Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama SB288: Agriculture authorities; directors on board required to appoint own successor, make purchases through national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program authorized
Status: Signed into law, April 15, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to agriculture authorities; to amend Sections 11-20-71, 11-20-73, and 11-20-81, as last amended by Act 2025-301, 2025 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide the board of directors to appoint a successor for each director on the board; to allow an agriculture authority to purchase goods or services through a national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program; to provide that tax proceeds from the sale of alcoholic beverages collected by an agriculture authority are rebated to the agriculture authority…
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to agriculture authorities; to amend Sections 11-20-71, 11-20-73, and 11-20-81, as last amended by Act 2025-301, 2025 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide the board of directors to appoint a successor for each director on the board; to allow an agriculture authority to purchase goods or services through a national or regional governmental cooperative purchasing program; to provide that tax proceeds from the sale of alcoholic beverages collected by an agriculture authority are rebated to the agriculture authority; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update existing code language to current style. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Sections 11-20-71, 11-20-73, and 11-20-81, as last amended by Act 2025-301, 2025 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: "§11-20-71 (a)(1) The board of directors of an agriculture authority shall be as specified in the articles and in accordance with Section 11-20-70. (2) When a director vacates his or her office prior to the expiration of his or her term, the board of directors of an agriculture authority incorporated prior to January 1, 2022, shall appoint a successor to serve the remainder of the director's term. (b) Each agriculture authority shall have a chair, vice Page (b) Each agriculture authority shall have a chair, vice SB288 Enrolled chair, …