266.45 - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES -- BASIC RESEARCH PROJECTS.

        266.45  EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES -- BASIC
      RESEARCH PROJECTS.
         1. a.  Iowa state university of science and technology shall
      conduct basic research projects to investigate emerging technologies
      or strategies that may accomplish the purposes provided in section
      266.42.
         b.  The university shall evaluate technologies or strategies
      that demonstrate promise for future development but which may require
      a long-term research commitment.
         2.  Nothing in this section restricts the university from
      conducting its evaluation at livestock operations, including as
      provided in section 266.43.  A livestock producer who is classified
      as a habitual violator pursuant to section 459.604 or a chronic
      violator pursuant to section 657.11 shall not participate in a basic
      research project under this section unless the livestock producer
      contributes one hundred percent of the total costs of conducting the
      project.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2008 Acts, ch 1174, §6, 13
         Referred to in § 266.48 
         Footnotes
         Implementation of §266.40--266.49 is contingent upon receipt of
      sufficient funds by Iowa state university; 2008 Acts, ch 1174, §13