as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. (b) In order […]
Section 2-19-131 – Certification; Revocation.
Section 2-19-131 Certification; revocation. Upon determination by the board that the organization meets the requirements of Section 2-19-130, the board shall certify the organization as the official cotton growers’ organization. Such certification shall be for the purposes of this article only, and shall not affect other organizations or associations of cotton growers established for other […]
Section 2-19-132 – Cotton Growers Assessment Referendum Authorized; Assessments Generally.
Section 2-19-132 Cotton growers assessment referendum authorized; assessments generally. (a) At the request of the certified organization, the board shall authorize a referendum among cotton growers upon the question of whether an assessment shall be levied upon cotton growers in the state to offset, in whole or in part, the cost of boll weevil or […]
Section 2-19-133 – Conduct of Referendum.
Section 2-19-133 Conduct of referendum. The arrangements for the management of any referendum held under this article shall be under the direction of the certified organization. The organization shall bear all expenses incurred in conducting the referendum, to include furnishing the ballots and arranging for the necessary poll holders. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. […]
Section 2-19-105 – Publication, etc., by Commissioner of List of Registered Cotton Buyers.
Section 2-19-105 Publication, etc., by commissioner of list of registered cotton buyers. The commissioner shall publish a list of all registered cotton buyers and shall provide a copy of the list to interested persons without charge. The list may include the number of years that the person has been registered in this state as a […]