Bill Text: IA SSB1040 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the issuance of an annual statewide license for a farmers market, including a license fee, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 134.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-25 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 134. [SSB1040 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB1040-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1040
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
GREEN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
issuance
of
an
annual
statewide
1
license
for
a
farmers
market,
including
a
license
fee,
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
137F.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
h,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
h.
For
a
farmers
market
where
time/temperature
control
for
3
safety
food
is
sold
or
distributed,
one
annual
license
fee
4
of
one
hundred
fifty
dollars
for
each
vendor
on
a
countywide
5
statewide
basis.
6
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
7
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
provides
for
the
statewide
licensure
of
farmers
12
markets
under
the
regulatory
jurisdiction
of
the
department
13
of
inspections
and
appeals
(DIA)
or
a
political
subdivision
14
that
has
entered
into
a
contract
with
DIA
(together
termed
a
15
“regulatory
authority”)
under
Code
chapter
137F.
According
16
to
that
chapter
and
rules
adopted
by
DIA,
a
farmers
market
is
17
subject
to
regulation
as
a
food
establishment
if
its
vendor
18
sells
unpackaged
foods
that
must
be
temperature
controlled
such
19
as
meat,
poultry,
dairy
products,
cooked
or
prepared
foods,
20
or
soft
pies
requiring
refrigeration
(see
481
IAC
31.5).
A
21
regulated
farmers
market
must
operate
pursuant
to
an
annual
22
license.
A
license
fee
of
$150
is
imposed
for
the
issuance
of
23
the
license,
which
is
valid
on
a
countywide
basis
(Code
section
24
137F.6).
The
bill
provides
that
the
license
is
valid
on
a
25
statewide
basis.
26
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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