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2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.4 - Executive committee — employees.

181.4 Executive committee — employees.
The executive committee may employ two or more competent persons who shall devote their entire time, under the direction of the executive committee, in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The salary of persons so employed shall be set by the executive committee, and the persons shall hold office at the pleasure of the executive committee.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2952; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.4]
86 Acts, ch 1100, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §5, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §5, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.5 - Expenses of officers.

181.5 Expenses of officers.
The officers of the association shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their necessary expenses while engaged in the business of the association.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2953; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.6A - Executive committee — election.

181.6A Executive committee — election.
1. The Iowa beef cattle producers association shall hold an annual meeting of producers. An election shall be held at the annual meeting, as necessary, for election of producers to the executive committee.
2. Prior to the annual meeting, the association shall appoint a nominating committee. At least sixty days prior to the annual meeting of the association, the nominating committee shall nominate two producers as candidates for each position on the executive committee for which an election is to be held. At least forty-five days prior to the annual meeting of the association, additional candidates may be nominated by a written petition of fifty producers. Procedures governing the place of filing and the contents of the petition shall be promulgated and publicized by the executive committee.
3. Producers attending the annual meeting of the association may vote for one nominee for each position on the executive committee for which an election is held. Producers not attending the annual meeting of the association may vote by absentee ballot if the ballot is requested and mailed, with proper postage, to the executive committee prior to the annual meeting of the association. For each position for which an election is held, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected.
4. Notice of election for executive committee membership shall be given by the executive committee by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and in any other reasonable manner as determined by the executive committee, and shall set forth the date, time, and place of the annual meeting of the association. The executive committee shall administer the elections, with the assistance of the secretary.
86 Acts, ch 1100, §6; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §6, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §6, 21
Referred to in §181.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.7 - Executive committee — research and education programs.

181.7 Executive committee — research and education programs.
The executive committee shall initiate, administer, or participate in research and education programs directed toward the better and more efficient production, promotion, and utilization of cattle and the marketing of products made from cattle. The executive committee shall provide for the methods and means that it determines are necessary to further the purposes of this section, including but not limited to any of the following:
1. Providing public relations and other promotion techniques for the maintenance of present markets.
2. Making donations to nonprofit organizations furthering the purposes of this section.
3. Assisting in the development of new or larger domestic markets for products made from cattle.
4. Assisting in the development of new or larger foreign markets for cattle and products made from cattle.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.7]
2004 Acts, ch 1037, §7, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §7, 21
Referred to in §181.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.7A - Commencement of federal assessment — suspension and recommencement of state assessment — rate.

181.7A Commencement of federal assessment — suspension and recommencement of state assessment — rate.
1. Prior to the commencement of the collection of the federal assessment, the executive committee may seek certification as a qualified state beef council within the meaning of the federal Act.
2. The executive committee shall suspend the state assessment upon collection of the federal assessment. The state assessment shall recommence upon the earlier of the following:
a. The noncollection of the federal assessment. The recommenced state assessment shall be imposed for a four-year period. Its effective date shall be the first date for which the federal assessment is not collected.
b. The passage of a special referendum pursuant to section 181.19 regardless of whether a federal assessment is being collected.
3. The rate of the recommenced state assessment shall be the same as the rate that was last in effect under section 181.19 immediately prior to the suspension of the state assessment.
86 Acts, ch 1100, §7; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §8, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §8, 21
Referred to in §181.13, 181.19
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.8 - Executive committee — entering premises — examining records.

181.8 Executive committee — entering premises — examining records.
The executive committee may authorize its agents to enter at a reasonable time upon the premises of any purchaser charged by this chapter with remitting the state assessment to the executive committee, and to examine records and other instruments relating to the collection of the state assessment. However, the executive committee must first have reasonable grounds to believe that the state assessment has not been remitted or fully accounted for.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.8]
2004 Acts, ch 1037, §9, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §9, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.11 - Collection of state assessment.

