License fees
98 Acts, ch 1162, §11, 30; 2002 Acts, ch 1149, §2, 3; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §128, 132; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §215; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §40; 2012 Acts, ch 1064, §2, 3
1. The regulatory authority shall collect the following annual license fees:
- a. For a mobile food unit or pushcart, twenty-seven dollars.
- b. For a temporary food establishment per fixed location, thirty-three dollars and fifty cents.
- c. For a vending machine, twenty dollars for the first machine and five dollars for each additional machine.
d. For a food establishment which prepares or serves food for individual portion service intended for consumption on-the-premises, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the food establishment, as follows:
- (1) Annual gross sales of under fifty thousand dollars, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
- (2) Annual gross sales of at least fifty thousand dollars but less than one hundred thousand dollars, one hundred fourteen dollars and fifty cents.
- (3) Annual gross sales of at least one hundred thousand dollars but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, two hundred thirty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.
- (4) Annual gross sales of two hundred fifty thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars, two hundred seventy-five dollars.
- (5) Annual gross sales of five hundred thousand dollars or more, three hundred three dollars and seventy-five cents.
e. For a food establishment which sells food or food products to consumer customers intended for preparation or consumption off-the-premises, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the food establishment, as follows:
- (1) Annual gross sales of under ten thousand dollars, forty dollars and fifty cents.
- (2) Annual gross sales of at least ten thousand dollars but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, one hundred one dollars and twenty-five cents.
- (3) Annual gross sales of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars, one hundred fifty-five dollars and twenty-five cents.
- (4) Annual gross sales of at least five hundred thousand dollars but less than seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, two hundred two dollars and fifty cents.
- (5) Annual gross sales of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, three hundred three dollars and seventy-five cents.
f. For a food processing plant, the annual license fee shall correspond to the annual gross food and beverage sales of the food processing plant, as follows:
- (1) Annual gross sales of under fifty thousand dollars, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
- (2) Annual gross sales of at least fifty thousand dollars but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, one hundred thirty-five dollars.
- (3) Annual gross sales of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand dollars, two hundred two dollars and fifty cents.
- (4) Annual gross sales of five hundred thousand dollars or more, three hundred thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
- g. For a farmers market where potentially hazardous food is sold or distributed, one annual license fee of one hundred dollars for each vendor on a countywide basis.
- h. For a food establishment covered by paragraphs “d” and “e”, the license fees assessed shall be an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent of the total fees applicable under both paragraphs.
- 2. If an establishment licensed under subsection 1, paragraph “d” or “e”, has had a person in charge for the entire previous twelve-month period who holds an active certified food protection manager certificate from a program approved by the conference on food protection and the establishment has not been issued a critical violation during the previous twelve-month period, the establishment’s license fee for the current renewal period shall be reduced by fifty dollars.
- 3. Fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. Fees collected by a municipal corporation shall be retained by the municipal corporation for regulation of food establishments and food processing plants licensed under this chapter.
- 4. Each vending machine licensed under this chapter shall bear a readily visible identification tag or decal provided by the licensee, containing the licensee’s business address and phone number, and a company license number assigned by the regulatory authority.
98 Acts, ch 1162, §11, 30; 2002 Acts, ch 1149, §2, 3; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §128, 132; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §215; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §40; 2012 Acts, ch 1064, §2, 3
Referred to in §137F.3A