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IA HSB132
SB
Status
2/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Agriculture
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AI Summary
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Renames the Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board to the Iowa Sheep Promotion Board and eliminates the per-pound assessment on wool sales, retaining only the per-head sheep assessment
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Increases the base assessment rate on sheep from 10 cents to 20 cents per head sold by a producer to a first purchaser, with the new rate taking effect September 1, 2025, unless the board adopts an earlier date by resolution
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Authorizes the board to establish electronic funds transfer systems for first purchasers to remit assessment collections, whether sales occur at concentration points, outside concentration points, or outside the state
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Redefines "producer" to exclude wool production, limiting it to persons actively engaged in producing or marketing and selling sheep who receive income from sheep production
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Provides transition provisions allowing current board members to continue serving until their terms expire, and specifies that the new assessment rate is implemented without a referendum
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of the Iowa sheep and wool promotion board, by changing its name to the Iowa sheep promotion board, eliminating the assessment on wool, changing the assessment rate on sheep, and providing for the collection and expenditure of moneys imposed by the assessment.(See HF 800.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 800.
3/5/2025