Market fees.
Section 30
SEC. 30. Market fees. — Local governments may collect fees or rentals for the occupancy or use of public markets and premises in accordance with the provisions of this Section. (a) Subdivision of market building and rates of fees and rentals therefor. —The public market shall be subdivided into sections with each section housing one class or group of allied goods, commodities or merchandise. The local board or council shall fix for each section, reasonable rates of fees or rentals per square meter of space per month and/or day. In case there are several market buildings, or pavilions, each one of them shall be given a number or other designation for better identification. (b) Rentals for fixed stalls, booths and tiendas. — Rentals for fixed stalls, booths and tiendas shall be fixed by the month to be paid within the first twenty days of the month. The fixed stalls, booths and tiendas situated in the best locations shall be assigned higher rates per square meter than those less favorably located: Provided, That said higher rates per square meter shall be within the range of such rates determined by the local board or council as provided in Subsection (a) of this Section. (c) Market fees for the occupancy of market premises. — The market fees for the occupancy of market premises shall be fixed at such reasonable rate per day per square meter of space occupied therein, or a fraction thereof. (d) Market entrance fee. — In lieu of the regular market fees based on the space occupied, a market entrance fee may be imposed on all transient vendors of any commodity or merchandise being brought into the public market for sale on the basis of weight, bundle, sack, can, cartload, or any other convenient unit of measure. The amount of entrance fee to be imposed shall not exceed the amount of market fee collectible where the fee charged is on the basis of space occupied by the said commodity or merchandise, as provided for in the preceding Subsection. In case the vendor from whom an entrance fee was collected occupies any table, cubicle or other space with an area in excess of what he paid for, he shall be required to pay the correct amount of fee due thereon less what he may have already paid as entrance fees. Duly licensed suppliers or distributors of goods, commodities or general merchandise of permanent occupants of market stalls, booths, tiendas, or other space, as well as the same occupants when they bring in goods, commodities or merchandise to replenish or augment their stock, shall not be considered as transient vendors required to pay the market entrance fees herein authorized. (e) Payment of fees. — Unless otherwise provided herein, the market fee must be paid in advance before any person can sell, or offer to sell, any commodity or merchandise within the public market and its premises. (f) Adjudication of vacant market stalls to applicants. — The Secretary of Finance shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the adjudication of viand stalls in the public market to applicants. (g) Duties and powers of the provincial, city and municipal treasurer. — The treasurer shall exercise direct and immediate supervision, administration and control over public markets and the personnel thereof, including those whose duties concern the maintenance and upkeep of the market and market premises, in accordance with local ordinances and other pertinent rules and regulations. The provincial treasurer shall exercise general supervision over municipal public markets. (h) Issuance of cash tickets to transient vendors; prohibition on transfer thereof. — Cash tickets shall be issued to the vendor buying the same and his name shall be written on the hack thereof. The cash tickets shall pertain only to the person buying the same and shall be good only for the space or spaces of the market premises to which they are assigned while in the hands of the original purchaser. If a vendor disposes of his merchandise by wholesale to another vendor, the latter shall purchase new tickets if he desires lo sell tin: same merchandise even it this is done in the same place occupied by the previous vendor. (i) Prohibition. — The peddling or salt; outside the public market site or premises of foodstuffs which easily deteriorate, like fish and meat, is hereby prohibited. (j) Penalties. — Any person occupying nr using space in the public market without first paying the fees hereinabove provided, shall be subject to the payment of market fees in an amount equivalent to three times as much as the regular rate for the space so occupied. Any person occupying more space than what is duly leased to him shall pay double the regular rate for such extra space; and any person who fails to pay the monthly rent within the time fixed herein shall pay a penalty of twenty-five percent of the rent due. The lease contract of any person found habitually incurring the foregoing violations shall be cancelled.