Senate File 289 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HATCH


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for an increase in hotel, home food
  2    establishment, and food establishment inspection fees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 137C.9, Code 2005, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    137C.9  LICENSE FEES.
  1  4    Either the department or the municipal corporation shall
  1  5 collect the following annual license fees:
  1  6    1.  For a hotel containing fifteen guest rooms or less,
  1  7 twenty thirty dollars.
  1  8    2.  For a hotel containing more than fifteen but less than
  1  9 thirty=one guest rooms, thirty forty-five dollars.
  1 10    3.  For a hotel containing more than thirty but less than
  1 11 seventy=six guest rooms, forty sixty dollars.
  1 12    4.  For a hotel containing more than seventy=five but less
  1 13 than one hundred fifty guest rooms, fifty seventy=five
  1 14 dollars.
  1 15    5.  For a hotel containing one hundred fifty or more guest
  1 16 rooms, seventy=five one hundred dollars.
  1 17    Fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the
  1 18 general fund of the state.  Fees collected by a municipal
  1 19 corporation shall be retained by it and for its use.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 137D.2, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 21 amended to read as follows:
  1 22    1.  A person shall not open or operate a home food
  1 23 establishment until a license has been obtained from the
  1 24 department of inspections and appeals.  The department shall
  1 25 collect a fee of twenty=five thirty=seven dollars for a
  1 26 license.  After collection, the fees shall be deposited in the
  1 27 general fund of the state.  A license shall expire one year
  1 28 from date of issue.  A license is renewable.
  1 29    Sec. 3.  Section 137F.6, Code 2005, is amended to read as
  1 30 follows:
  1 31    137F.6  LICENSE FEES.
  1 32    The regulatory authority shall collect the following annual
  1 33 license fees:
  1 34    1.  For a mobile food unit or pushcart, twenty thirty
  1 35 dollars.
  2  1    2.  For a temporary food establishment per fixed location,
  2  2 twenty=five thirty=seven dollars.
  2  3    3.  For a vending machine, twenty thirty dollars for the
  2  4 first machine and five seven dollars and fifty cents for each
  2  5 additional machine.
  2  6    4.  For a food establishment which prepares or serves food
  2  7 for individual portion service intended for consumption on=
  2  8 the=premises, the annual license fee shall correspond to the
  2  9 annual gross food and beverage sales of the food
  2 10 establishment, as follows:
  2 11    a.  Annual gross sales of under fifty thousand dollars,
  2 12 fifty seventy=five dollars.
  2 13    b.  Annual gross sales of at least fifty thousand dollars
  2 14 but less than one hundred thousand dollars, eighty=five one
  2 15 hundred twenty=five dollars.
  2 16    c.  Annual gross sales of at least one hundred thousand
  2 17 dollars but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, one
  2 18 hundred seventy=five two hundred fifty dollars.
  2 19    d.  Annual gross sales of two hundred fifty thousand
  2 20 dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars, two three
  2 21 hundred dollars.
  2 22    e.  Annual gross sales of five hundred thousand dollars or
  2 23 more, two hundred twenty=five three hundred fifty dollars.
  2 24    5.  For a food establishment which sells food or food
  2 25 products to consumer customers intended for preparation or
  2 26 consumption off=the=premises, the annual license fee shall
  2 27 correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the
  2 28 food establishment, as follows:
  2 29    a.  Annual gross sales of under ten thousand dollars,
  2 30 thirty forty=five dollars.
  2 31    b.  Annual gross sales of at least ten thousand dollars but
  2 32 less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, seventy=five one
  2 33 hundred twenty=five dollars.
  2 34    c.  Annual gross sales of at least two hundred fifty
  2 35 thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars,
  3  1 one hundred fifteen seventy dollars.
  3  2    d.  Annual gross sales of at least five hundred thousand
  3  3 dollars but less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars,
  3  4 one hundred fifty two hundred twenty=five dollars.
  3  5    e.  Annual gross sales of seven hundred fifty thousand
  3  6 dollars or more, two hundred twenty=five three hundred fifty
  3  7 dollars.
  3  8    6.  For a food processing plant, the annual license fee
  3  9 shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales
  3 10 of the food processing plant, as follows:
  3 11    a.  Annual gross sales of under fifty thousand dollars,
  3 12 fifty seventy=five dollars.
  3 13    b.  Annual gross sales of at least fifty thousand dollars
  3 14 but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, one hundred
  3 15 fifty dollars.
  3 16    c.  Annual gross sales of at least two hundred fifty
  3 17 thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars,
  3 18 one hundred fifty two hundred twenty=five dollars.
  3 19    d.  Annual gross sales of five hundred thousand dollars or
  3 20 more, two hundred fifty three hundred seventy=five dollars.
  3 21    7.  For a farmers market where potentially hazardous food
  3 22 is sold or distributed, one seasonal license fee of one
  3 23 hundred fifty dollars for each vendor on a countywide basis.
  3 24    A food establishment covered by subsections 4 and 5 shall
  3 25 be assessed license fees not to exceed seventy=five percent of
  3 26 the total fees applicable under both subsections.
  3 27    Fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the
  3 28 general fund of the state.  Fees collected by a municipal
  3 29 corporation shall be retained by the municipal corporation for
  3 30 regulation of food establishments and food processing plants
  3 31 licensed under this chapter.
  3 32    Each vending machine licensed under this chapter shall bear
  3 33 a readily visible identification tag or decal provided by the
  3 34 licensee, containing the licensee's business address and phone
  3 35 number, and a company license number assigned by the
  4  1 regulatory authority.
  4  2                           EXPLANATION
  4  3    This bill provides for an increase in the fees charged
  4  4 either by the department of inspections and appeals or a
  4  5 municipal corporation under contract with the department for
  4  6 the licensing or inspection of hotels, home food
  4  7 establishments, and food establishments and food processing
  4  8 plants pursuant to Code sections 137C.9, 137D.2, and 137F.6,
  4  9 respectively.
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