184.1 - DEFINITIONS.
184.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
1. "Assessment" means an excise tax on the sale of eggs as
provided in this chapter.
2. "Council" means the Iowa egg council.
3. "Egg product" means a product produced in whole or in part
from eggs or spent fowl.
4. "Eggs" means eggs produced from a layer-type chicken.
"Eggs" includes shell eggs or eggs broken for further processing.
However, "eggs" does not include any of the following:
a. Fertile eggs that are incubated, hatched, or used for
vaccines.
b. Organic eggs which are produced as part of a production
operation which is certified by the department pursuant to chapter
190C.
5. "Eligible voter" means a producer who is qualified to vote
in a referendum conducted under this chapter according to the
requirements of section 184.2 or 184.3.
6. "Market development" means programs which are directed
toward any of the following:
a. Better and more efficient production, marketing, and
utilization of eggs or egg products.
b. The maintenance of present markets and the development of
new or larger markets for the sale of eggs or egg products.
c. Prevention, modification, or elimination of trade barriers
which obstruct the free flow of eggs or egg products in commerce.
7. "Processor" means the first purchaser of eggs from a
producer, or a person who both produces and processes eggs.
8. "Producer" means any person who owns, or contracts for the
care of, thirty thousand or more layer-type chickens raised in this
state.
9. "Purchaser" means a person who resells eggs purchased from
a producer or offers for sale a product produced from the eggs for
any purpose.
10. "Qualified financial institution" means a bank, credit
union, or savings and loan as defined in section 12C.1. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 196A.1] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 641; 94 Acts, ch 1146, §39; 95 Acts, ch 7, §
4; 98 Acts, ch 1032, § 11; 98 Acts, ch 1038, §1, 2, 13
C99, §184.1
2005 Acts, ch 43, §1