Section 2-29-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) COMMISSION MERCHANT. Every person who shall receive, sell or offer for sale on commission within this state any kind of farm products. (2) FARM PRODUCTS. Except as otherwise provided, such term […]
Section 2-29-10 Regulation by municipalities of sale, etc., of farm products by farmers or other producers thereof. It shall be unlawful for any municipality to charge the farmer or others engaged in the production of farm products of whatever nature any license fee for the sale or other disposition of such farm products produced by […]
Section 2-29-11 Applicability of provisions of chapter. This chapter shall not apply to the sale of farm products at public auction by an auctioneer acting as the agent of another to whom such farm products shall have been consigned, nor to farm products purchased outright and unconditionally or for cash f.o.b. at point of origin, […]
Section 2-29-2 Commission merchant’s permit required; application for permit; issuance of permit; duration; permit fee. No person shall within this state engage in the commission business as a commission merchant without a permit therefor. Every commission merchant shall annually, on or before October 1, file an application with the commissioner for a permit to do […]
Section 2-29-3 Expiration date of permits. Every permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to have expired by limitation at midnight of the last day of the period for which such permit was granted in the first instance. (Ag. Code 1927, §284; Code 1940, T. 2, §478.)
Section 2-29-4 Bonds of commission merchants; institution of civil actions upon bonds. Before any permit shall be issued, the applicant therefor shall make and execute to the State of Alabama a surety bond in the penal sum of $1,000.00, said bond to be filed in the office of the commissioner. Said bond is intended and […]
Section 2-29-5 Authorization and grounds for denial or revocation of permits by commissioner. The commissioner may refuse to grant or may revoke any permit, as the case may be, upon any one or more of the following grounds: (1) That a final judgment for the recovery of money has been entered against the applicant or […]
Section 2-29-6 Proceedings for review of denial or revocation of permit by commissioner. Any act of the commissioner in refusing to grant or in revoking any permit may be reviewed by the circuit court of the county in which the business affected is or is proposed to be located, upon filing of a complaint in […]
Section 2-29-7 Maintenance of records by commission merchants as to handling, storage or sale of farm products. It shall be the duty of every commission merchant upon receipt of any farm products for sale on commission to make and keep a correct record thereof, showing in detail the following with reference to the handling, sale […]
Section 2-29-8 Investigation of applicants and complaints against commission merchants by commissioner; conduct of proceedings as to revocation of permits. The commissioner shall have power: (1) Before granting a permit to any applicant to investigate the character and standing of such applicant; (2) Upon the receipt of any verified complaint from any person pecuniarily interested […]
Section 2-29-9 Prohibited acts. No person shall receive or offer to receive, sell or offer to sell on commission within this state any kind of farm products without a permit, except as permitted by this chapter. No person being a commission merchant in farm products shall knowingly impose any false or fictitious charge for handling […]
