SB255 Summary

• Proposes amending Alabama Constitution Section 93.06 (Amendment 388) to authorize the legislature to impose assessments on cotton producers for promotional programs without requiring refund provisions.

• Removes the existing requirement that cotton producer assessments must be subject to refund, while maintaining such refund requirements for peanut and milk producers.

• Authorizes the legislature to establish assessment programs through referendum among cotton growers for promotion, distribution, improvement, marketing, use, and sale of cotton products.

• Designates nonprofit associations or organizations to administer promotional programs under supervision of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and State Board of Agriculture and Industries.

• Scheduled the constitutional amendment election for the July 2014 run-off primary or the 2014 general election if the primary date did not meet the three-month requirement after legislative adjournment.