181.7A  Commencement of federal assessment — suspension and recommencement of state assessment.
  1.  Prior to the commencement of the collection of the federal assessment, the council may seek certification as a qualified state beef council within the meaning of the federal Act.
  2.  The council shall suspend the state assessment upon collection of the federal assessment. The state assessment shall recommence upon the earlier of the following:
  a.  The noncollection of the federal assessment. The recommenced state assessment shall be imposed for a four-year period. Its effective date shall be the first date for which the federal assessment is not collected.
  b.  The passage of a special referendum pursuant to section 181.19 regardless of whether a federal assessment is being collected.
86 Acts, ch 1100, §7; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §8, 19
Rate of recommenced state assessment shall be fifty cents per head on all cattle sold, unless another rate is established by referendum; 2004 Acts, ch 1037, §17, 19