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Senate committee tables overhaul of food-establishment license fees after debate over mobile vendors
Summary
Lawmakers discussed a proposal to raise and reclassify food-service, pool and campground license fees to restore fee revenue eroded by inflation; supporters said it right-sizes funding for local health inspections, while opponents and some small mobile vendors argued the changes were unfair — the committee ultimately tabled HB 853.
Representative George Nicola Cakos introduced House Bill 853 as a negotiated proposal to adjust licensing fees for food establishments, pools and mobile vendors after roughly 15 years without an update. "8 53 adjusts license fees for food establishments, public accommodations, trailer courts and campgrounds, and pools and spas," the sponsor said, and estimated the changes would bring about $1.3 million in revenue with most flowing back to local health…
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