Bill Text: IA HF2092 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the year-round operation of farmers markets, and including effective date provisions. Effective 4-5-12.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-05 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 764. [HF2092 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2092-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the year-round operation of farmers markets, and including effective date provisions. Effective 4-5-12.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-05 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 764. [HF2092 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2092-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
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FILE
2092
BY
KAUFMANN
,
T.
OLSON
,
HELLAND
,
HANSON
,
PETERSEN
,
and
FRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
year-round
operation
of
farmers
1
markets,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
137F.1,
subsection
5,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
“Farmers
market”
means
a
marketplace
which
seasonally
3
operates
principally
as
a
common
market
for
fresh
fruits
and
4
vegetables
on
a
retail
basis
for
off-the-premises
consumption.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
137F.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
g,
Code
6
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
g.
For
a
farmers
market
where
potentially
hazardous
food
8
is
sold
or
distributed,
one
seasonal
annual
license
fee
of
one
9
hundred
dollars
for
each
vendor
on
a
countywide
basis.
10
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
11
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
12
EXPLANATION
13
This
bill
eliminates
a
requirement
that
a
license
to
14
operate
a
farmers
market
is
seasonal.
A
farmers
market
15
is
a
marketplace
which
operates
principally
as
a
common
16
market
for
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
on
a
retail
basis
17
for
off-the-premises
consumption
(Code
section
137F.1(5)).
18
Farmers
markets
are
regulated
and
licensed
by
the
department
19
of
inspections
and
appeals
or
a
municipal
corporation
acting
20
under
agreement
with
the
department
(Code
sections
137F.3
and
21
137F.8).
A
farmers
market
is
considered
a
food
establishment
22
and
subject
to
a
license
fee
if
it
sells
potentially
hazardous
23
food
(Code
sections
137F.1(7)
and
137F.6(1)(g)).
24
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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