§ 182.13B — Assessment rate

Iowa § 182.13B

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 182: IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD

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1. If a majority of voters at a referendum conducted pursuant to section 182.4 approve
the establishment of an Iowa sheep and wool promotion board and the imposition of an
assessment, the assessment shall be imposed on wool and sheep at the following rates:
a. For wool, two cents imposed on each pound of wool sold by a producer.
b. For sheep, ten cents imposed on each head of sheep sold by a producer.
2. a. Notwithstandingsubsection1, uponaresolutionadoptedbytheboard, thesecretary
shallcallaspecialreferendumforvoterstoauthorizeincreasingtheassessmentrateimposed
on sheep as provided in this section.
b. The special referendum shall be conducted in the same manner as a referendum
conducted upon receipt of a petition as provided in this chapter, unless otherwise provided in
the board’s resolution. Only producers are eligible to vote in an election and each producer
is entitled to one vote.
3. The special referendum conducted pursuant to subsection 2 shall allow a voter to cast
a ballot for the following two questions:
a. For the first question, whether to authorize an increase in the assessment rate to
twenty-five cents imposed on each head of sheep.
b. Forthesecondquestion,ifthefirstquestionisapprovedbyamajorityofvoters,whether
to also authorize the board to increase that assessment rate by future resolution as provided
in this section.
4. If a majority of voters approve the first question, twenty-five cents shall be imposed on
each head of sheep sold by a producer as effectuated by the board pursuant to section 182.12.
5. If a majority of voters approve both the first and second questions, all of the following
apply:
a. Twenty-five cents shall be imposed on each head of sheep sold by a producer as
effectuated by the board pursuant to section 182.12.
b. The board may adopt one or more resolutions to further impose an increased
assessment rate. The increased assessment rate shall be imposed on each head of sheep
sold by a producer as effectuated by the board pursuant to section 182.12. The board shall
comply with all of the following:
(1) The board must wait three or more years from the effective date of the previous action
imposing an increase in order to adopt a resolution. For the first increase, the effective date
is the date of the special referendum. For any subsequent increase, the effective date is the
date that the board last adopted a resolution imposing an increased rate as provided in this
paragraph “b”.
(2) The board shall not adopt a resolution until it provides notice to producers of the
proposed increase and an opportunity for producers to submit written or oral comments to

the board regarding the proposed increase. The board may provide notice by publication in
the same manner as provided in section 182.3, publication on its internet site, mail bearing a
United States postal service postmark, electronic transmission, or hand-delivery.
(3) The increase in the assessment rate imposed by a resolution adopted by the board
must equal five cents. However, the assessment rate imposed by a resolution of the board
shall not equal more than fifty cents.
6. a. If a majority of voters do not authorize increasing the assessment rate pursuant to a
special referendum conducted pursuant to this section, the assessment rate shall be the same
as provided in subsection 1.
b. Not more than one special referendum shall be conducted pursuant to this section.