Alabama Code 2-8-270. Legislative purpose and intent
Terms Used In Alabama Code 2-8-270
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that producers of catfish shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, processors and distributors of catfish feed and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use and sale of catfish and catfish products, and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the catfish industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon the Legislature by Amendment 327 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901.