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| 1. Application; fee. A person or entity applying for a license | | under this section must submit a completed application form and a | | $10 license fee to the commissioner no later than March 31st in the | | calendar year preceding the first year of the license.__The | | application for the license must contain the information prescribed | | by the commissioner and must be signed and sworn to by the | | applicant.__When the applicant is an agricultural society, an | | executive officer of the society must sign and swear to the | | information on the application. |
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| | | 2.__Issuance of license. If satisfied that an applicant will | | comply or, if an applicant has previously held a license, that | | the applicant has complied and will continue to comply with the | | requirements of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this | | chapter, the commissioner may issue a license to the applicant | | for an agricultural fair. A license is issued for 3 consecutive | | years and only for the dates assigned by the commissioner in | | accordance with section 84. |
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| | | 1. Assigned fair dates. The commissioner shall set the dates | | for which an agricultural fair license is effective in accordance | | with rules adopted pursuant to section 82, subsection 5. No later | | than May 15th of the calendar year preceding the first year of | | each 3-year license period,__the commissioner shall announce the | | assignment of fair dates and issuance of licenses. |
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| | | 2.__Requests for changes in dates. A licensee may petition | | the commissioner for a change in the fair dates assigned under | | this section.__The petition must be received a minimum of 90 days | | prior to the licensee's first assigned fair date for that year.__ | | Upon receipt of the petition, the commissioner shall reconsider | | the dates assigned, following the same procedure by which the | | dates were originally assigned, and shall make a determination | | within 30 calendar days. |
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| | | 3.__Cancellation or reduction in fair days.__A licensee shall | | notify the commissioner of a cancellation or any proposed | | decrease in the number of days of a fair. This notification must | | be made a minimum of 60 days prior to the first fair day assigned | | to the licensee for a given year. |
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| | | The Treasurer of State shall establish the Fair Fund and shall | | annually credit a sum of money equal to 5% of the total amount | | designated as state share in accordance with Title 8, section 286 | | to the Fair Fund.__The commissioner shall make |
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