Senate File 2133 - Enrolled
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1 1 SENATE FILE 2133
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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.
1 35 2. Adopt procedures for conducting seed and plant stock
2 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.
2 35 2. (2) The head of farm crops in the Iowa agricultural
3 1 experiment station chair of the agronomy department.
3 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 32
3 33 JOHN P. KIBBIE
3 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.
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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