Title V, AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)

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 t…

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…

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 fu…

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 b…

For the purposes of this chapter : 1. “Association” means the association of Iowa fairs. 2. “Fair” means an organization which is incorporated under the laws of this state, including as a county or district fair or as an agricultural society, for the purpose of conducting a fair …

1. Any moneys appropriated for state aid shall be paid to the office of treasurer of state for allocation to the association of Iowa fairs. The association shall distribute the moneys to eligible fairs pursuant to this chapter . 2. a. The association shall maintain a list of each…

1. The association of Iowa fairs shall pay a fair the amount due in state aid, less one thousand dollars, as provided in this chapter . The association must certify to the treasurer that the fair is eligible under this chapter to receive the amount to be paid to the fair by the a…

The board of supervisors of the county in which a fair is located may appropriate moneys to be used for purchasing fairgrounds, constructing or restoring facilities on the fairgrounds, aiding 4-H club work, and paying agricultural and livestock premiums in connection with the fai…

1. The board of supervisors of a county which has acquired real estate for fairgrounds and which has a fair using the fairgrounds may appropriate moneys to be used for any of the following: a. The erection and repair of buildings or other permanent improvements on the fairgrounds…

1. Title to land purchased or received for purposes of conducting a fair event shall be taken in the name of the county or a fair. However, the board of supervisors shall place the land under the control and management of a fair. The fair may act as agent for the county in the er…

The right of a fair to the control and management of its fairgrounds may be terminated by the board of supervisors whenever well-conducted fair events are not annually held on the fairgrounds. [SS15, §1660; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2908; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,…

1. The governing body of a fair may issue bonds payable from revenue generated by the operations of the fair event and the use or rental of the real and personal property owned or leased by the fair. The governing body of a fair shall comply with all of the following procedures i…

A fair shall not receive an appropriation from a county under this chapter until the fair submits a financial statement to the county board of supervisors. The statement shall show all expenditures of moneys appropriated to the fair from the county in the previous year. The finan…

1. A fair may annually conduct a fair event to further interest in agriculture and to encourage the improvement of agricultural commodities and products, livestock, articles of domestic industry, implements, and other mechanical devices. It may offer and award such premiums as wi…

A person shall not knowingly enter or cause to be entered any horse of any age or sex under an assumed name, or out of its proper class, to compete for any purse, prize, premium, stake, or sweepstake offered or given by any person in the state, or drive any such horse under an as…

Any person convicted of a violation of section 174.20 shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice. [C97, §1666; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2913; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §174.21 ] Fraudulent practices, see §714.8 – 714.14

The name of any horse for the purpose of entry for competition in any contest of speed shall not be changed after having once contested for a prize, purse, premium, stake, or sweepstake, except as provided by the code of printed rules of the fair or association under which the co…

The class to which a horse belongs for the purpose of an entry in any contest of speed, as provided by the printed rules of the fair or association under which such contest is to be made, shall be determined by the public record of said horse in any such former contest. [C97, §16…

An ordinance or resolution of a county or city shall not in any way impair the authority of a fair. The fair shall have sole and exclusive control over and management of a fair event and fairgrounds. [C73, §1116; C97, §1664; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2896; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 7…

The management of a fair may grant a written permit to a person determined proper by the management, to sell fruit, provisions, and other articles not prohibited by law, under such regulations as the management may prescribe. [C73, §1115; C97, §1663; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2897; …

The management of a fair may order the removal of any obstruction to a fair event or on the fairgrounds, including but not limited to shows, swings, booths, tents, or vehicles. [C73, §1116; C97, §1664; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2899; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, …

Any person owning, occupying, or using any such obstruction who shall refuse or fail to remove the same when ordered to do so by the management shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [C73, §1116; C97, §1664; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2900; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, …

A fair shall annually publish in one newspaper of the county a financial statement of receipts and disbursements for the current year. [R60, §1698; C73, §1110; C97, §1659; S13, §1659; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2901; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §174.8 ] 2004 Acts…

