Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
MARKETING
Chapter 80-8-9 - RULES FOR NUT, BULBS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLE REFERENDUM
Section 80-8-9-.07 - Method Of Collection

The assessment shall be collected from affected producers at first point of sale. To aid in such collection, buyers, handlers, distributors, sales agents, and processors shall deduct the amount of such assessment from each payment made to the affected producer and they all shall remit the same to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries on or before the twentieth day of the month following the deduction for the account of the producer. The first handler will collect and remit the one-half cent (1/2¢) per pound assessment on all pecans purchased from affected producers.

Author: Robert J. Russell

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-8-208.