137F.6 - LICENSE FEES.

        137F.6  LICENSE FEES.
         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 seasonal 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.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         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
         Referred to in § 137F.3A