Alabama legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Alabama HB352: Agriculture; amount which may be assessed on cotton sales increased
Status: Signed into law, May 14, 2025
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to agriculture; to amend Section 2-8-199, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the levy that may be assessed on the sale of cotton bales; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to agriculture; to amend Section 2-8-199, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the levy that may be assessed on the sale of cotton bales; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 2-8-199, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "§2-8-199 (a) If in the referendum a majority or more of the cotton producers who are eligible to participate and who actually vote therein, shall vote in the affirmative and in favor of the levying and collection of collecting the assessment proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied on a per bale basis and collected in the manner hereinafter provided. (b) All cotton producers who produced cotton in the crop year immediately preceding the referendum shall be eligible to may participate in the referendum. Following the referendum and within 30 days thereafter, the certified commission shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results thereof. (c) The assessment levied upon the sale of cotton shall may not exceed one dollar and thirty cents ($1) ($1.30) per bale. The commission shall determine the assessment amount on an annual basis." Page an annual basis." HB352 Enrolled Section 2. This act shall become effective on …
Sponsors
- Crawford, Danny (R, HD-005) · primary sponsor
- Price, Randy (R, SD-013)
- Whitt, Andy (R, HD-006)
- Easterbrook, Brett (R, HD-065)
- Rehm, Rick (R, HD-085)
- Standridge, David (R, HD-034)
- Reynolds, Rex (R, HD-021)
- Debbie Wood (R)
- Mary Moore (D)
- Rigsby, Phillip (R, HD-025)
- Givens, Donna (R, HD-064)
- Harrison, Ben (R, HD-002)
Latest actions
- : Enacted
- : Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1030
- : Ready to Enroll
- : Enrolled
- : Signature Requested
- : Delivered to Governor
- : Reported Out of Committee Second House
- : Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- : Third Reading in House of Origin
- : Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 473
Votes
- Senate Roll Call #1030 (May 7, 2025): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #473 (March 19, 2025): 102 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #472 (March 19, 2025): 102 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Agriculture & Forestry
Common questions
- What is HB352?
- HB352 is a bill in the Alabama Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Agriculture; amount which may be assessed on cotton sales increased.
- What does HB352 do?
- In its own words: An Act, Relating to agriculture; to amend Section 2-8-199, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the levy that may be assessed on the sale of cotton bales; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
- What is the status of HB352?
- Signed into law as of May 14, 2025. Latest action: Enacted (May 14, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB352?
- Crawford, Danny (R, HD-005), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB352?
- On the Alabama Legislature website: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/instrument/2025RS/HB352
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