Senate Study Bill 1218 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZUMBACH) A BILL FOR An Act providing for license fees imposed upon vendors selling 1 certain food at farmers markets. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2738SC (2) 88 da/rn

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 137F.6, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code 1 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2 h. For a farmers market where time/temperature control for 3 safety food is sold or distributed, one annual license fee of 4 one shall not exceed the following: 5 (1) One hundred fifty dollars for each vendor , if the 6 license is issued on a countywide basis. 7 (2) Three hundred dollars for each vendor, if the license 8 is issued on a statewide basis. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill provides that a vendor selling time/temperature 13 control food at a farmers market may elect to pay a $300 14 fee for a statewide annual license in lieu of a $150 fee 15 for a countywide license. The fees are collected by the 16 department of inspections and appeals and are retained by and 17 are appropriated to the department for salaries, support, 18 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes associated with 19 conducting inspections (Code section 137F.3A and 2018 Iowa 20 Acts, chapter 1164, section 11). A farmers market is a place 21 which operates seasonally, principally as a common market for 22 Iowa-produced farm products, on a retail basis for consumption 23 elsewhere (Code section 137F.1). 24 -1- LSB 2738SC (2) 88 da/rn 1/ 1