Licenses for new dairy plants, food warehouses, food processing plants, retail food establishments, and meat establishments. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issues annual licenses for dairy plants, food warehouses, food processing plants, retail food establishments, and meat establishments (places where animals are slaughtered for human consumption or where meat is processed). An applicant for a license must pay an annual license fee. There is a uniform expiration date for each kind of facility, for example, all dairy plant licenses expire on April 30. When a license is issued for a new facility during a license year, the license is valid only until the uniform expiration date, that is, for less than one year.

Under this bill, if a license for a new dairy plant, food warehouse, food processing plant, retail food establishment, or meat establishment is issued within three months of the uniform expiration date for the kind of facility, the license is valid until the uniform expiration date in the next calendar year, that is, for up to 15 months.

Who's behind it

Lee Nerison, a Republican, is its author⁠.

2 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DATCP

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories