Title 15, AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Sec. 5. The department may make grants from the fund to associations or organizations for the following purposes: (1) To conduct or support livestock industry shows, sales, expositions, conventions, or similar events throughout Indiana consistent with the purposes of this chapter…

Sec. 6. (a) An association or organization may not qualify for or be eligible to receive any part of the fund awarded as grants unless there is provided and made available from sources other than the fund an amount for grants equal to or in excess of that allocated from the fund …

Sec. 7. An association or organization must be a nonprofit entity to be eligible for grants under this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 4-4-3.2-6.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Sec. 8. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 4-4-3.2-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.2.

Note: This version of section amended by P.L.152-2026, SEC.212. See also following repeal of this chapter by P.L.14-2026, SEC.10. Sec. 12. (a) A member of the council who is not a state employee is not entitled to: (1) the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b); or…

Sec. 1. The state fair board is established. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-1.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 10. (a) Subject to sections 11 through 13 of this chapter, the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture shall certify an organization that applies under section 9 of this chapter as eligible to vote in a district election under this chapter only if the organiz…

Sec. 11. (a) If an organization organized on a statewide basis has an affiliated organization in any county of a district: (1) the affiliated organization may be certified; and (2) the organization organized on a statewide basis may not be certified; for the district under sectio…

Sec. 12. (a) If an organization organized only on a district level basis has an affiliated organization in any county of a district: (1) the affiliated organization may be certified; and (2) the organization organized only on a district level basis may not be certified; for the d…

Sec. 13. (a) The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture may not certify for a district under section 10 of this chapter more than two (2) organizations in a county in the district that satisfy the requirements of section 10 of this chapter. (b) If more than two (…

Sec. 14. (a) Before September 1 of the year the term of a member representing a district expires, the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture shall notify each organization certified for the district under section 10 of this chapter that a district convention will…

Sec. 15. The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture shall send copies of the credentials of each individual entitled to vote in a district convention to the following: (1) The board member representing the district. (2) The individual who will preside over the di…

Sec. 16. (a) The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture or an employee of the department designated by the director shall preside at a district convention. (b) The presiding officer of the convention may vote in the case of a tie vote on any matter. [Pre-2008 Rec…

Sec. 17. (a) During September before the term of a member representing a district expires, the individuals designated under section 10(a)(6)(C) of this chapter for each organization certified under section 10 of this chapter for the district shall meet in a district convention to…

Sec. 18. The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture shall adopt rules for the business of a district convention. Rules adopted under this section may not be inconsistent with this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-18.] As added by P.L.2-2008, S…

Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the credentials of an individual issued under this chapter are conclusive of the right of the individual to vote at the district convention. (b) A person may contest the validity of the credentials of an individual by alleging fa…

Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of seventeen (17) members as follows: (1) The governor or the governor's designee. (2) The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture or the director's designee. (3) The director of the cooperative extension service of Purdue University…

Sec. 20. Except as provided in section 16 of this chapter, an individual may not vote at a district convention if the individual does not have valid credentials issued under this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-20.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 21. (a) To be elected as a member to represent a district, an individual must: (1) be a resident within the district; and (2) have the other qualifications to be a member of the board under this chapter. (b) If an individual receives a majority of the votes cast at a distric…

Sec. 22. (a) The presiding officer of a district convention shall certify the results of the election under section 21 of this chapter to the commission and to the board. (b) Each individual who is nominated at the district convention to be a candidate for the member representing…

Sec. 23. The director of the Indiana state department of agriculture may: (1) adopt rules under IC 4-22-2; and (2) prescribe forms; to implement sections 9 through 22 of this chapter. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-23.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the term of an individual as a member under section 2(a)(4) or 2(a)(5) of this chapter begins on the later of the following: (1) October 1 after the expiration of the term of the member whom the individual is appointed or elected …

Sec. 4. (a) The governor shall appoint an individual qualified under sections 2 and 3 of this chapter to fill a vacancy on the board. (b) The individual appointed by the governor under subsection (a) serves the remainder of the unexpired term of the member the individual replaces…

Sec. 5. (a) The board shall elect a member serving under section 2(a)(5) of this chapter to be the presiding officer of the board. The member elected under this section is the presiding officer of the board until the earlier of the following: (1) The date the member's term expire…

Sec. 5.5. The board shall establish standing committees to assist with planning the fair with the assistance of staff. Committees related to the following activities are required: (1) Livestock and competitive events. (2) Fundraising and youth development. (3) County fair engagem…

Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (c), each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to receive the following: (1) The minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). (2) Subject to subsection (c), reimbursement for travel expenses and other expenses act…

Sec. 7. The commission shall pay the expenses of the board approved by the commission from the money of the commission. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-7.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 8. The board may not hold property in the board's name. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-8.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4.