181.11 Collection of state assessment.
1. A state assessment imposed as provided in this chapter shall be levied and collected from the purchaser on each sale of cattle at a rate provided in this chapter. The state assessment shall be imposed on any person selling cattle and shall be deducted by the purchaser from the price paid to the seller. The purchaser, at the time of the sale, shall make and deliver to the seller a separate invoice for each sale showing the names and addresses of the seller and the purchaser, the number of cattle sold, and the date of sale. The purchaser shall forward the state assessment to the executive committee at a time prescribed by the executive committee, but not later than the last day of the month following the end of the prior reporting period in which the cattle are sold.
2. The executive committee may enter into arrangements with persons purchasing cattle outside of this state for remitting the state assessment by such purchasers.
2004 Acts, ch 1037, §10, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §10, 21
Referred to in §181.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.12 - Remission of state assessment on application.

181.12 Remission of state assessment on application.
A person from whom a state assessment is collected may, by written application filed with the executive committee within ninety days after its collection, have the amount remitted to the person by the executive committee. The information that the state assessment is refundable and the address of the executive committee to which application for a refund may be made shall appear on the invoice of sale form supplied by the purchaser to the producer near the area on the form which shows the amount of the state assessment paid. The executive committee shall furnish uniform application for refund forms and make the refund forms readily available to all producers. A purchaser charged by this chapter with remitting the state assessment shall make the forms readily available to all producers.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.12; 81 Acts, ch 71, §1]
2004 Acts, ch 1037, §11, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §11, 21
Right to refund not subject to execution or transfer; §179.5A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.13 - Administration of moneys originating from state assessment — appropriation.

181.13 Administration of moneys originating from state assessment — appropriation.
1. All state assessments imposed under this chapter shall be paid to and collected by the executive committee and deposited with the treasurer of state in a separate cattle promotion fund which shall be created by the treasurer of state. The department of administrative services shall transfer moneys from the fund to the executive committee for deposit into an account established by the executive committee in a qualified financial institution. The department shall transfer the moneys as provided in a resolution adopted by the executive committee. However, the department is only required to transfer moneys once during each day and only during hours when the offices of the state are open. From the moneys collected, deposited, and transferred to the executive committee, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the executive committee shall first pay the costs of referendums held pursuant to this chapter, the costs of collection of such state assessments, and the expenses of its agents. At least ten percent of the remaining moneys shall be remitted to the association in proportions determined by the executive committee, for use in a manner not inconsistent with section 181.7. The remaining moneys, with approval of a majority of the executive committee, shall be expended as the executive committee finds necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter. However, in no event shall the total expenses exceed the total amount transferred from the fund for use by the executive committee.
2. All moneys deposited in the cattle promotion fund and transferred to the executive committee pursuant to this section are appropriated and shall be used for the administration of this chapter and for the payment of claims based upon obligations incurred in the performance of activities and functions set forth in this chapter.
3. If the state assessment is suspended as provided in section 181.7A or a continuance referendum fails to pass as provided in section 181.19A, moneys remaining in the cattle promotion fund and transferred to the executive committee shall continue to be transferred and expended in accordance with the provisions of this chapter until exhausted.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.13]
86 Acts, ch 1100, §8; 94 Acts, ch 1146, §7; 97 Acts, ch 30, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §12, 19; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §17; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §12, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.15 - Referendum — procedures.

181.15 Referendum — procedures.
Upon receiving a petition to conduct a referendum as provided in section 181.19 or 181.19A, the secretary shall conduct the referendum as follows:
1. The secretary shall provide for the publication of a notice of the referendum for a period of not less than five days in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and in such other newspapers as the secretary may prescribe. The notice of referendum shall set forth the period for voting and the voting places for the referendum and the amount of the state assessment. A referendum shall not be commenced prior to fourteen days after the last day of such period of publication.
2. Each producer upon signing a statement certifying that the person is a bona fide producer shall be entitled to one vote. At the close of the referendum period, the secretary shall count and tabulate the ballots filed during the referendum period. The ballots cast in the referendum shall constitute complete and conclusive evidence for use in any determination made by the secretary under the provisions of this chapter.
3. The secretary shall tabulate the ballots to determine whether the referendum has passed. If from such tabulation the secretary determines that a majority of the total number of producers voting approves the imposition of a state assessment, the state assessment shall be imposed as provided in section 181.11 at a rate provided for in section 181.19.
4. The secretary may prescribe such additional procedures as may be necessary to conduct a referendum.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.15]
86 Acts, ch 1195, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §13, 19
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.17 - Executive committee — election — voting by nonmember producers.

181.17 Executive committee — election — voting by nonmember producers.
A producer who is not a member of the Iowa beef cattle producers association shall be entitled to vote in elections of persons to be members of the executive committee in the same manner as if the producer were a member. The members elected to the executive committee shall elect from their number the officers referred to in section 181.1A.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.17]
97 Acts, ch 30, §5; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §46; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §13, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.18 - Rules.

181.18 Rules.
All rules adopted by the executive committee shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §181.18]
2005 Acts, ch 3, §47; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §14, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.18B - Report.

181.18B Report.
Each year, the executive committee shall prepare and submit a report summarizing the activities of the executive committee under this chapter to the auditor of state and the secretary of agriculture. The report shall show all income, expenses, and other relevant information concerning fees collected and expended under this chapter.
94 Acts, ch 1146, §9; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §14, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §15, 21
Referred to in §181.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.19 - Initial and special referendums.

181.19 Initial and special referendums.
1. The secretary shall, upon the petition of five hundred producers, conduct an initial referendum to determine whether a state assessment is to be imposed, at a rate established by the executive committee not to exceed one dollar per head on all cattle sold for any purpose.
2. The secretary shall, upon the petition of five hundred producers, conduct a special referendum to do any of the following:
a. Determine whether a state assessment already imposed shall be increased to a rate, established by the executive committee, not to exceed one dollar per head on all cattle sold for any purpose.
b. Determine whether a state assessment suspended pursuant to section 181.7A is to be in addition to a federal assessment. The state assessment shall be imposed at a rate not to exceed one dollar per head on all cattle sold for whatever purpose.
3. If a referendum passes, the secretary shall establish an effective date to commence the state assessment. However, the state assessment must be commenced within ninety days from the date that the secretary determines that the referendum has passed.
4. If a special referendum to increase the rate of the state assessment does not pass, the result of the special referendum shall not affect the existence or length of the state assessment in effect on the date that the special referendum was conducted.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §181.19; 81 Acts, ch 71, §2]
86 Acts, ch 1195, §4; 97 Acts, ch 30, §6, 7; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §15, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §16, 21
Referred to in §181.7A, 181.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.19A - Continuance referendum.

181.19A Continuance referendum.
1. The secretary shall, upon the petition of producers, conduct a continuance referendum to determine whether a state assessment should be renewed. The secretary must receive the petition not less than one hundred fifty and not more than two hundred forty days before the four-year anniversary of a state assessment’s effective date. The petition must be signed within that period by a number of producers equal to or greater than two percent of the number of producers in this state reported in the most recent United States census of agriculture, requesting a referendum to determine whether to continue the state assessment. The referendum shall be conducted not earlier than thirty days before the four-year anniversary date of the state assessment.
2. If the secretary determines that a continuance referendum has passed, the state assessment shall continue in effect for four additional years from the anniversary of its effective date.
3. If the secretary determines that the referendum has not passed, the secretary and the executive committee shall terminate the assessment in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the determination. Another referendum shall not be held for at least one hundred eighty days from the date that the assessment is terminated.
4. If no valid petition for a continuance referendum is received by the secretary within the time period provided in this section, the state assessment shall continue in effect for four additional years from the anniversary of its effective date.
2004 Acts, ch 1037, §16, 19; 2016 Acts, ch 1043, §17, 21
Referred to in §181.13, 181.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 181 - BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION › Section 181.20 - Misdemeanors.

181.20 Misdemeanors.
Any person who shall violate or assist in the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[C71, 73, §181.19; C75, 77, 79, 81, §181.20]
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.1 - Definitions.

