2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:31.37 - Retail food establishment fees
§31.37. Retail food establishment fees
A.(1) The department shall charge a fee for each required permit issued to a food establishment, as defined in the state Sanitary Code, including the following types of establishments defined therein: itinerant food establishment, itinerant retail food store/market, market, mobile food establishment, mobile retail food store/market, retail food manufacturer, retail food store/market, temporary food establishment, and temporary retail food store/market.
(2) For each nonmobile location of a food establishment, the department shall require a permit for each mode of operation therein that, if standing alone, would meet the state Sanitary Code definition of a food establishment.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, fees shall be charged annually for each permit issued to an establishment in accordance with the following schedule:
First permit
$150.00
Second through fifth permits
$112.50 each
Each permit after the fifth
$75.00 each
B. The department shall charge each day care center an annual food establishment permit fee based upon the number of children for which the center is licensed, in accordance with the following schedule:
Licensed for:
0 - 15 individuals
$37.50
16 - 50 individuals
$75.00
51 - 100 individuals
$112.50
101 or more individuals
$150.00
C. For nonitinerant retail food stores/markets whose food sales are equal to or greater than sixty percent of the total gross sales, the department shall charge a single annual fee per store, regardless of the number of permits issued to that store, based on the annual gross receipts of the store, in accordance with the following schedule:
Annual Gross Revenue
Annual Fee
Less than $100,000
$75.00
$100,000 - $500,000
$112.50
$500,001 - $1,000,000
$187.50
$1,000,001 - $2,500,000
$375.00
$2,500,001 - $5,000,000
$600.00
More than $5,000,000
$750.00
D. For nonitinerant retail food stores/markets whose food sales are less than sixty percent of the total gross sales, the department shall charge a fee for each required permit issued to a store, based on the annual gross receipts of the store, in accordance with the following schedule:
Annual Gross Revenue
Annual Fee
Less than $100,000
$75.00
$100,000 - $500,000:
First through fourth permits
$112.50 each
Each permit after the fourth
$75.00 each
$500,001 - $1,000,000:
First permit
$187.50
Second through fourth permits
$112.50 each
Each permit after the fourth
$75.00 each
$1,000,001 - $2,500,000:
First permit
$375.00
Second through fourth permits
$112.50 each
Each permit after the fourth
$75.00 each
$2,500,001 - $5,000,000:
First permit
$600.00
Second through fourth permits
$112.50 each
Each permit after the fourth
$75.00 each
More than $5,000,000:
First permit
$750.00
Second through fourth permits
$112.50 each
Each permit after the fourth
$75.00 each
E.(1) Upon written request by the department, a retail food store/market shall within thirty days furnish proof of gross receipts for the most recent twelve-month period for which proof is available. In the case of establishments doing business less than one year, proof for less than a twelve-month period shall be submitted and the department shall calculate a projected annual gross receipts figure.
(2) New retail food stores/markets shall be issued temporary permits upon payment of an initial fee in the amount of one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents and shall thereafter be required to furnish within seventy-five days of opening proof of gross receipts for the first three months of operation, from which the department shall calculate projected gross annual receipts and assess the appropriate fees in accordance with Subsections C and D of this Section, giving credit for the one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents initial fee amount paid.
(3) Failure to provide the department with gross receipts data as required in this Subsection shall result in an assessment of the maximum applicable fees provided by Subsection D of this Section.
F. For temporary or special events, including fairs and festivals, requiring a food establishment permit, the department shall charge a twenty-five dollar fee for the entire event.
G. For food establishments that are seasonal, as defined in the state Sanitary Code, the department shall not charge an annual fee but shall instead charge a fifteen dollar fee for each month of operation.
H. State and local government-owned and operated facilities, churches, and nonprofit organizations, as defined by the United States Internal Revenue Service, are exempt from any fees authorized by this Section.
I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, the department shall not collect retail food establishment fees in an amount that results in the office of public health's retail food section having a surplus of more than three million dollars at the end of any fiscal year.
Acts 2013, No. 281, §1.
