Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 261 - Economic Development Authority › Part IV - Business Development Division › Chapter 51 - Butchery Innovation and Revitalization Program › Rule 261-51.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
				  requires:
"Agreement"
means a contract for financial
				  assistance under the program describing the terms on which the financial
				  assistance is to be provided.
"Applicant"
means a business applying for
				  assistance under the program.
"Authority"
means the economic development
				  authority created in Iowa Code section
				  15.105.
"Authority's website"
means the information
				  and related content found at
www.iowaeda.com
and may include integrated
				  content at affiliate sites.
"Board"
means the members of the economic
				  development authority appointed by the governor and in whom the powers of the
				  authority are vested pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  15.105.
"Business"
means a sole proprietorship,
				  partnership, corporation, or other business entity organized for profit under
				  the laws of the state of Iowa or another state, under federal statutes, or
				  under the laws of another country.
"CIRAS"
means the center for industrial
				  research and service at Iowa state university of science and technology.
"Committee"
means the committee of
				  application reviewers appointed by the director and the secretary pursuant to
				  subrule 51.5(1).
"Department"
means the department of
				  agriculture and land stewardship.
"Director"
means the director of the
				  authority.
"Establishment"
means the same as defined in
				  Iowa Code section 189A.2.
"Federal grant of inspection"
means a
				  certification issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service certifying that
				  an establishment is in compliance with the applicable requirements of 9 Code of
				  Federal Regulations Chapter III and has been granted daily inspection services
				  by FSIS.
"Financial assistance"
means assistance
				  provided only from the funds and assets legally available to the authority
				  pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  15.370 as enacted by 2021 Iowa
				  Acts, House File 857, section 1, and includes assistance in the form of grants,
				  low-interest loans, and forgivable loans.
"Food Safety and Inspection Service"
or
"FSIS"
means the agency of the United States Department of
				  Agriculture which regulates establishments.
"Grant"
means an award of assistance with
				  the expectation that, with the fulfillment of the conditions, terms and
				  obligations of the contract with the authority for the project, repayment of
				  funds is not required.
"Program"
means the butchery innovation and
				  revitalization program established pursuant to this chapter.
"Project"
means an activity or activities
				  undertaken by the applicant to be carried out at an establishment.
"Secretary"
means the secretary of
				  agriculture, who is the head of the department.
"State grant of inspection"
means a
				  certification issued by the department certifying that an establishment is in
				  compliance with the applicable requirements of 21-Chapter 76 and has been
				  granted daily inspection services by the department.