182.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Assessment” means an excise tax on the sale of sheep or wool as provided in this chapter.
2. “Board” means the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182.5.
3. “Concentration point” means a location or facility where sheep are assembled for purposes of sale or resale for feeding, breeding, or slaughtering, and where contact may occur between groups of sheep from various sources. “Concentration point” includes a public stockyard, auction market, street market, state or federal market, untested consignment sales location, buying station, or a livestock dealer’s yard, truck, or facility.
4. “District” means an official crop reporting district formed by the United States department of agriculture and set out in the annual farm census published by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship.
5. “First purchaser” means a person who purchases sheep or wool from a producer.
6. “Producer” means a person who is actively engaged within this state in the business of producing or marketing sheep or wool and who receives income from the production of sheep or wool.
7. “Sale” or “sold” means a transaction in which the property in or to sheep or wool is transferred from the producer to a first purchaser for full or partial consideration.
8. “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.
9. “Sheep” means an animal of the ovine species, regardless of age, produced or marketed in this state.
10. “Wool” means the natural fiber produced by sheep.
85 Acts, ch 207, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §631; 99 Acts, ch 50, §1 – 4; 2012 Acts, ch 1109, §1, 2, 7
Further definitions; see §159.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.2 - Petition for referendum election.

182.2 Petition for referendum election.
Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least fifty producers in each district requesting a referendum by election to determine whether to establish the board and to impose an assessment, the secretary shall call a referendum to be conducted within sixty days following receipt of the petition.
85 Acts, ch 207, §2; 99 Acts, ch 50, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.3 - Notice of referendum.

182.3 Notice of referendum.
1. The secretary shall give notice of the referendum on the question of whether to establish an Iowa sheep and wool promotion board and to impose the assessment by publishing the notice for a period of not less than five days in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the state. The notice shall state the voting places, period of time for voting, and other information deemed necessary by the secretary.
2. A referendum shall not be commenced until five days after the last date of publication.
85 Acts, ch 207, §3; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
Referred to in §182.13B
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.4 - Establishment of sheep and wool promotion board — assessment — termination.

182.4 Establishment of sheep and wool promotion board — assessment — termination.
1. Each producer who signs a statement certifying that the producer is a bona fide producer is entitled to one vote. At the close of the referendum, the secretary shall count and tabulate the ballots cast. If a majority of voters favor establishing an Iowa sheep and wool promotion board and imposing an assessment, an Iowa sheep and wool promotion board shall be established. The assessment shall be imposed commencing not more than sixty days following the referendum as determined by the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board, and shall continue until terminated by a referendum as provided in subsection 2. If a majority of the voters do not favor establishing an Iowa sheep and wool promotion board and imposing the assessment, the assessment shall not be imposed and the board shall not be established until another referendum is held under this chapter and a majority of the voters favor establishing a board and imposing the assessment. If a referendum fails, another referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days.
2. Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least twenty-five producers in each district requesting a referendum election to determine whether to terminate the establishment of the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board and to terminate the imposition of the assessment, the secretary shall call a referendum to be conducted within sixty days following the receipt of the petition. The petitioners shall guarantee the payment of the costs of a referendum held under this subsection. If the majority of the voters of a referendum do not favor termination, an additional referendum may be held when the secretary receives a petition signed by at least twenty-five producers in each district. However, the additional referendum shall not be held within one hundred eighty days.
85 Acts, ch 207, §4
Referred to in §182.5, 182.13B
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.5 - Composition of board.

182.5 Composition of board.
The Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182.4 shall be composed of nine producers. The dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences of Iowa state university of science and technology or the dean’s representative and the secretary or the secretary’s designee shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the board. The board shall annually elect a chairperson from its membership.
85 Acts, ch 207, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §31; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §22
Referred to in §182.1
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.6 - Nominations for initial board.

