§ 2-24-1 Purpose of chapter
§ 2-24-2 Approval and certification
§ 2-24-3 Promulgation of rules and regulations as to procedures, methods, standards, etc., for soil-testing laboratories
§ 2-24-4 Certification of soil-testing laboratories not mandatory; agricultural soil-testing laboratory of Auburn University not affected by article
§ 2-24-5 Making of false or fraudulent representations as to approval and certification by commissioner

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 2 > Chapter 24 - Soil-Testing Laboratories

  • agent: Any individual other than a dealer who represents a dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect sales of securities, but such term does not include an individual who represents an issuer in:

    a. See Alabama Code 8-6-2

  • applicant: A person, natural or otherwise, executing or submitting an application for registration. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • commissioner: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. See Alabama Code 2-1-1
  • cooperative: A cooperative marketing association for marketing of farm products. See Alabama Code 2-1-1
  • dealer: Any person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others or for his own account. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • guaranteed: Guaranteed as to payment of principal, interest, or dividends. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • INVESTMENT ADVISER: Any person, who, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, or who, for compensation and as a part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • issuer: Every person who proposes to issue, has issued, or shall hereafter issue any security. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • nonissuer: Not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • offer to sell: includes every attempt to offer or dispose of, or solicitation of an offer to buy, a security or interest in a security for value. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • officer: A president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary, comptroller, or any other person performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or unincorporated. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • owner: A person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle. See Alabama Code 32-1-1.1
  • person: An individual, a partnership, a corporation or two or more individuals having a joint or common interest. See Alabama Code 2-1-1
  • person: Such term shall include a natural person, a corporation created under the laws of this or any other state, country, sovereignty, or political subdivision thereof, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, and any unincorporated organization. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • revoke: To vacate the registration of either a security, a dealer, an investment adviser, an agent, or an investment adviser representative for cause by order of the securities commission. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • salesman: An agent, as hereinabove defined. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • security: Any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas, or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under such a title or lease, annuity contract unless issued by an insurance company, bankers' shares, trustees' shares, investment participating bonds, investment trust debentures, units, shares, bonds and certificates in, for, respecting, or based upon any form of securities or collateral, subscriptions and contracts covering or pertaining to the sale or purchase on the installment plan of any security as herein defined, or subscription or contracts covering or pertaining to the sale or purchase of beneficial interest in title to property, profits or earnings, or any right to subscribe to any of the foregoing, or any instrument of any kind commonly known as a security. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • sell: includes every contract of sale of, contract to sell, or disposition of a security or interest in a security for value. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • state: Any state, territory, or possession of the United States, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • subscription: include a mark when the person cannot write, if his name is written near the mark, and witnessed by a person who writes his own name as a witness, and include with respect to corporate securities facsimile signature placed upon any instrument or writing with intent to execute or authenticate such instrument or writing. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • suspend: When used in relation to the registration of either a security, a dealer, an investment adviser, an agent, or an investment adviser representative, such term shall mean the temporary cessation or inoperativeness of such registration, whether by reason of operation of law or by reason of an order of the securities commission. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • underwriter: A person who agrees to take or contracts to dispose of a stipulated amount of securities, or a portion thereof, at a fixed price. See Alabama Code 8-6-2
  • vehicle: Every device in, upon, or by which any individual or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks or electric personal assistive mobility devices; provided, that for the purposes of this title, a bicycle, an electric bicycle, or a ridden animal shall be deemed a vehicle, except those provisions of this title, which by their very nature can have no application. See Alabama Code 32-1-1.1