The association of Iowa fairs, or a fair, shall have the power to join a local government risk pool as provided in section 670.7 . 2008 Acts, ch 1139, §2

An eligible fair which is a member of the association of Iowa fairs as provided in the association’s bylaws and which conducts a fair event shall be entitled to receive state aid as provided in this chapter . The moneys paid as state aid must be used exclusively for capital expen…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Act” . 2007 Acts, ch 84, §1

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. 2. “Federal program” means the WIC farmers’ market nutrition program and the senior farmers’ market nutrition program. 3. “Iowa farmers’ mark…

An Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program is established. 1. The department shall administer the Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program as a state agency approved by the United States department of agriculture to participate in the federal programs. The department may apply to an…

Nothing in this chapter restricts the department from providing for other programs which promote the purposes of the federal programs. 2007 Acts, ch 84, §4 ; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §73

The department shall adopt rules in order to administer the Iowa farmers’ market nutrition program. If another state agency is involved in the administration of this chapter , the other state agency shall cooperate with the department in adopting its rules. 2007 Acts, ch 84, §5 L…

This chapter may be known and cited as the “County Agricultural Extension Law” . [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §176A.1 ]

1. The extension council of each extension district shall, at a meeting held before April 30, estimate the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for financing the county agricultural extension education program authorized in this chapter . The annual tax levy and the …

The board of supervisors of each county shall annually, at the time of levying taxes for county purposes, levy the taxes necessary to raise the county agricultural extension education fund and certified to it by the extension council as provided in this chapter , but if the amoun…

A county agricultural extension education fund shall be established in each county and the county treasurer of each county shall keep the amount of tax levied under this chapter in that fund. Before the fifteenth day of each month, the treasurer shall notify the chairperson of th…

The extension council is specifically authorized to cooperate with the extension service and the United States department of agriculture in the accomplishment of the county agricultural extension education program contemplated by this chapter , to the end that the federal funds a…

1. The chairperson of the extension council shall preside at all meetings of the extension council, have authority to call special meetings of said council upon such notice as shall be fixed and determined by the extension council, and shall call special meetings of the extension…

Any two or more extension districts may be consolidated to form a single extension district, by resolution duly adopted by the extension council of each such extension district. Upon adoption of such resolutions providing for such consolidation, the extension councils shall do al…

The provisions of chapter 49 apply to the elections held pursuant to this chapter , and the county commissioner of elections has responsibility for the conducting of those elections. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §176A.16 ] 90 Acts, ch 1149, §7

It is the policy of the legislature to provide for aid in disseminating among the people of Iowa useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, home economics, and community and economic development, and to encourage the application of the information in th…

Whenever used or referred to in this chapter , unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. “County agricultural extension council” , hereinafter referred to as “extension council” , means the agency created and constituted as provided in section 176A.5 . 2. “C…

1. Each county, except Pottawattamie, is constituted and established as a “county agricultural extension district” and shall be a public body corporate organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions se…

There shall be elected in each extension district an extension council consisting of nine members. Each member of the extension council shall be a resident registered voter of the extension district. [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §176A.5 ] 90 Acts, ch 1149, §1 ; 94 Acts, …

An election shall be held biennially at the time of the general election in each extension district for the election of members of the extension council. All registered voters of the extension district are entitled to vote in the election. [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §1…

1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to law for members elected in 1990, the term of office of an extension council member is four years. The term shall commence on the first day of January following the date of the member’s election which is not a Sunday or legal holiday. 2.…

The extension councils of each extension district of the state shall have, exercise, and perform the following powers and duties: 1. To elect from their own number annually a chairperson, vice chairperson, secretary and a treasurer who shall serve and be the officers of the exten…

1. The extension council has for its sole purpose the dissemination of information, the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations on subjects relating to agriculture, home economics, and community and economic development, and the encouragement of the application of the …