182.6 Nominations for initial board.
Candidates for positions on the initial board are nominated by filing a petition with the secretary containing the signatures of at least twenty-five producers in the candidate’s district qualified to vote on the referendum. Candidates shall be resident producers of the district from which they are nominated. The secretary shall receive the nominations, and shall call an election for members of the initial board within thirty days following passage of the question at the referendum election.
85 Acts, ch 207, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.7 - Notice of election for membership positions.

182.7 Notice of election for membership positions.
1. Notice of the initial election for membership positions on the board shall be given by the secretary by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state at least five days prior to the date of the election and in any other reasonable manner as determined by the secretary. The notice shall set forth the period of time for voting, voting places, and other information as the secretary deems necessary.
2. Notice of a subsequent election for a membership position on the board shall be given by the board by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and in any other reasonable manner established by the board. The notice shall set forth the period of time for voting, voting places, and other information as the board deems necessary.
85 Acts, ch 207, §7; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §23
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.8 - Terms.

182.8 Terms.
The term of office for members of the board shall be three years. The members on the initial board shall determine their terms by lot, so that three members shall serve a one-year term, three members shall serve a two-year term, and three members shall serve a three-year term. A member elected to the initial board shall not serve more than two complete consecutive terms. A member subsequently elected to the board shall not serve more than a certain number of consecutive terms if, and as may be, established by the board.
85 Acts, ch 207, §8; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §24
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.9 - Subsequent membership — nominations — election.

182.9 Subsequent membership — nominations — election.
After the appointment of the initial board, the board shall administer subsequent elections for members of the board with the assistance of the secretary. Before the expiration of a member’s term of office, the board shall nominate any number of producers as candidates for the membership position for which an election is to be held. The board shall nominate candidates based on criteria established by the board. Additional candidates may be nominated by a written petition signed by twenty-five producers. The petition shall be in a form and delivered to the board as required by the board.
85 Acts, ch 207, §9; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §25
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.10 - Vacancies.

182.10 Vacancies.
The board shall by appointment fill an unexpired term if a vacancy occurs on the board. The board shall select an appointee based on the criteria established by the board.
85 Acts, ch 207, §10; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §26
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.11 - Purposes of board.

182.11 Purposes of board.
The purposes of the board shall be to:
1. Enter into contracts or agreements with or make grants to recognized and qualified agencies, individuals, or organizations for the development and carrying out of research and education programs directed toward better and more efficient production, marketing, and utilization of sheep and wool and their products.
2. Provide methods and means, including, but not limited to, public relations and other promotion techniques for the maintenance of present markets.
3. Assist in development of new or larger markets, both domestic and foreign, for sheep and wool and their products.
85 Acts, ch 207, §11
Referred to in §182.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.12 - Powers and duties.

182.12 Powers and duties.
The board may:
1. Administer and enforce this chapter and perform acts reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
2. Employ and discharge assistants and professional counsel as necessary, prescribe their duties and powers, and fix their compensation.
3. Establish offices, incur expenses, and enter into any contracts or agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
4. Adopt, rescind, and amend all proper and necessary rules for the exercise of its powers and duties.
5. Enter into arrangements for collection of the assessment on sheep and wool.
6. Formulate and execute assessment procedures and methods of collection.
7. Receive and investigate complaints and violations of this chapter and take necessary action.
8. Confer and cooperate with legally constituted authorities of other states and the United States.
9. Establish accounts in adequately protected financial institutions to receive, hold, and disburse board moneys.
85 Acts, ch 207, §12
Referred to in §182.13B, 182.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.13 - Compensation — meetings.

182.13 Compensation — meetings.
Members of the board may receive payment for their actual expenses and travel in performing official board functions. Payment shall be made from amounts collected from the assessment. No member of the board shall be a salaried employee of the board or any organization or agency receiving funds from the board. The board shall meet at least once every three months, and at other times it deems necessary.
85 Acts, ch 207, §13
Referred to in §182.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.14 - Assessment.

