LD 1985
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LR 3053
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2. Chair; meetings; secretary.__The Pull Events Commission
shall elect one of its members as chair.__The chair serves a 2-
year term and may not serve as chair for consecutive terms.__The
commission shall meet a minimum of twice annually.__The
agricultural fair coordinator from the department shall serve as
secretary to the Pull Events Commission.

 
3. Terms; vacancies.__Appointments to the Pull Events
Commission must be for terms of 2 years.__The appointing
authority fills a vacancy for a full 2-year term.__The appointing
authority may remove a commission member for cause, which
includes poor attendance.__The chair shall make recommendations
to the appointing authority concerning a removal.

 
4. Rulemaking. The Pull Events Commission shall adopt rules
establishing the qualifications and procedure for the
certification of pull superintendents and assistant pull
superintendents and guidelines for dealing with violations of
section 95 and the rules adopted under this subsection.__Rules
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules
as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
5. Other duties.__The Pull Events Commission shall:

 
A.__Periodically review the statutory rules for pulls as
contained in section 97, subsection 4 and recommend to the
Legislature changes as necessary;

 
B.__Give advice and recommendations to the commissioner on
request or as the commission considers necessary; and

 
C.__Coordinate, develop and conduct pull superintendent
training seminars.

 
§99.__Pull superintendent

 
1. Appointment.__Each person or entity conducting a pulling
event shall appoint a pull superintendent who is certified by the
commissioner as qualified in accordance with rules adopted under
section 98.__The name of the pull superintendent must be
submitted in conjunction with the application for a permit to
conduct each event.__Only a person listed on the application as a
pull superintendent or assistant pull superintendent may
officiate.

 
2. Restrictions on officiating. A pull superintendent may not
officiate as pull superintendent for a class in a pulling event
in which that pull superintendent is participating as a
competitor.__An assistant pull superintendent may not officiate
as pull superintendent for a class in a pulling event in which


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