173.2 Convention.
A convention shall be held at a time and place in Iowa to be designated by the Iowa state fair board each year, to elect members of the state fair board and conduct other business of the board. The board shall give sixty days’ notice of the location of the convention to all agricultural associations and persons eligible to attend. The convention shall be composed of:
1. The members of the state fair board as then organized.
2. The president or secretary of each county or district agricultural society entitled to receive aid from the state, or a regularly elected delegate therefrom accredited in writing, who shall be a resident of the county.
3. One delegate, a resident of the county, to be appointed by the board of supervisors in each county where there is no such society, or when such society fails to report to the association of Iowa fairs in the manner provided by law as a basis for state aid. The association shall promptly report such failure to the county auditor.
[R60, §1701, 1704; C73, §1103, 1112; C97, §1653, 1661; S13, §1657-d; SS15, §1661-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2874; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §173.2; 81 Acts, ch 67, §2 – 4]
87 Acts, ch 115, §29; 96 Acts, ch 1028, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1114, §2; 99 Acts, ch 204, §28
Referred to in §173.1A, 173.3, 174.2, 174.12, 331.321
Structure Iowa Code
Section 173.1 - State fair authority.
Section 173.3 - Certification of state aid associations.
Section 173.4 - Voting power — election of district directors.
Section 173.4A - State fair board districts.
Section 173.5 - Duties of the convention.
Section 173.6 - Terms of office.
Section 173.8 - Compensation and expenses.
Section 173.10 - Salary of secretary.
Section 173.12 - Salary of treasurer.
Section 173.13 - Executive committee — meetings.
Section 173.14 - Functions of the board.
Section 173.14A - General corporate powers of the authority.
Section 173.14B - Bonds and notes.
Section 173.15 - Management of state fair.
Section 173.16 - Maintenance of state fair.
Section 173.19 - Examination of financial affairs.
Section 173.21 - Annual report to governor.
Section 173.22 - Iowa state fair foundation — foundation fund.
Section 173.22A - Iowa state fairgrounds trust fund.
Section 173.23 - Lien on property.
Section 173.24 - Exemption of state fair by the state’s purchasing procedures.