Iowa Code 182.12 – Powers and duties

The board may:

1. Administer and enforce this chapter and perform acts reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.

Assessment: means an excise tax on the sale of sheep or wool as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 182.1
Board: means the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182. 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
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. Employ and discharge assistants and professional counsel as necessary, prescribe their duties and powers, and fix their compensation.

3. Establish offices, incur expenses, and enter into any contracts or agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

4. Adopt, rescind, and amend all proper and necessary rules for the exercise of its powers and duties.

5. Enter into arrangements for collection of the assessment on sheep and wool.

6. Formulate and execute assessment procedures and methods of collection.

7. Receive and investigate complaints and violations of this chapter and take necessary action.

8. Confer and cooperate with legally constituted authorities of other states and the United States.

9. Establish accounts in adequately protected financial institutions to receive, hold, and disburse board moneys.