Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 181 · 21 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: 1. “Association” means the Iowa beef cattle producers association. 2. “Cattle” means any live domesticated bovine animal regardless of age. 3. “Executive committee” means the executive committee of the association as created in section 181.3. 4. “Federal A…
The Iowa beef cattle producers association now existing in and incorporated under the laws of this state is entitled to the benefits of this chapter by filing, each year, with the department of agriculture and land stewardship, verified proof of the names of its president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, toge…
The Iowa beef cattle producers association shall do all of the following: 1. Aid in the marketing and promotion of the cattle industry of the state. 2. Conduct research on beef production and evaluate Iowa beef production needs. 3. Provide educational materials and opportunities to consumers, producers, and youth regar…
1. An executive committee of the Iowa beef cattle producers association is created. The executive committee consists of ten members, including all of the following: a. Five producers elected by the Iowa beef cattle producers association pursuant to section 181.6A. b. Two producers appointed by the Iowa cattlemen’s asso…
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 pleasur…
The officers of the association shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their necessary expenses while engaged in the business of the association.
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 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 det…
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…
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 executiv…
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…
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…
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 t…
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 a…
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…
All rules adopted by the executive committee shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.
The Iowa beef cattle producers association is not an agency of state government.
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…
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…
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 ef…
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.