Terms Used In Iowa Code 182.6

  • Board: means the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board established pursuant to section 182. See Iowa Code 182.1
  • 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
  • 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
  • Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Iowa Code 182.1
 Candidates for positions on the initial board are nominated by filing a petition with the secretary containing the signatures of at least twenty-five producers in the candidate’s district qualified to vote on the referendum. Candidates shall be resident producers of the district from which they are nominated. The secretary shall receive the nominations, and shall call an election for members of the initial board within thirty days following passage of the question at the referendum election.