Sec. 9. If an organization wants to be certified to vote in an election under this chapter, the organization must apply to the director of the Indiana state department of agriculture. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-1.5-4-9.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.12…

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a society, an association, or a corporation: (1) organized: (A) for the improvement of agriculture; or (B) to conduct fairs or agricultural exhibits; or (2) owning or operating fairgrounds or other real estate for similar purposes. (b) This cha…

Sec. 2. A society, an association, or a corporation described in section 1 of this chapter, with authority of its board of directors, may: (1) borrow money; (2) mortgage its property; and (3) issue notes, bonds, and other obligations without restrictions other than those applying…

Sec. 3. A society, an association, or a corporation described in section 1 of this chapter may: (1) upon authority granted by the votes of those holding two-thirds (2/3) of the shares of stock: (A) sell; and (B) convey by deed all or any part of its grounds and property at any ti…

Sec. 4. A society, an association, or a corporation described in section 1 of this chapter may: (1) dissolve; and (2) liquidate; the affairs of the society, association, or corporation in the same manner as corporations generally are authorized to do. [Pre-2008 Recodification Cit…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to civil actions against a seller for the failure of agricultural or vegetable seeds to perform if the container in which the seeds were sold included the following notice on the label: NOTICE OF REQUIRED ARBITRATION Under the seed laws of Indiana and…

Sec. 10. The council shall do the following: (1) Assist buyers and sellers in determining the validity of complaints between the buyer and the seller. (2) Recommend cost damages resulting from the failure of seed to perform or produce properly, whether the damages are related to:…

Sec. 11. The council may do the following: (1) Examine all nonprivileged records of the buyer and the seller that the council considers relevant to a complaint filed under this chapter. (2) Investigate and conduct tests the council considers necessary to determine the validity of…

Sec. 12. (a) As a condition precedent to maintaining a civil action against a seller for failure of the agricultural or vegetable seeds to produce or perform: (1) as represented by the label required to be attached to those seeds or furnished under IC 15-15-1-32 or IC 15-15-1-33;…

Sec. 13. (a) As a condition precedent to asserting a counterclaim or a defense in an action brought by a seller against a buyer, the counterclaim or defense must be submitted to arbitration. (b) Upon the buyer's filing of a written notice of intention to assert a claim as a count…

Sec. 14. The report of arbitration under section 21 of this chapter is binding upon all parties to the extent that they have so agreed in a contract governing the sale of the seed. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-11-11.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.

Sec. 15. In the absence of an agreement to be bound by arbitration, a buyer may: (1) commence legal proceedings against a seller based upon a claim subject to this chapter; or (2) assert a claim subject to this chapter as a counterclaim or defense in any action brought by the sel…

Sec. 16. In any litigation involving a complaint that has been the subject of arbitration under this chapter, any party may introduce the report of arbitration as evidence of the facts found in the report, and the court may give such weight to the council's findings of fact and c…

Sec. 17. (a) A buyer that seeks to assert a claim under this chapter shall invoke arbitration under this chapter by filing a sworn complaint with the commissioner together with a filing fee of one hundred dollars ($100). The buyer shall serve a copy of the complaint upon the sell…

Sec. 18. (a) Not later than twenty (20) days after receipt of a copy of the complaint, the seller shall file with the commissioner an answer to the complaint and serve a copy of the answer upon the buyer by certified mail. (b) The seller shall pay a filing fee of one hundred doll…

Sec. 19. (a) Before beginning a complaint investigation, the commissioner shall prepare and provide to the parties an estimate of the costs to be incurred during the investigation of the complaint. (b) Before a complaint investigation begins, the buyer and the seller shall each p…

Sec. 2. Arbitration under this chapter is not subject to IC 34-57-2. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-11-23.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.

Sec. 20. The commissioner shall refer the complaint and answer to the council for investigation, findings, and recommendations. [Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-11-16.] As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.