Alabama Administrative Code Chapter 80-3-15 — Fees to Be Charged for Poultry Disease Control

80 Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-15-.01 Purpose

Under authority of Act No. 474 (S204) of the Legislature of 1945 authorizing a program in accordance with the National Poultry Improvement Plan of the United States Department of Agriculture and to fix the amount of fees for services rendered to poultrymen for control and eradication of poultry diseases, the following regulations relating to fees and charges are hereby approved by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

NOTE: Act No. 474 Acts of Alabama 1945 has been codified into Code of Ala. 1975, §2-16-8.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-16-2.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-15-.02 Definitions

For the purpose of these rules, the following words and terms shall mean:

(a) Chick Dealer or Chick Jobber is any person, firm or corporation that buys baby chicks or any domestic fowl under six weeks of age and offers same for resale and participates in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

(b) Blood Testing is any of the recognized methods used to blood test domestic fowls for Salmonella Pullorum-Typhoid, Typhimurium, Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, Mycoplasma Synoviae or other hatchery disseminated diseases of poultry.

(c) Flock is any one breed or classification of domestic fowl on one farm participating in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

(d) State Inspector is any one of the Poultry Inspectors employed by the State Department of Agriculture and industries.

(e) Testing Agent is any person authorized by the State Department of Agriculture and Industries to do blood testing.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-16-2.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-15-.03 Fees To Be Charged For Testing Poultry

The following fees shall be collected at the time service is rendered and shall be payable to the State Department of Agriculture and Industries:

(a) The stained-antigen, rapid, whole-blood test: On the first test State Inspectors will collect a blood testing fee of 4 cents per bird or a minimum fee of $4.00 per flock.

(b) On the second and all subsequent tests State Inspectors will collect a blood testing fee of 2 cents per bird or a minimum fee of $2.00 per flock.

(c) On the first test, Testing Agents will collect a blood testing fee of 4 cents per bird or a minimum fee of $4.00 per flock and will remit to the State Department of Agriculture and Industries 1 cent per bird or a minimum remittance of $1.00 per flock.

(d) On the second and all subsequent tests, Testing Agents will collect a blood testing fee of 2 cents per bird or a minimum fee of $2.00 per flock but no remittance to the State Department of Agriculture and Industries will be required.

(e) The standard tube agglutination test or the rapid serum test: State Inspectors will collect a fee of 6 cents per bird or a minimum fee of $6.00 per flock on all tests. If, however, blood samples are collected in tubes by State Inspectors and taken to a privately owned laboratory for testing, State Inspectors will collect a fee of 4 cents per bird or a minimum fee of $4.00 per flock.

(f) A fee of $5.00 will be collected from each Chick Dealer or Chick Jobber who elects to participate in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-16-2.
• Filed April 19, 1982.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-15-.04 Previous Regulations Repealed

The foregoing rules shall supersede and repeal all regulations heretofore adopted and approved by the Board of Agriculture and Industries relating to fees charged for the above services rendered for control and eradication of poultry diseases, and said regulations shall become effective on April 1, 1975.

History

• Author: Charles H. Barnes
• Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-16-2.
• Filed April 19, 1982.
• Editor's note: Chapter 80-3-16 which was adopted on August 12, 1947 was repealed by Chapter 80-3-15 on April 1, 1975.