Senate File 2133 - Enrolled

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1	1	SENATE FILE 2133
1	2
1	3	AN ACT
1	4 RELATING TO THE IOWA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
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1	6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1	8	Section 1.	Section 177.1, Code 2007, is amended to read as
1	9 follows:
1 10	177.1	RECOGNITION OF ORGANIZATION.
1 11	The organization now existing in and incorporated under the
1 12 laws of this state and known as the Iowa crop improvement
1 13 association, shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter
1 14 by filing each year with the department of agriculture and
  1 15 land stewardship verified proofs of its organization and of
  1 16 the names of its president, vice president, secretary, and
  1 17 treasurer, and that five hundred persons are bona fide members
  1 18 of the association, together with such other information as
  1 19 the department of agriculture and land stewardship may
  1 20 require.
1 21	Sec. 2.	NEW SECTION.	177.1A	DEFINITIONS.
1 22	As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
1 23 requires:
1 24	1.	"Association" means the Iowa crop improvement
1 25 association recognized in section 177.1.
1 26	2.	"Department" means the department of agriculture and
1 27 land stewardship.
1 28	Sec. 3.	Section 177.2, Code 2007, is amended by striking
1 29 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 30	177.2	POWERS AND PURPOSES.
1 31	The Iowa crop improvement association shall have all powers
1 32 necessary to carry out the following purposes:
1 33	1.	Act as the official seed certifying agency for Iowa as
1 34 provided by rules adopted by the department.
35	2.	Adopt procedures for conducting seed and plant stock
1 certification and planting stock quality assurance, pursuant
2	2 to rules adopted by the department.
2	3	3.	Provide educational and leadership opportunities to
2	4 influence public policy regarding crop improvement.
2	5	4.	Conduct, in cooperation with Iowa state university
2	6 college of agriculture, testing and disseminating information
2	7 regarding the adaptation and performance of crop cultivars.
2	8	5.	Coordinate all Iowa crop improvement association
2	9 activities in a manner that is consistent with environmentally
2 10 sound agricultural practices.
2 11	6.	Provide a mechanism for commodity identity
2 12 preservation.
2 13	7.	Engage in such other activities that are reasonably
2 14 connected to the purposes of this section.
2 15	Sec. 4.	Section 177.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as
2 16 follows:
2 17	177.3	BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
2 18	The Iowa crop improvement association shall be governed by
  2 19 a board of directors.
2 20	1.  The association's articles of incorporation or bylaws
  2 21 shall provide for all of the following:
2 22	a.  The organization of the board, its procedures for
  2 23 meeting and voting, and the election of its board members and
  2 24 officers.
2 25	b.	The business of the association, which shall be
2 26 transacted by a as provided in this chapter.

2 27	2.  The board

of directors which shall consist shall

  2 28 include all of the following members:
2 29	1.	a.  The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's
  2 30 designee.
2 31	b.  The following persons representing the college of
  2 32 agriculture at Iowa state university:
2 33	(1)	The director of the agricultural experiment station of
  2 34 the Iowa state university of science and technology.
35	2.	(2)	The head of farm crops in the Iowa agricultural
  3  1 experiment station chair of the agronomy department.
2	3.	(3)	The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's
  3  3 designee director of the seed science center.

3	4	4.	c.	Six persons who shall be elected from its
  3  5 membership by the association's voting shareholders from among
  3  6 its voting shareholders.
3	7	Sec. 5.	Section 177.4, Code 2007, is amended to read as
3	8 follows:
3	9	177.4	EMPLOYEES.
3 10	The directors Iowa crop improvement association may employ
3 11 one or more competent persons who shall devote their entire
  3 12 time, while employed by the association, to carrying carry out
3 13 the provisions of this chapter as directed by the
  3 14 association's board of directors.	Such persons The board may
  3 15 employ an executive director.  A person employed by the board
3 16 shall receive such compensation as the directors may fix and
  3 17 their and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in such
  3 18 work the business of the association as provided by its board
  3 19 of directors.
3 20	Sec. 6.	Section 177.5, Code 2007, is amended to read as
3 21 follows:
3 22	177.5	EXPENSES OF OFFICERS.
3 23	The officers A member of the board of directors or officer
3 24 of the Iowa crop improvement association other than the
  3 25 executive director appointed pursuant to section 177.4 shall
3 26 serve without compensation, but shall.  However, a member of
  3 27 the board of directors or officer may receive their necessary
3 28 expenses while engaged in the business of the association
3 29 pursuant to section 7E.6, as determined by the board.
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3 31
3 32
3 33	JOHN P. KIBBIE
34	President of the Senate
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4	3	PATRICK J. MURPHY
4	4	Speaker of the House
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4	6	I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
4	7 is known as Senate File 2133, Eighty=second General Assembly. 4	8
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4 10
4 11	MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
4 12	Secretary of the Senate
4 13 Approved	, 2008
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4 17 CHESTER J. CULVER
4 18 Governor