182.14 Assessment.
1. An assessment provided in this chapter shall be imposed on the producer as follows:
a. If the producer sells wool or sheep to the first purchaser within this state, the following shall apply:
(1) If the sale occurs at a concentration point, the assessment shall be imposed at the time of delivery. The first purchaser shall deduct the assessment from the price paid to the producer at the time of sale.
(2) If the sale does not occur at a concentration point, the producer shall deduct the assessment from the amount received from the sale and shall forward the amount deducted to the board within thirty days following each calendar quarter.
b. If the producer sells, ships, or otherwise disposes of wool or sheep to any person outside this state, the producer shall deduct the assessment from the amount received from the sale and shall forward the amount deducted to the board.
2. The assessment imposed by this section shall be remitted to the board not later than thirty days following each calendar quarter during which the assessment amount was deducted.
85 Acts, ch 207, §14; 99 Acts, ch 50, §6; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §16; 2012 Acts, ch 1109, §4 – 7
Referred to in §182.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.15 - Invoice required.

182.15 Invoice required.
1. At the time of sale, the first purchaser shall sign and deliver to the producer separate invoices for each purchase. The invoices shall show:
a. The name and address of the producer and the seller, if different from the producer.
b. The name and address of the first purchaser.
c. The pounds of wool or head of sheep sold.
d. The date of the purchase.
e. The rate of withholding and the total amount of the assessment withheld.
2. Invoices shall be legibly written and shall not be altered.
85 Acts, ch 207, §15; 99 Acts, ch 50, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.16 - Deposit and disbursement of funds.

182.16 Deposit and disbursement of funds.
The board shall deposit amounts collected from the assessment imposed pursuant to section 182.14 in an account established pursuant to section 182.12. Expenses and disbursements incurred and made pursuant to this chapter shall be made by voucher, draft, or check bearing the signature of a person designated by majority vote of the board.
85 Acts, ch 207, §16; 99 Acts, ch 50, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.17 - Refunds.

182.17 Refunds.
A producer who has paid the assessment may, by application in writing to the board, secure a refund of all or part of the amount paid. The refund shall be payable only when the application has been made to the board within sixty days after the deduction has been made by the producer or within sixty days after the remittance has been made by the first purchaser. Each application for refund by a producer shall have attached proof that the assessment was paid. The proof of the assessment paid may be in the form of a duplicate or certified copy of the purchase invoice by the purchaser.
85 Acts, ch 207, §17
Right to refund not subject to execution or transfer; §179.5A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.18 - Use of moneys.

182.18 Use of moneys.
1. Moneys collected under this chapter are subject to audit by the auditor of state and shall be used by the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board first for the payment of collection and refund expenses, second for payment of the costs and expenses arising in connection with conducting referendums, third for the purposes identified in section 182.11, and fourth for the cost of audits for the auditor of state. Moneys of the board remaining after a referendum is held at which a majority of the voters favor termination of the board and the assessment shall continue to be expended in accordance with this chapter until exhausted. The auditor of state may seek reimbursement for the cost of the audit.
2. The board shall not engage in any political activity, and it shall be a condition of any allocation of funds that any organization receiving funds shall not expend the funds on political activity or on any attempt to influence legislation.
85 Acts, ch 207, §18; 2010 Acts, ch 1189, §31
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.20 - Examination of records.

182.20 Examination of records.
Persons subject to this chapter shall furnish on forms provided by the board information needed to enable the board to effectuate the policies of this chapter. For the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of a report made to the board under this chapter, the secretary may examine books, papers, records, copies of tax returns not confidential by law, and accounts, which are in the control of any person. The secretary may hold hearings, take testimony, administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and issue subpoenas in connection with the administration of this chapter.
85 Acts, ch 207, §20
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.21 - Penalty.

182.21 Penalty.
A person who willfully violates a provision of this chapter, willfully gives a false report, statement, or record required by the board, or willfully fails to furnish or render a report, statement or record required by the secretary is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
85 Acts, ch 207, §21
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 182 - IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD › Section 182.24 - Board member disclosure.

182.24 Board member disclosure.
Notwithstanding section 182.13, a member of the board may receive compensation, including a salary, from an organization or agency, including an educational institution, receiving funds from the board. If a member of the board has a pecuniary interest, either direct or indirect, in a matter considered by the board, the interest shall be disclosed by the member to the board and included in the minutes for that meeting of the board. The member having the pecuniary interest shall not participate in an action taken by the board on the matter.
88 Acts, ch 1284, §66
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.1 - Definitions.

