Iowa Code 184A.2 – Assessment
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1. If an assessment is approved by a majority of the eligible voters voting at a referendum as provided in section 184A.1A or 184A.12, all of the following shall apply:
a. The assessment shall be imposed on each turkey delivered for processing.
b. The council shall establish a rate of assessment for each turkey delivered for processing. The council may establish different rates based on attributes or characteristics of turkeys. However, a rate shall not be more than three cents for each turkey delivered for processing.
c. The assessment shall be imposed on the producer and collected at the time of delivery of a turkey to the processor. The assessment shall be deducted by the processor at the time of delivery from the price paid to the producer at the time of the sale to the processor. A processor shall remit assessments to the council on a monthly basis as provided by the council. The council shall deposit the remitted assessments in the Iowa turkey fund as provided in section 184A.4.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 184A.2
- Council: means the Iowa turkey marketing council established pursuant to sections 184A. See Iowa Code 184A.1
- Delivery: means the transfer of title to and possession of grain by a seller to a grain dealer or to another person in accordance with the agreement of the seller and the grain dealer. See Iowa Code 203.8
- 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
- Payment: means the actual payment or tender of payment by a grain dealer to a seller of the agreed purchase price, or in the case of disputes as to sales of grain, the undisputed portion of the purchase price without reduction for any separate claim of the grain dealer against the seller. See Iowa Code 203.8
- Processor: means a person who purchases more than one thousand turkeys for slaughter each year. See Iowa Code 184A.1
- Producer: means a person residing within this state or outside this state who does business in this state and who raises more than five thousand turkeys for slaughter each year. See Iowa Code 184A.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
- Turkey: means a turkey raised for slaughter. See Iowa Code 184A.1
2. The council may enter into agreements with processors from outside this state for the payment of the assessment.
3. The council shall provide for a refund of an assessment according to rules adopted by the council.