Iowa Code 183A.9A – Suspension during national order
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1. The terms of all voting members serving on the council on January 31, 1986 terminate at the time provided in subsection 2.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 183A.9A
- council: means the body established under section 183A. See Iowa Code 183A.1
- Fund: means the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund created in section 203D. See Iowa Code 203D.1
- Pork: means porcine animals and all parts of porcine animals. See Iowa Code 183A.1
- Pork Promotion Act: means the federal Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985. See Iowa Code 183A.1
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. On the date of the commencement of the collection of assessments under the Pork Promotion Act, the collection of the assessments under section 183A.6 shall be suspended. The council shall continue to operate after suspension until all refunds are paid and all funds remaining in the pork promotion fund, less a reserve for future refunds, are disbursed for the purposes enumerated in this chapter. Notwithstanding section 183A.7, the council need not retain a reserve for future referendums. Upon completion of these acts, the existence of the Iowa pork producers council is suspended. The secretary of agriculture shall certify the suspension of the council as of a date certain to the Iowa pork producers council and the Iowa pork producers association. When the existence of the council is suspended, the terms of office of council members terminate.
3. On the date of the termination of the collection of assessments under the Pork Promotion Act, the period of suspension of the assessments under subsection 2 terminates. The secretary shall collect the assessments under section 183A.6 until this duty can be resumed by the reactivated council.
4. On the date of the termination of the collection of assessments under the Pork Promotion Act, the period of suspension of the council under subsection 2 terminates. Within sixty days from this date, the secretary shall appoint voting members to the council. For purposes of section 183A.3, a voting member so appointed is deemed not to have served a previous consecutive term. The terms of office of voting members of the initial reactivated council shall be determined by lot, but members from the same district shall not serve the same terms. As nearly as possible one-third of the voting members shall serve for one year, one-third of the voting members shall serve for two years, and one-third of the voting members shall serve for three years. Subsequent voting members shall be appointed pursuant to section 183A.2.
5. The secretary shall call the first meeting of the reactivated council. Upon reactivation, the council shall reimburse the secretary for expenses incurred in carrying out the duties provided in this section.