185.35 - POLITICAL ACTIVITY -- INFLUENCING LEGISLATION PROHIBITED.

        185.35  POLITICAL ACTIVITY -- INFLUENCING LEGISLATION
      PROHIBITED.
         1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, all of the following shall
      apply:
         a.  The board shall not expend any moneys on political
      activity or on any attempt to influence legislation.
         b.  It shall be a condition of any allocation of moneys that
      an organization receives from the board, that the organization shall
      not expend the moneys on a political activity or on an attempt to
      influence legislation.
         2.  Subsection 1 does not apply to a communication or action taken
      by the board if any of the following applies:
         a.  The board may communicate or take action directed to an
      appropriate government official or government relating to the
      marketing of soybeans or soybean products to a foreign country.
         b.  The communication or action relates to the prevention,
      modification, or elimination of trade barriers.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 82, §26