Food truck events.

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  • (1) Subject to Subsection (4), a political subdivision may not require a food truck business to pay any fee or obtain from the political subdivision any permit to operate a food truck at a food truck event that takes place on private property within the political subdivision, regardless of whether the event is open or closed to the public.
  • (2) If the food truck business has a business license from any political subdivision within the state, a political subdivision may not require a food truck business to pay any fee or obtain from the political subdivision an additional business license or permit to operate a food truck at a food truck event that:
    • (a) takes place on private property within the political subdivision; and
    • (b) is not open to the public.
  • (3) If a political subdivision requires an event permit for a food truck event, the organizer of the food truck event may obtain the event permit on behalf of the food trucks that service the event.
  • (4)
    • (a) Nothing in this section prohibits a county health department from requiring a permit for a temporary mass gathering.
    • (b)
      • (i) A food truck operating at a temporary mass gathering that occurs over multiple days may operate in a stationary manner for the duration of the temporary mass gathering, not to exceed five consecutive days, without moving or changing location if the food truck maintains sanitary conditions and operates in compliance with the permitting requirements and regulations imposed on other food vendors at the temporary mass gathering.
      • (ii) A county health department may not impose a requirement on a food truck described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) that the county health department does not impose on other food vendors operating at the temporary mass gathering.




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