Senate File 289 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY HATCH
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
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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