The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, and under the provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the evident intent and purposes of this article.
The commissioner is also empowered, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, to also adopt such rules concerning irrevocable letters of credit so as to adequately protect the department and the public who may have occasion to depend upon said letter of credit for payment.
Ala. Code § 2-2-73 (1975)