53-8-214 - Permit fees for retail food stores. - Tennessee Statutes

53-8-214. Permit fees for retail food stores.

(a)  The permit fee to operate a retail food store in this state shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

     (1)  Retail food stores that contain within the premises a food service establishment that prepares potentially hazardous food shall pay a permit fee in accordance with the following schedule:

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     (2)  Retail food stores that contain within the premises a food service establishment that offers self-service foods and does not prepare potentially hazardous foods shall pay a permit fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00); and

     (3)  In addition to the fees in subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2), all retail food stores shall pay an annual permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).

(b)  If the permit fee is delinquent for more than thirty (30) calendar days, a penalty of one half (½) the permit fee shall be added to the fee. If a check is returned for any reason, a penalty of one half (½) the permit fee shall be added to the fee.

(c)  The permit fee, plus any penalty, shall be paid to the commissioner before a permit is issued, and the permit shall be kept and displayed in a conspicuous manner, properly framed, in the food service establishment for which it is issued.

[Acts 1986, ch. 633, § 15; 2001, ch. 311, §§ 1-4.]