183A.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. “Assessment” means an excise tax on the sale of porcine animals as provided in this chapter.
2. “First purchaser” means a person who buys porcine animals from a seller in the first instance.
3. “Iowa pork producers council” or “council” means the body established under section 183A.2.
4. “Market development” means research, education, and other programs directed at better and more efficient production, marketing, and utilization of pork; public relations and other promotion techniques for the maintenance of existing markets for pork, including but not limited to contributions to organizations working toward the purposes of this subsection; development of new or larger markets for pork both domestic and foreign, including but not limited to public relations and other promotion techniques; and the adoption, prevention, modification, or elimination of trade barriers which bear on the flow of pork in commercial channels.
5. “Porcine animals” means swine raised for slaughter, feeder pigs, or swine seedstock.
6. “Pork” means porcine animals and all parts of porcine animals.
7. “Pork Promotion Act” means the federal Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985.
8. “Producer” means a person engaged in this state in the business of producing and marketing porcine animals in the previous calendar year.
9. “Qualified financial institution” means a bank or credit union as defined in section 12C.1.
85 Acts, ch 199, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §9, 10; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §632; 94 Acts, ch 1146, §10; 2012 Acts, ch 1017, §49
Referred to in §183A.7
Further definitions; see §159.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.2 - Iowa pork producers council.

183A.2 Iowa pork producers council.
The Iowa pork producers council is created. The council consists of seven members, including two producers from each of three districts of the state designated by the secretary, and one producer from the state at large. The secretary shall appoint these members. The Iowa pork producers association may recommend the names of potential members, but the secretary is not bound by the recommendations. The secretary, the dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences of Iowa state university of science and technology, and the state veterinarian, or their designees, shall serve on the council as nonvoting ex officio members.
85 Acts, ch 199, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §11; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §32
Referred to in §183A.1, 183A.9A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.3 - Terms.

183A.3 Terms.
The voting members of the council shall serve terms of three years, and shall not serve for more than two complete consecutive terms.
85 Acts, ch 199, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §12
Referred to in §183A.9A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.4 - Vacancies.

183A.4 Vacancies.
A vacancy in the voting membership of the council resulting from death, inability or refusal to serve, or failure to meet the qualifications established in this chapter, shall be filled by the council for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the council fails to fill the vacancy, the secretary shall fill it.
85 Acts, ch 199, §4; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §13
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.5 - Duties, objects, and powers of the council.

183A.5 Duties, objects, and powers of the council.
1. The council shall:
a. Aid in the promotion of the pork industry of the state.
b. Make an annual report of its proceedings and expenditures to the secretary.
c. Elect a chairperson, secretary, and other officers it deems advisable.
d. Administer and enforce this chapter, and do and perform all acts and exercise all powers reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes and requirements of this chapter.
e. Hire and discharge employees and professional counsel as necessary, prescribe their duties and powers, and fix their compensation.
f. Establish offices, incur expenses, and enter into any contracts or agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
g. Report alleged violations of this chapter to the attorney general or appropriate county attorney.
h. Keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all its dealings.
i. Receive, administer, disburse and account for, in addition to the funds received from the assessment provided in this chapter, other funds voluntarily contributed to the council for the purpose of promoting the pork industry.
2. The council or its designated agent may enter into arrangements with persons purchasing Iowa produced pork outside Iowa, for collection of the assessment from those persons.
3. The council is a state agency only for the purposes of chapters 21 and 22. Chapter 17A does not apply to the council.
85 Acts, ch 199, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §14, 15; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.6 - Assessment.

