House File 2092 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2092 BY KAUFMANN , T. OLSON , HELLAND , HANSON , PETERSEN , and FRY A BILL FOR An Act providing for the year-round operation of farmers 1 markets, and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5034YH (5) 84 da/nh

H.F. 2092 Section 1. Section 137F.1, subsection 5, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. “Farmers market” means a marketplace which seasonally 3 operates principally as a common market for fresh fruits and 4 vegetables on a retail basis for off-the-premises consumption. 5 Sec. 2. Section 137F.6, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code 6 2011, is amended to read as follows: 7 g. For a farmers market where potentially hazardous food 8 is sold or distributed, one seasonal annual license fee of one 9 hundred dollars for each vendor on a countywide basis. 10 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 11 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill eliminates a requirement that a license to 14 operate a farmers market is seasonal. A farmers market 15 is a marketplace which operates principally as a common 16 market for fresh fruits and vegetables on a retail basis 17 for off-the-premises consumption (Code section 137F.1(5)). 18 Farmers markets are regulated and licensed by the department 19 of inspections and appeals or a municipal corporation acting 20 under agreement with the department (Code sections 137F.3 and 21 137F.8). A farmers market is considered a food establishment 22 and subject to a license fee if it sells potentially hazardous 23 food (Code sections 137F.1(7) and 137F.6(1)(g)). 24 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 25 -1- LSB 5034YH (5) 84 da/nh 1/ 1