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 the Department of Agriculture and Industries. He shall exercise all rights, privileges, powers and duties granted him under the Constitution and statutes of the […]
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 the commissioner. (Ag. Code 1927, §489; Acts 1935, No. 13, p. 12; Code 1940, T. 2, §35.)
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 such divisions as deemed necessary to properly segregate and conduct the work of the department. The commissioner may assign to each of the employees […]
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 System law, to appoint a legal counsel for the state Department of Agriculture and Industries. He shall be commissioned as an assistant attorney general and […]
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, deputies, agents, experts and other employees as are necessary for the successful administration of the affairs of the department and prescribe their […]
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 employees of the Department of Agriculture and Industries performing duties relating to the enforcement of the livestock laws of this state. Such employee or employees so […]
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 of livestock sanitary and disease control laws and regulations, or any other laws and regulations governing the handling, movement, or sale of […]
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 accessories, which have been used, or are used in the commission of theft of livestock, as defined in Section […]
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 of said department; a graduate of an accredited agricultural college in horticulture who has had professional training […]
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 title and any other provision of this Code or other statute which the Commissioner, Department or Board of Agriculture […]
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 and typed or printed copies of all acts, rules, regulations or notices certified to by the commissioner or […]
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 Chapter 27 of Title 2, and the regulations […]
Section 2-2-19 Regulation of micro markets and vending machines. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) MICRO MARKET. An unstaffed, self-checkout retail food service facility that does all of the following: a. Includes one or more micro market displays. b. Has an automated payment kiosk or other […]
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. (Ag. Code 1927, §8; Code 1940, T. 2, §15.)
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 be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Board of Agriculture and Industries, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. […]
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 election and until his successor is elected and qualified. The vacancies in said office shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term and […]
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 Agricultural Fund of the State Treasury, and shall be payable to such officer in installments in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers […]
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 all official acts and to examine under oath in any part of the state witnesses in any matter pertaining to their […]
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 early thereafter as practicable to the Governor an annual report covering all operations of the Department of Agriculture and Industries and the […]
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) To investigate and ascertain the industrial possibilities of the State of Alabama and to seek to secure the development […]
