As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
 1. “Assessment” means an excise tax on the sale of sheep or wool as provided in this chapter.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 182.1

  • Board: means the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
  • District: means an official crop reporting district formed by the United States department of agriculture and set out in the annual farm census published by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • First purchaser: means a person who purchases sheep or wool from a producer. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, ostriches, rheas, emus, poultry, and other animals or fowl, which are being produced primarily for use as food or food products for human consumption. See Iowa Code 172D.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Producer: means a person who is actively engaged within this state in the business of producing or marketing sheep or wool and who receives income from the production of sheep or wool. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • Sheep: means an animal of the ovine species, regardless of age, produced or marketed in this state. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • 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
  • United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Wool: means the natural fiber produced by sheep. See Iowa Code 182.1
 2. “Board” means the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182.5.
 3. “Concentration point” means a location or facility where sheep are assembled for purposes of sale or resale for feeding, breeding, or slaughtering, and where contact may occur between groups of sheep from various sources. “Concentration point” includes a public stockyard, auction market, street market, state or federal market, untested consignment sales location, buying station, or a livestock dealer’s yard, truck, or facility.
 4. “District” means an official crop reporting district formed by the United States department of agriculture and set out in the annual farm census published by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship.
 5. “First purchaser” means a person who purchases sheep or wool from a producer.
 6. “Producer” means a person who is actively engaged within this state in the business of producing or marketing sheep or wool and who receives income from the production of sheep or wool.
 7. “Sale” or “sold” means a transaction in which the property in or to sheep or wool is transferred from the producer to a first purchaser for full or partial consideration.
 8. “Secretary” means the secretary of agriculture.
 9. “Sheep” means an animal of the ovine species, regardless of age, produced or marketed in this state.
 10. “Wool” means the natural fiber produced by sheep.
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