184.1 Definitions.
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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 or credit union as defined in section 12C.1.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §196A.1]
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