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159A.1 FINDINGS.
The general assembly finds and declares the following:
1. The production and processing of agricultural commodities and
products represents the foundation of this state's economy, and the
economic viability of this nation is contingent upon the production
of wealth generated primarily from materials, including food and
fiber, produced on this nation's family farms.
2. It is necessary to support industries using agricultural
commodities to increase the demand for and production and consumption
of sources of energy in order to reduce the state's dependency upon
petroleum products; to reduce atmospheric contamination of this
state's environment from the combustion of fossil fuels; and to
produce coproducts, such as corn gluten feed, distillers grain, and
solubles, which can be used to increase livestock production in this
state.
3. This state adopts a policy of enhancing agricultural
production by encouraging the development and use of fuels and
coproducts derived from agricultural commodities, as provided in this
chapter, including rules adopted by the office of renewable fuels and
coproducts and the renewable fuels and coproducts advisory committee.
Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 254, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §11
