Section 2-8-1 Legislative purpose and intent. It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that owners of cattle shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and purchasers of cattle and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of […]
Section 2-8-10 Majority vote required for approval of assessment; canvass of referendum results. If in any referendum held under the provisions of this article a majority of the cattle owners of the area in which the referendum is conducted, eligible to participate and voting therein, shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the […]
Section 2-8-11 Subsequent referendums. In the event any referendum conducted as provided in this article shall fail to receive the required number of affirmative votes from cattle owners eligible for participation and voting therein, then the certified association conducting the said referendum shall be authorized to call another referendum, for the purposes set forth in […]
Section 2-8-12 Collection of assessments; deductions for expenses. In the event the required number of cattle owners approve, by a referendum as provided in this article, the levying of an assessment upon the sale of cattle for a promotional program, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall, within 30 days, notify in writing every person […]
Section 2-8-13 Remittances to treasurer of association. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall remit to the treasurer of the certified association all moneys paid to or collected by him on a quarterly basis between the first and fifteenth of January, April, July and October of each year, less a commission of three percent of […]
Section 2-8-15 Refund of assessment to cattle owner. Any owner of cattle against whom any assessment is made and deducted under authority of this article, if dissatisfied with said assessment, shall have the right to demand and receive from the treasurer of the certified association a refund of the amount of the assessment collected from […]
Section 2-8-16 Bond of treasurer of association. Before any money is remitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries to the treasurer of an organization or association as authorized under the provisions of this article, the treasurer of said organization shall furnish to the commissioner a bond approved by the commissioner in the amount of […]
Section 2-8-17 Expenditure of assessments. The funds derived from any assessments levied upon the sale of cattle as authorized under this article shall be used and expended by the certified association, after such funds are remitted to it by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, for the purpose of promoting and stimulating by advertising and […]
Section 2-8-18 Joint programs with other states. Any certified association may enter into agreements with like associations, commissions or other agencies of other states for the purpose of conducting a similar agricultural commodities promotional program jointly with such associations, commissions or other agencies in other states, and such certified association shall be authorized to contribute […]
Section 2-8-19 Annual audit of association; examination by Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; publication of statement. The approved and certified association receiving and disbursing funds as authorized in this article shall, following the close of its fiscal year every two years, cause an audit of its books and accounts for the two-year period to […]
Section 2-8-2 Authorized activities not illegal or in restraint of trade. No association, meeting or activity undertaken in pursuance of the provisions of this article and intended to benefit the Alabama cattle industry shall be deemed or considered illegal or in restraint of trade. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 280, p. 2320, §2.)
Section 2-8-20 Rules and regulations. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the evident intent and purpose of this article, which shall include rules and regulations governing the holding of referendums as adopted by the certified association, rules and regulations […]
Section 2-8-21 Enforcement duties of commissioner; revocation of certification of association. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, through the facilities of the Department of Agriculture and Industries, to enforce and collect the assessment charges levied upon the sale of agricultural commodities under the provisions of this article and to […]
Section 2-8-22 Penalty for failure to deduct and pay over assessment. Any dealer, handler, processor, sales market or other purchaser of cattle who willfully fails or refuses to deduct and pay to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries any assessment required to be so deducted and remitted to the commissioner shall be guilty of a […]
Section 2-8-3 Referendum and assessments declared to be in public interest. It is hereby further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the state that cattle owners be permitted by referendum as provided in this article to levy upon themselves an assessment and to provide for the collection […]
Section 2-8-4 Application of cattle owners’ association for certification and approval to conduct referendum – Generally. Any nonprofit association of cattle owners organized for the promotion and betterment of the cattle industry may make application to the State Board of Agriculture and Industries for certification and approval for the purpose of conducting a referendum among […]
Section 2-8-5 Application of cattle owners’ association for certification and approval to conduct referendum – Action by board on application. Upon the filing with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries of an application by any nonprofit association of cattle owners as provided in Section 2-8-4, the said board shall within 30 days thereafter meet […]
Section 2-8-6 Authority of certified association to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in Section 2-8-5, such association shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on the part of the Alabama cattle owners a referendum wherein they shall be entitled […]
Section 2-8-7 Notice of referendum. When a referendum has been authorized as provided in Section 2-8-6, the certified association shall, not less than 30 days before the date for such referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places and rules for voting in the referendum, the area covered by the referendum, the amount and basis […]
Section 2-8-8 Conduct of referendum; payment of expense. The arrangements for and the management of any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article shall be under the direction of the association certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to conduct the same, and such association shall furnish all necessary ballots and arrange […]
