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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. - It shall be unlawful for any person in buying or...
Section 2-19-2 - Corporations, etc., Operating, etc., Places for Storing, Weighing or Dealing in Cotton to Maintain Records of Bale Cotton Weighed, Etc. - Any corporation, company, individual or his or their agents operating...
Section 2-19-3 - Mutilation, etc., of Marks, Brands, etc., on Cotton or Concealment of Cotton by Ginners, Warehouse Proprietors, Etc. - Any ginner, warehouse proprietor, common carrier, officer, agent, clerk or...
Section 2-19-4 - Appropriation of Cotton From Bale, etc., by Factor, Commission Merchant, etc., Having Custody Thereof. - Any factor, commission merchant, consignee or agent having the control...
Section 2-19-5 - Taking of Cotton From Bale Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc. - Any person who knowingly and unlawfully takes from any bale...
Section 2-19-6 - Conversion, etc., of Cotton Samples. - Any person who is authorized to sample cotton and who,...
Section 2-19-7 - Buying or Receiving Cotton Taken From Bale Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc. - Any person who, knowingly and with intent to defraud, buys...
Section 2-19-8 - Opening, Sampling, etc., of Bale of Cotton Without Consent of Owner, Consignee, Etc. - Any person who, without authority of the owner, consignee or...
Section 2-19-9 - Failure of Purchaser of Cotton to Maintain Record as to Name of Seller, Etc. - Any person who purchases cotton in this state who shall...
Section 2-19-10 - Failure of Cotton Broker, etc., to Pay for Cotton Purchased and Disposed Of. - Any cotton broker or other person, firm or corporation engaged...
Section 2-19-11 - Fraudulent Packing or Baling of Cotton. - Any person who fraudulently packs or bales any cotton by...
Section 2-19-12 - Exhibition of False Samples of Cotton, Etc. - Any person who fraudulently exhibits any false samples of any...
Section 2-19-13 - Removal, etc., From State of Cotton Subject to Purchase Money Lien. - Any person who removes or aids in removing from this...
Section 2-19-14 - Removal From Bale of Cotton, etc., of Ginner's Tag. - Any person, other than the purchaser, whether such person is...
Section 2-19-15 - Ginners to Maintain Registers of Cotton Ginned; Contents and Inspection Thereof. - Every person, firm or corporation who gins cotton shall keep...
Section 2-19-16 - Marking, Tagging, etc., of Cotton by Ginners. - Every person who gins cotton in this state shall mark,...
Section 2-19-17 - Charging of Different Price for Ginning, etc., Cotton to Person Selling Seed Therefrom to Ginner. - Any person engaged in buying cotton seed and who also...
Section 2-19-18 - Violation of Laws as to Classification, Stapling or Sampling of Cotton. - Any person or warehouseman who shall willfully violate any of...
Section 2-19-19 - Replacement, etc., of Cotton Removed From Warehouse for Reweighing, Resampling or Examining Upon Rejection by Purchaser, Etc. - Whenever cotton bought from a factory is removed by the...
Section 2-19-20 - Removal of Cotton From Bale for Sampling. - No more than six ounces of cotton shall be taken...
Section 2-19-21 - Removal of Cotton From Place Where Sold Prior to Weighing Without Consent of Seller. - Without the consent of the seller, cotton must not be...
Section 2-19-22 - Implied Warranty as to Packing of Cotton. - When cotton in bales is sent by a planter or...
Section 2-19-23 - Ginneries to Keep Lint Cotton and Cotton Seed and Lots of Cotton Separate Upon Request of Owners. - All public ginneries in this state, when requested so to...
Section 2-19-24 - Liability of Ginneries for Failure to Comply With Provisions of Section 2-19-23. - Any public ginner or ginnery who willfully refuses and fails...
Section 2-19-25 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 2-19-23 and 2-19-24. - The provisions of Sections 2-19-23 and 2-19-24 as to keeping...
Section 2-19-26 - Applicability of Laws Relative to Inspection, Suspension From Sale, Seizure, Etc. - The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 2 of this...
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. - All persons engaged in the traffic in seed cotton are...
