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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 293 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED BY 1 5 THE IOWA SHEEP AND WOOL PROMOTION BOARD. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 182.1, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 10 amended by striking the subsection. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 182.1, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 1 12 following new subsections: 1 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Assessment" means an excise tax on 1 14 the sale of sheep or wool as provided in this chapter. 1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. "Concentration point" means a 1 16 location or facility where sheep are assembled for purposes of 1 17 sale or resale for feeding, breeding, or slaughtering, and 1 18 where contact may occur between groups of sheep from various 1 19 sources. "Concentration point" includes a public stockyard, 1 20 auction market, street market, state or federal market, 1 21 untested consignment sales location, buying station, or a 1 22 livestock dealer's yard, truck, or facility. 1 23 Sec. 3. Section 182.1, subsection 5, Code 1999, is amended 1 24 to read as follows: 1 25 5. "First purchaser" means a person whoresells sheep or1 26wool purchasedpurchases sheep or wool from a produceror1 27offers for sale a product produced from the sheep or wool for1 28any purpose. 1 29 Sec. 4. Section 182.1, subsection 8, Code 1999, is amended 1 30 to read as follows: 1 31 8. "Sheep" means an animal of the ovine species, 1 32 regardless of age, produced or marketed in this statefor1 33slaughter. 1 34 Sec. 5. Section 182.2, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 35 follows: 2 1 182.2 PETITION FOR REFERENDUM ELECTION. 2 2 Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least fifty 2 3 producers in each district requesting a referendum by election 2 4 to determine whether to establishan Iowa sheep and wool2 5promotionthe board and to impose an assessmentnot to exceed2 6two cents on every pound of wool produced and sold by a2 7producer and ten cents per head on all sheep sold for2 8slaughter by a producer, the secretary shall call a referendum 2 9 to be conducted within sixty days following receipt of the 2 10 petition. 2 11 Sec. 6. Section 182.14, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 12 follows: 2 13 182.14 ASSESSMENT. 2 14 1. If approved by a majority of voters at a referendum, an 2 15 assessment to be set by the board at not more than two cents 2 16 for each pound of wool produced and sold by a producer and not 2 17 more than ten cents per head on sheep soldfor slaughterby a 2 18 producer. 2 19 2. The assessment shall be imposed on the producer as 2 20 follows: 2 21 a. If the producer sells wool or sheep to the first 2 22 purchaser within this state, the following shall apply: 2 23 (1) If the sale occurs at a concentration point, the 2 24 assessment shall be imposed at the time of deliveryto the2 25first purchaser who will. The first purchaser shall deduct 2 26 the assessment from the price paid to the producer at the time 2 27 of sale. 2 28 (2) If the sale does not occur at a concentration point, 2 29 the producer shall deduct the assessment from the amount 2 30 received from the sale and shall forward the amount deducted 2 31 to the board within thirty days following each calendar 2 32 quarter. 2 33 b. If the producer sells, ships, or otherwise disposes of 2 34 wool or sheepfor slaughtertoa first purchaser or otherany 2 35 person outsidethethis stateof Iowa, the producer shall 3 1 deduct the assessment from the amount received from the sale 3 2 and shall forward the amount deducted to the boardwithin3 3thirty days following each calendar quarter.If the producer3 4and the first purchaser are the same person, then that person3 5shall pay the assessment to the board within thirty days3 6following each calendar quarter.3 7 3. The assessment imposed by this section shall be 3 8 remitted to the board not later than thirty days following 3 9 each calendar quarter during which the assessment amount was 3 10 deducted. 3 11 Sec. 7. Section 182.15, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 3 12 amended to read as follows: 3 13 3. The pounds of wool or head of sheepfor slaughtersold. 3 14 Sec. 8. Section 182.16, Code 1999, is amended to read as 3 15 follows: 3 16 182.16REMITTANCE TO BOARD –DEPOSIT AND DISBURSEMENT OF 3 17 FUNDS. 3 18Subject to section 182.14, the assessment imposed by this3 19chapter shall be remitted by the purchaser to the Iowa sheep3 20and wool promotion board not later than thirty days following3 21each calendar quarter during which the assessment was3 22collected. AmountsThe board shall deposit amounts collected 3 23 from the assessmentshall be depositedimposed pursuant to 3 24 section 182.14 in an account established pursuant to section 3 25 182.12, subsection 9. Expenses and disbursements incurred and 3 26 made pursuant to this chapter shall be made by voucher, draft, 3 27 or check bearing the signature of a person designated by 3 28 majority vote of the board. 3 29 3 30 3 31 3 32 RON J. CORBETT 3 33 Speaker of the House 3 34 3 35 4 1 4 2 MARY E. KRAMER 4 3 President of the Senate 4 4 4 5 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 4 6 is known as House File 293, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 4 11 Chief Clerk of the House 4 12 Approved , 1999 4 13 4 14 4 15 4 16 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 17 Governor
Text: HF00292 Text: HF00294 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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