For this chapter, the following definitions apply:
"Bureau " means the grain warehouse bureau of
the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
agriculture and land stewardship.
"Generally accepted accounting principles"
means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
in accordance with the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board, or
international financial reporting standards, in accordance with the
International Accounting Standards Board.
"Indemnity fund" means the Iowa grain
depositors and sellers indemnity fund created in Iowa Code chapter 203D.
"Licensee " means a licensed grain
dealer
"Person " means the same as defined in Iowa
Code section
4.1.
"Provider " means a person approved by the
department to maintain a secure electronic central filing system of electronic
grain contract records.
"Provider agreement" means an agreement
regarding electronic grain contracts which is entered into between the
department and a provider
"Received" means the earliest of the
following:
1. The date a state
warehouse examiner acknowledges receipt.
2. The date stamped "received" in the grain
warehouse bureau.
3. The date
postmarked, if the item is properly addressed, to the Grain Warehouse Bureau,
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Henry A. Wallace Building,
Des Moines, Iowa 50319.
"USDA " means the United States Department of
Agriculture and its divisions and agencies, including, but not limited to, the
Farm Service Agency.
"USDA Provider Agreement" means the agreement
entered into between the USDA and a provider and which is printed on USDA Form
WA-490 and any addenda thereto.
"User agreement" means an agreement regarding
electronic grain contracts which is entered into between a provider and a
licensee.
