185C.11 - PURPOSES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD.

        185C.11  PURPOSES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD.
         1.  The purposes of the board shall be to:
         a.  Provide for market development.
         b.  Provide for research and education programs directed
      toward better and more efficient production, marketing, and
      utilization of corn and corn products.
         c.  Provide methods and means, including, but not limited to,
      public relations and other promotion techniques for the maintenance
      of present markets.
         d.  Assist in development of new or larger markets, both
      domestic and foreign, for corn and corn products.
         e.  Work for prevention, modification, or elimination of trade
      barriers which obstruct the free flow of corn and corn products to
      market.
         f.  Promote the production and marketing of ethanol.
         g.  Administer the financial assistance program as provided in
      section 185C.11A.
         h.  Support education and training programs, or demonstration
      projects, which improve the production and marketing of corn or corn
      products or which improve environmental stewardship practices when
      producing corn.
         i.  Grant academic scholarships to full-time graduate and
      postgraduate students engaged in the study of areas or subjects
      relating to improving or increasing the production, marketing, or
      utilization of corn or corn products.
         2.  The board may carry out these purposes directly or contract
      with recognized and qualified persons.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C77, 79, 81, § 185C.11] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 254, §13; 2004 Acts, ch 1024, §4
         Referred to in § 185C.26, 185C.29