173.1 - STATE FAIR AUTHORITY.
173.1 STATE FAIR AUTHORITY.
The Iowa state fair authority is established as a public
instrumentality of the state. The authority is not an agency of
state government. However, the authority is considered a state
agency and its employees state employees for the purposes of chapters
17A, 20, 91B, 97B, 509A, and 669. The authority is established to
conduct an annual state fair and exposition on the Iowa state
fairgrounds and to conduct other interim events consistent with its
rules. The powers of the authority are vested in the Iowa state fair
board. The Iowa state fair board consists of the following:
1. The governor of the state, the secretary of agriculture, and
the president of the Iowa state university of science and technology
or their qualified representatives.
2. Two district directors from each state fair board district to
be elected at a convention as provided in section 173.4.
3. A president and vice president to be elected by the state fair
board from the elected directors.
4. A treasurer to be elected by the board who shall serve as a
nonvoting member.
5. A secretary to be elected by the board who shall serve as a
nonvoting member. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 1657-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2873; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 173.1; 81 Acts, ch 67, § 1] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 625, 626; 87 Acts, ch 233, § 225; 91 Acts, ch
248, §1, 2; 95 Acts, ch 13, § 2; 98 Acts, ch 1114, §1; 2001 Acts, ch
29, §1
Referred to in § 99D.13, 173.1A