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 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount equal to three times the amount of the assessment he failed or refused to collect and remit as required under this article. The amount of any fine under this section shall be remitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and shall be forthwith transferred by the commissioner to the account of the certified association entitled thereto.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 8 - Promotion of Agricultural Industries and Products.
Section 2-8-1 - Legislative Purpose and Intent.
Section 2-8-2 - Authorized Activities Not Illegal or in Restraint of Trade.
Section 2-8-3 - Referendum and Assessments Declared to Be in Public Interest.
Section 2-8-6 - Authority of Certified Association to Conduct Referendum on Assessment.
Section 2-8-7 - Notice of Referendum.
Section 2-8-8 - Conduct of Referendum; Payment of Expense.
Section 2-8-9 - Eligibility to Vote in Referendum; Question to Be Voted On.
Section 2-8-10 - Majority Vote Required for Approval of Assessment; Canvass of Referendum Results.
Section 2-8-11 - Subsequent Referendums.
Section 2-8-12 - Collection of Assessments; Deductions for Expenses.
Section 2-8-13 - Remittances to Treasurer of Association.
Section 2-8-15 - Refund of Assessment to Cattle Owner.
Section 2-8-16 - Bond of Treasurer of Association.
Section 2-8-17 - Expenditure of Assessments.
Section 2-8-18 - Joint Programs With Other States.
Section 2-8-20 - Rules and Regulations.
Section 2-8-21 - Enforcement Duties of Commissioner; Revocation of Certification of Association.
Section 2-8-22 - Penalty for Failure to Deduct and Pay Over Assessment.