Section 2-19-41 - Maintenance of Record Book as to Purchases, etc., by Persons Trafficking in Seed Cotton - Exceptions. - The provisions of Section 2-19-40 shall not apply to the...
Section 2-19-42 - Effect of Failure to Maintain Record Book. - Any person who shall engage in the traffic of seed...
Section 2-19-43 - Purchase of Seed Cotton From Person Other Than Owner, etc., of Land on Which Same Grown. - It shall be unlawful for any person to receive or...
Article 3 - Public Cotton Gins.
Section 2-19-60 - Purpose of Article. - The purpose of this article is to protect the public...
Section 2-19-61 - Permit Required; Fee and Delinquency Penalty. - The proprietor, lessee, or manager of any cotton gin shall...
Section 2-19-62 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations by Commissioner. - Power is hereby conferred upon the commissioner, with the approval...
Section 2-19-63 - Enforcement of Rules and Regulations, etc.; Denial or Revocation of Permits. - (a) It shall be the duty of the commissioner to...
Section 2-19-64 - Operation of Gin Without Permit. - Any cotton ginner who operates his gin without first securing...
Article 4 - Standards and Classing.
Section 2-19-80 - Cotton Standards of United States Adopted. - The official cotton standards of the United States, as established...
Section 2-19-81 - Grade of Cotton to Be Indicated by Names, Designations, etc., Used in Official Standards. - It shall be unlawful in or in connection with any...
Section 2-19-82 - Cotton to Be Classed on Request of Storer. - All warehousemen shall obtain the grade and length of staple...
Section 2-19-83 - Admissibility in Evidence of Certificate of Classification of Cotton. - A certificate of classification of cotton issued by the United...
Article 5 - Registration of Cotton Buyers.
Section 2-19-100 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 2-19-101 - Required. - (a) No person may purchase cotton on a forward contract...
Section 2-19-102 - Application; Fee. - (a) Each person who wants to engage in activities in...
Section 2-19-103 - Registration of Applicant by Commissioner. - No later than 30 days after the filing of an...
Section 2-19-104 - Duration of Registration. - A registration under this article shall be valid for a...
Section 2-19-105 - Publication, etc., by Commissioner of List of Registered Cotton Buyers. - The commissioner shall publish a list of all registered cotton...
Section 2-19-106 - Disposition of Funds. - All funds collected under this article shall be deposited into...
Article 6 - Boll Weevil Eradication in Cotton.
Section 2-19-120 - Legislative Findings and Purpose. - The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare...
Section 2-19-121 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 2-19-122 - Cooperative Programs Authorized. - The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to carry out...
Section 2-19-123 - Entry of Premises; Eradication Activities; Inspections. - The commissioner shall have authority to enter cotton fields and...
Section 2-19-124 - Reports of Cotton Growers Required. - Every person growing cotton in this state shall furnish to...
Section 2-19-125 - Quarantine. - The board or the commissioner, in the board's absence, as...
Section 2-19-126 - Authority to Designate Elimination Zones; Authority to Prohibit Planting of Cotton and to Require Participation in Eradication Program. - The board is authorized to designate by regulation one or...
Section 2-19-127 - Authority for Destruction or Treatment of Cotton in Elimination Zones; When Compensation Payable. - The commissioner shall have authority to destroy, or in his...
Section 2-19-128 - Authority to Promulgate Appropriate Regulations. - (a) The board is authorized to promulgate regulations restricting the...
Section 2-19-129 - Penalties. - (a) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions...
Section 2-19-130 - Certification by Board of Cotton Growers' Organization Authorized; Requirements. - (a) The board may certify a cotton growers' organization for...
Section 2-19-131 - Certification; Revocation. - Upon determination by the board that the organization meets the...
Section 2-19-132 - Cotton Growers Assessment Referendum Authorized; Assessments Generally. - (a) At the request of the certified organization, the board...
Section 2-19-133 - Conduct of Referendum. - The arrangements for the management of any referendum held under...
Section 2-19-134 - Subsequent Referendums. - (a) In the event any referendum conducted under this article...
Section 2-19-135 - Failure to Pay Assessments. - (a) A cotton grower who fails to pay, when due...