HF 661 (LSB 1122HZ (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 661

BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 278)
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 80)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the issuance of annual statewide licenses for certain establishments offering food for sale, including license fees, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 137F.6, subsection 1, paragraphs c and h, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   c.  For a temporary food establishment for multiple nonconcurrent events during a calendar year, one annual license fee of two hundred dollars for each establishment on a countywide statewide basis.
   h.  For a farmers market where time/temperature control for safety food is sold or distributed, one annual license fee of one hundred fifty dollars for each vendor on a countywide statewide basis.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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 for the licensure of certain food establishments under the regulatory jurisdiction of the department of inspections and appeals (DIA) or a political subdivision that has entered into a contract with DIA (together termed a “regulatory authority”) under Code chapter 137F. Specifically, the bill amends provisions for a temporary food establishment that operates for not more than 14 consecutive days in conjunction with a single event and at multiple nonconcurrent events during a calendar year (Code sections 137F.1 and 137F.6). The license fee is $200. A farmers market is subject to regulation as a food establishment if its vendor sells unpackaged foods that must be temperature controlled such as meat, poultry, dairy products, cooked or prepared foods, or soft pies requiring refrigeration (see 481 IAC 31.5). The license fee is $150. In each case, the license is valid on a countywide basis. The bill amends Code section 137F.6(1) by providing that the license is valid on a statewide basis.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.