Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 173 · 28 active provisions
The Iowa state fair authority is established as a public instrumentality of the state. The authority is not an agency of state government. However, the authority is considered a state agency and its employees state employees for the purposes of chapters 17A, 20, 91B, 97B, 509A, and 669. The authority is established to…
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the Iowa state fair board as provided in section 173.1. 2. “Convention” means the convention held each year, to elect members of the state fair board and conduct other business of the board, as provided in section 173.2. 3. “District direc…
A convention shall be held at a time and place in Iowa to be designated by the Iowa state fair board each year, to elect members of the state fair board and conduct other business of the board. The board shall give sixty days’ notice of the location of the convention to all agricultural associations and persons eligibl…
On or before November 15 of each year, the secretary of agriculture shall certify to the secretary of the state fair board the names of the various associations, fairs, and societies which have qualified for state aid under the provisions of chapters 176A through 178, 181, 182, 186, and 352, and which are entitled to r…
1. Except as provided in this subsection, each member present at the convention shall be entitled to not more than one vote. A member shall not vote by proxy. 2. A successor to a district director shall be elected by a majority of convention members from the same state fair board district as the district director, acco…
The state shall be divided into six geographic regions known as state fair board districts. The regions shall include all of the following: 1. The northwest state fair board district which shall contain all of the following counties:Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Pa…
1. The convention shall establish staggered terms of office for the elected directors. Notwithstanding section 173.6, the convention may establish terms of office for initial elected directors for more or less than two years. 2. Each year, the convention shall elect a successor to one of the two district directors whos…
1. The term of the president and vice president of the board shall be one year. A person shall not hold the office of president for more than three consecutive years, plus any portion of a year in which the person was first elected by the board to fill a vacancy. 2. A member of the board who is a district director shal…
If, after the adjournment of the convention, a vacancy occurs in the office of any member of the board elected by the convention the board shall fill the vacancy by election. The elected member shall qualify at once and serve until noon of the day following the adjournment of the next convention. If, by that time, the…
A member of the board elected at the annual convention shall be paid a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in official duties. All per diem and expense moneys paid to a member shall be paid from funds of the state fair board.
The board shall appoint a secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The secretary shall do all of the following: 1. Administer the policies set by the board. 2. Employ other employees and agents as the secretary deems necessary for carrying out the policies of the board and to conduct the affairs of the s…
The compensation and employment terms of the secretary shall be set by the Iowa state fair board with the approval of the governor, taking into consideration the level of knowledge and experience of the secretary.
The board shall elect a treasurer who shall hold office for one year, and the treasurer shall: 1. Keep a correct account of the receipts and disbursements of all moneys belonging to the board. 2. Make payments on all warrants signed by the president and secretary from any funds available for such purpose. 3. Administer…
The president, vice president, and secretary shall constitute an executive committee, which shall transact such business as may be delegated to it by the board. The president may call meetings of the board or executive committee when the interests of the work require it.
The state fair board has the custody and control of the state fairgrounds, including the buildings and equipment on it belonging to the state, and may: 1. Hold an annual fair and exposition on those grounds. All revenue generated by the fair and any interim uses shall be retained solely by the board. 2. Prepare premium…
The authority has all of the general corporate powers needed to carry out its purposes and duties, and to exercise its specific powers including, but not limited to, the power to: 1. Issue its negotiable bonds and notes as provided in this chapter. 2. Sue and be sued in its own name. 3. Have and alter a corporate seal.…
1. The board may issue and sell negotiable revenue bonds of the authority in denominations and amounts as the board deems for the best interests of the fair. However, the board must first submit a list of the purposes ranked by priority and a purpose must be authorized by a constitutional majority of each house of the…
The board may delegate the management of the state fair to the executive committee and two or more additional members of the board; and in carrying on such fair it may employ such assistance as may be deemed necessary.
1. All expenses incurred in maintaining the state fairgrounds and in conducting the annual fair on the state fairgrounds, including the compensation and expenses of the officers, members, and employees of the board, shall be recorded by the secretary and paid from the state fair receipts, unless a specific appropriatio…
The board shall prescribe rules for the presentation and payment of claims out of the state fair receipts and other funds of the board and no claim shall be allowed which does not comply therewith.
No claim shall be paid by the treasurer except upon a warrant signed by the president and secretary of the board, but this section shall not apply to the payment of state fair premiums.
The auditor of state shall annually examine and report to the executive council all financial affairs of the board.
The board shall file each year with the department, at such time as the department may specify, a report containing such information relative to the state fair and exposition and the district and county fairs as the department may require.
The board shall file with the governor each year by February 15 a report containing the following information relative to the state fair and exposition and the district and county fairs: 1. A complete account of the annual state fair and exposition. 2. The proceedings of the annual state agricultural convention. 3. The…
1. An Iowa state fair foundation is established under the authority of the Iowa state fair board. 2. A foundation fund is created within the state treasury composed of moneys appropriated or available to and obtained or accepted by the foundation. The foundation fund shall also include moneys transferred to the fund. 3…