2006 Alabama Code - Chapter 19 — COTTON.

Article 1 General Provisions.

• Section 2-19-1 — Making of deductions from actual weight of cotton by persons buying or selling baled cotton; use of untested weights in weighing cotton.
• Section 2-19-2 — Corporations, etc., operating, etc., places for storing, weighing or dealing in cotton to maintain records of bale cotton weighed, etc.
• Section 2-19-3 — Mutilation, etc., of marks, brands, etc., on cotton or concealment of cotton by ginners, warehouse proprietors, etc.
• Section 2-19-4 — Appropriation of cotton from bale, etc., by factor, commission merchant, etc., having custody thereof.
• Section 2-19-5 — Taking of cotton from bale without consent of owner, consignee, etc.
• Section 2-19-6 — Conversion, etc., of cotton samples.
• Section 2-19-7 — Buying or receiving cotton taken from bale without consent of owner, consignee, etc.
• Section 2-19-8 — Opening, sampling, etc., of bale of cotton without consent of owner, consignee, etc.
• Section 2-19-9 — Failure of purchaser of cotton to maintain record as to name of seller, etc.
• Section 2-19-10 — Failure of cotton broker, etc., to pay for cotton purchased and disposed of.
• Section 2-19-11 — Fraudulent packing or baling of cotton.
• Section 2-19-12 — Exhibition of false samples of cotton, etc.
• Section 2-19-13 — Removal, etc., from state of cotton subject to purchase money lien.
• Section 2-19-14 — Removal from bale of cotton, etc., of ginner's tag.
• Section 2-19-15 — Ginners to maintain registers of cotton ginned; contents and inspection thereof.
• Section 2-19-16 — Marking, tagging, etc., of cotton by ginners.
• Section 2-19-17 — Charging of different price for ginning, etc., cotton to person selling seed therefrom to ginner.
• Section 2-19-18 — Violation of laws as to classification, stapling or sampling of cotton.
• Section 2-19-19 — Replacement, etc., of cotton removed from warehouse for reweighing, resampling or examining upon rejection by purchaser, etc.
• Section 2-19-20 — Removal of cotton from bale for sampling.
• Section 2-19-21 — Removal of cotton from place where sold prior to weighing without consent of seller.
• Section 2-19-22 — Implied warranty as to packing of cotton.
• Section 2-19-23 — Ginneries to keep lint cotton and cotton seed and lots of cotton separate upon request of owners.
• Section 2-19-24 — Liability of ginneries for failure to comply with provisions of Section 2-19-23.
• Section 2-19-25 — Applicability of provisions of Sections 2-19-23 and 2-19-24.
• Section 2-19-26 — Applicability of laws relative to inspection, suspension from sale, seizure, etc.

Article 2 Traffic in Seed Cotton.

• Section 2-19-40 — Maintenance of record book as to purchases, etc., by persons trafficking in seed cotton - Required generally.
• Section 2-19-41 — Maintenance of record book as to purchases, etc., by persons trafficking in seed cotton - Exceptions.
• Section 2-19-42 — Effect of failure to maintain record book.
• Section 2-19-43 — Purchase of seed cotton from person other than owner, etc., of land on which same grown.

Article 3 Public Cotton Gins.

• Section 2-19-60 — Purpose of article.
• Section 2-19-61 — Permit required; fee and delinquency penalty.
• Section 2-19-62 — Promulgation of rules and regulations by commissioner.
• Section 2-19-63 — Enforcement of rules and regulations, etc.; denial or revocation of permits.
• Section 2-19-64 — Operation of gin without permit.

Article 4 Standards and Classing.

• Section 2-19-80 — Cotton standards of United States adopted.
• Section 2-19-81 — Grade of cotton to be indicated by names, designations, etc., used in official standards.
• Section 2-19-82 — Cotton to be classed on request of storer.
• Section 2-19-83 — Admissibility in evidence of certificate of classification of cotton.

Article 5 Registration of Cotton Buyers.

• Section 2-19-100 — Definitions.
• Section 2-19-101 — Required.
• Section 2-19-102 — Application; fee.
• Section 2-19-103 — Registration of applicant by commissioner.
• Section 2-19-104 — Duration of registration.
• Section 2-19-105 — Publication, etc., by commissioner of list of registered cotton buyers.
• Section 2-19-106 — Disposition of funds.

Article 6 Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.

• Section 2-19-120 — Legislative findings and purpose.
• Section 2-19-121 — Definitions.
• Section 2-19-122 — Cooperative programs authorized.
• Section 2-19-123 — Entry of premises; eradication activities; inspections.
• Section 2-19-124 — Reports of cotton growers required.
• Section 2-19-125 — Quarantine.
• Section 2-19-126 — Authority to designate elimination zones; authority to prohibit planting of cotton and to require participation in eradication program.
• Section 2-19-127 — Authority for destruction or treatment of cotton in elimination zones; when compensation payable.
• Section 2-19-128 — Authority to promulgate appropriate regulations.
• Section 2-19-129 — Penalties.
• Section 2-19-130 — Certification by board of cotton growers' organization authorized; requirements.
• Section 2-19-131 — Certification; revocation.
• Section 2-19-132 — Cotton growers assessment referendum authorized; assessments generally.
• Section 2-19-133 — Conduct of referendum.
• Section 2-19-134 — Subsequent referendums.
• Section 2-19-135 — Failure to pay assessments.