The Iowa crop improvement association shall be governed by a board of directors.
 1. The association’s articles of incorporation or bylaws shall provide for all of the following:

 a. The organization of the board, its procedures for meeting and voting, and the election of its board members and officers.
 b. The business of the association, which shall be transacted as provided in this chapter.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 177.3

  • Association: means the Iowa crop improvement association recognized in section 177. See Iowa Code 177.1A
  • Board: means the Iowa grain indemnity fund board created in section 203D. See Iowa Code 203D.1
  • Department: means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. See Iowa Code 177.1A
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The board shall include all of the following members:

 a. The secretary of agriculture or the secretary’s designee.
 b. The following persons representing the college of agriculture and life sciences at Iowa state university:

 (1) The director of the agricultural experiment station.
 (2) The chair of the agronomy department.
 (3) The director of the seed science center.
 c. Six persons elected by the association’s voting shareholders from among its voting shareholders.