Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
Chapter 80-6-1 - COTTON GINS
Section 80-6-1-.10 - Requirements For Permits

(1) The proprietor, lessee or manager of any cotton gin shall procure on or before July 1 of each year from the commissioner a permit to do business as a cotton ginner, the application for which shall be made upon forms to be furnished by the commissioner. The fee for the annual permit shall be $75.00, payable to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for deposit to the credit of the Agricultural Fund, which shall accompany the application for the permit. If such permit fee is not paid within 45 days from the due date, a delinquent penalty of 15 percent shall be added.

(2) Any person engaged in business as a cotton buyer as defined in § 2-19-100 of the Code of Ala. 1975, as amended, shall, in addition to satisfactorily complying with the requirements of the Alabama Code, submit an application fee of $100 with each application.

(3) The Ginner's Permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the gin house for which such permit has been issued.

(4) Upon the sale, lease or change in ownership and a change of the proprietor, lessee or manager of any cotton gin, the permit automatically cancels and a new application for a permit shall be made in due form as for a new gin.

NOTE: The Ginners Permit set out above is required by Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-19-61.

Authors: Charles H. Barnes, John P. Hagood