Iowa Code 184.10 – Powers of council
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The council may perform any function that it deems necessary to carry out its purposes and duties as provided in this chapter, including but not limited to doing any of the following:
1. Employ and discharge assistants and professional counsel as necessary, prescribe their duties and powers and fix their compensation.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 184.10
- Assessment: means an excise tax on the sale of eggs as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 184.1
- Council: means the Iowa egg council. See Iowa Code 184.1
- 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
- Eggs: includes shell eggs or eggs broken for further processing. See Iowa Code 184.1
- 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
- Fund: means the grain depositors and sellers indemnity fund created in section 203D. See Iowa Code 203D.1
2. Establish offices, incur expenses and enter into any contracts or agreements necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
3. Adopt, rescind and amend all proper and necessary rules for the exercise of its powers and duties.
4. Enter into arrangements for the collection of the assessment.
5. Receive gifts, rents, royalties, license fees or other moneys for deposit in the Iowa egg fund as provided in section 184.13.
6. Become a dues-paying member of an organization carrying out a purpose related to any of the following:
a. The production or processing of eggs or egg products.
b. The consumption or utilization of eggs or egg products.
7. Administer elections for members of the council and provide for the appointment of persons to fill vacancies occurring on the council, as provided in section 184.8. The department may assist the council in administering an election, upon request to the secretary by the council.