183A.6 Assessment.
1. The council shall make an assessment of not less than point zero zero two nor more than point zero zero three of the gross sale price of all porcine animals. The assessment shall be point zero zero two five of the gross sale price of porcine animals until consent to an assessment has been given through the initial referendum referred to in this chapter. After approval of the initial referendum, the rate of assessment shall be determined by the council. The assessment shall be made at the time of delivery of the animals for sale, and shall be deducted by the first purchaser from the price paid to the seller. The first purchaser, at the time of sale, shall make and deliver to the seller an invoice for each purchase showing the names and addresses of the seller and the first purchaser, the number and kind of animals sold, the date of sale, and the assessment made on the sale.
2. Assessments shall be paid to the Iowa pork producers council or its designated agent by first purchasers at a time prescribed by the council, but not later than the last day of the month following the month in which the animals were purchased.
85 Acts, ch 199, §6; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §16; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Referred to in §183A.9A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.7 - Administration of moneys — appropriation.

183A.7 Administration of moneys — appropriation.
1. Assessments imposed under this chapter paid to and collected by the Iowa pork producers council shall be deposited in the pork promotion fund which is established in the office of the treasurer of state. The department of administrative services shall transfer moneys from the fund to the council for deposit into an account established by the council in a qualified financial institution. The department shall transfer the moneys as provided in a resolution adopted by the council. However, the department is only required to transfer moneys once during each day and only during hours when the offices of the state are open.
2. All moneys deposited in the pork promotion fund and transferred to the council as provided in this section are appropriated and shall be used for the administration of this chapter and for the payment of claims based upon obligations incurred in the performance of activities and functions set forth in this chapter.
3. From the moneys collected, deposited, and transferred to the council as provided in this chapter, the council shall first pay the costs of referendums held pursuant to this chapter. Of the moneys remaining, at least twenty-five percent shall be remitted to the national pork producers council and at least fifteen percent shall be remitted to the Iowa pork producers association, in the proportion the committee determines, for use by recipients in a manner not inconsistent with market development as defined in section 183A.1. Moneys remaining shall be spent as found necessary by the council to further carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
4. However, in no event shall the total expenses exceed the total amount of moneys transferred from the fund for use by the council.
85 Acts, ch 199, §7; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §17; 94 Acts, ch 1146, §11; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §143; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
Referred to in §183A.9A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.8 - Refund of assessment.

183A.8 Refund of assessment.
A producer from whom the assessment has been deducted, upon written application filed with the council within thirty days after its collection, shall have that amount refunded by the council. Application forms shall be given by the council to each first purchaser when requested and the first purchaser shall make the applications available to any producer. Each application for a refund by a producer shall have attached a proof of assessment deducted. The proof of assessment deducted shall be in the form of the original or a copy of the purchase invoice by the first purchaser. The council shall have no more than thirty days from the date the application for refund is received to remit the refund to the producer.
85 Acts, ch 199, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1076, §1
Right to refund not subject to execution or transfer; §179.5A
2023 Iowa Code › Title V - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 183A - IOWA PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL › Section 183A.9 - Referendum.

183A.9 Referendum.
1. At a time designated by the council within eighteen months after the termination of the collection of assessments under the Pork Promotion Act, the secretary shall conduct an initial referendum under administrative procedures prescribed by the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
2. Upon signing a statement certifying to the secretary that the person is a bona fide producer as defined in this chapter, each producer is entitled to one vote in each referendum. The secretary shall determine the qualification of producers under this section.
3. The secretary shall count and tabulate the ballots filed during the referendum within thirty days of the close of the referendum. If from the tabulation the secretary determines that a majority of the total number of producers voting in the referendum favors the assessment, the assessment provided for in the referendum shall be levied. The ballots cast pursuant to this section constitute complete and conclusive evidence for use in determinations made by the secretary under this chapter.
4. The secretary shall hold subsequent referendums on request of ten percent or more of the number of producers eligible to vote, to determine whether the producers favor the termination or suspension of the assessment. The secretary shall suspend or terminate collection of the assessment within six months after the secretary determines that suspension or termination of the assessment is favored by a majority of the producers voting in the referendum, and shall terminate the assessment in an orderly manner as soon as practicable after the determination.
85 Acts, ch 199, §9; 86 Acts, ch 1100, §18; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121