SSB 1218 (LSB 2738SC (2) 88)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZUMBACH)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for license fees imposed upon vendors selling certain food at farmers markets.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

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