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