2. Administration of Stipend Fund and Fair Fund.__In administering the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the Stipend Fund and the Fair Fund, the commissioner shall:

A.__Issue blanks for a licensee or the appropriate officer of a licensee to submit information necessary for the commissioner to obtain full knowledge of the licensee's work for each year;

B.__Certify to the Governor the amount of stipend due a licensee; and

C.__Make distributions from the Stipend Fund and the Fair Fund in accordance with this chapter.

3.__Authority to summons.__The commissioner may summon and examine on oath an officer or director of any entity holding a fair license or any person whose testimony the commissioner considers necessary in the proper discharge of the commissioner's duties under this chapter.__The commissioner may require witnesses to offer for examination books or records in their custody or control that the commissioner considers necessary for the performance of the commissioner's duties.

4. Authorization for payment.__The commissioner may authorize payment of a stipend only to a fair licensee that has adhered to the requirements of this chapter.__A fair licensee is not entitled to a stipend unless the licensee completes and returns blanks issued in accordance with subsection 2. Neglect or failure on the part of a licensee to adhere to the requirements of this chapter is sufficient cause for withholding that licensee's stipend.

5.__Rulemaking.__The commissioner shall adopt rules to establish procedures for licensing and awarding dates for agricultural fairs and performance standards for evaluating agricultural fairs.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

§83.__Licensing of agricultural fairs

A person or entity is not eligible to receive a stipend unless that person or entity has been issued a license by the department to hold an agricultural fair.