Terms Used In Iowa Code 426.7

  • Agricultural land: means land in tracts of ten acres or more excluding any buildings or other structures located on the land, and not laid off into lots of less than ten acres or divided by streets and alleys into parcels of less than ten acres, lying within a school corporation and in good faith used for agricultural or horticultural purposes. See Iowa Code 425A.2
  • Director: means the director of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 After receiving from the county auditors the certifications provided for in section 426.6, and during the following fiscal year, the director of revenue shall authorize the department of administrative services to draw warrants on the agricultural land credit fund created in section 426.1, payable to the county treasurers in the amount certified by the county auditors of the respective counties and mail the warrants to the county auditors on July 15 of each year taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources. However, if the agricultural land credit fund is insufficient to pay in full the total of the amounts certified to the director of revenue, the director shall prorate the fund to the county treasurers and notify the county auditors of the pro rata percentage on or before June 15.