Code of Alabama - Title 2: Agriculture - Chapter 7 - Fairs and Exhibits

• Article 1 Agricultural and Industrial Exhibit Commission.
• Section 2-7-1 Commission created; composition; chairman
  In order to promote and develop throughout the State of Alabama livestock, agriculture, poultry, the fine arts and the other activities dealt with in this...
• Section 2-7-2 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Appropriations to be used for premiums, rewards, or prizes for exhibits
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any funds appropriated to the commission by the Legislature of the State of Alabama shall be used by...
• Section 2-7-3 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Plan for distribution of prize money at fair; premiums or prizes in excess of annual appropriation
  (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section and prior to July 15 of every year, the Board of Directors of the...
• Section 2-7-4 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Meetings of commission to consider distribution plan; travel allowances and per diem
  For the purpose of considering the plan proposed by the Alabama State Fair Authority as provided in Section 2-7-3, the commission shall meet at such...
• Section 2-7-5 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Payment of appropriation to State Fair Authority; expenditures limited to prizes, etc.; free space for exhibits
  Each year, upon a plan for distribution of premiums or prizes having been adopted by the Alabama State Fair Authority and upon said plan having...
• Section 2-7-6 Grants to Alabama State Fair Authority - Report of fair authority to commission; return of unexpended funds
  Each year, within 30 days from the date specified for the closing of the fair as provided in Section 2-7-3, the Alabama State Fair Authority...
• Section 2-7-7 Annual payment to South Alabama State Fair Association for premiums, awards and prizes
  The commission shall pay to the South Alabama State Fair Association, under the same terms and conditions as are provided in this article for the...
• Article 2 State Aid to Agricultural Fairs.
• Section 2-7-20 Definitions
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) ASSOCIATION. Any association organized to...
• Section 2-7-21 Funds to be disbursed by Agricultural Center Board
  Any funds which may be appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this article shall be disbursed by the Agricultural Center Board for payment...
• Section 2-7-22 Qualifications for receipt of aid by fairs
  Fairs which receive state aid under the provisions of this article must be members of the Association of Alabama State Fairs and shall use their...
• Section 2-7-23 Expenditures for administrative purposes
  The board is authorized to expend such amounts from the appropriation by the Legislature as it may approve and determine to be necessary for expenses...
• Section 2-7-24 Types of awards permitted
  The board shall grant state aid only on cash premiums paid on approved classes of: (1) Beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, goats, equine or...
• Section 2-7-25 Filing of statement of prizes to be awarded
  On a date to be specified by the board and not less than 30 days before holding its fair, the president, secretary or other officer...
• Section 2-7-26 Verified statement of awards; approval of awards by board; payments to fairs
  Within 30 days after the prizes and premiums have been paid and upon a verified statement of the association, the board shall determine from the...
• Section 2-7-27 Amount of state aid payable to fairs - Generally
  Two thirds of the annual appropriation remaining, after the deduction of not more than 12 percent of the annual appropriation for administrative expenses, shall be...
• Section 2-7-28 Amount of state aid payable to fairs - Special merit awards
  (a) One third of the funds remaining after deductions for administrative expenses shall be disbursed to those fairs entitled to a special merit award as...
• Section 2-7-29 Amount of state aid payable to fairs - Limitations
  The amount of state aid given a fair under Section 2-7-27 shall be a percentage of the prizes or premiums paid by the fair. In...
• Section 2-7-30 Fairs receiving direct legislative appropriations ineligible for aid under article
  Any state, county, regional or community fair which shall receive any state financial aid by direct legislative appropriation for the payment of prizes and premium...
• Section 2-7-31 Special awards committee for fairs
  The board shall appoint a committee to consist of not more than five members and it shall be the duty of the committee to establish...
• Section 2-7-32 Rules and regulations by board
  The board is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce rules and regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the evident intent and purpose of the provisions...
• Article 3 State Aid to Livestock Shows.
• Section 2-7-50 Declaration of purpose
  A legitimate and properly organized agricultural fair is an important educational aid in encouraging agriculture, fostering the development of livestock and promoting interest in community,...
• Section 2-7-51 Expenditures for prizes and premiums authorized
  The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized to expend up to but...
• Section 2-7-52 Shows eligible for allotments; limitations on allotments
  Allotments of state aid under this article may be made for awarding of prizes for livestock shows; provided, that such awards shall be made only...
• Section 2-7-53 Statement to be filed by organization desiring allotment; time of payment; amount
  Any livestock exhibit group desiring to obtain an allotment under this article shall, not less than 30 days before holding its livestock show, file with...

Last modified: May 3, 2021