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Establishing license fees for food processing plants
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeApril 1, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseApril 8, 202489–0
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
BACKGROUND. Code chapter 137F regulates businesses engaged in commercial food preparation and sale. The regulations are administered and enforced by the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing.1). In 2023, the general assembly enacted legislation that revised the method used to calculate annual license fees imposed on plants (2023 Iowa Acts, chapter 82). The fee amount is based on a series of increasing steps calculated using the plant’s gross annual sales during the prior year.6). BILL’S PROVISIONS.
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This bill revises the license fee schedule for plants. It distinguishes between two categories of plants: the first is a general category and the second is a category of plant where meat is processed on the premises of a farm or private residence. Under the general category, the fee amount is based on a series of three increasing steps calculated again using the plant’s gross annual sales. For a plant with annual gross sales of less than $200,000, the fee amount is $150; for a plant with annual gross sales of at least $200,000 but less than $2 million, the fee amount is $300; and for a plant with annual gross sales of $2 million or more, the fee amount is $500. Under the second category, the fee amount is a flat $75.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 12, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§137F.6
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- HF 1006 Providing for the licensing of food processing plants, including certain operations locate…91st General Assembly · Passed HouseNearly identical
- SF 9 Establishing license fees for food processing plants91st General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageNearly identical
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