HF 2092 (LSB 5034YH (7) 84)

HOUSE FILE 2092

BY  KAUFMANN, T. OLSON, HELLAND, HANSON, PETERSEN, and FRY

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2012-03-08)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the year-round operation of farmers markets, and including effective date provisions. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 137F.1, subsection 5, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  “Farmers market” means a marketplace which seasonally operates principally as a common market for fresh fruits and vegetables
 
Iowa-produced farm products on a retail basis for off-the-premises consumption.
    Sec. 2.  Section 137F.6, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  For a farmers market where potentially hazardous food is sold or distributed, one seasonal
 
annual license fee of one hundred dollars for each vendor on a countywide basis.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.