BILL NUMBER: SB 1413	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 38086 to the Education Code, relating to
schools.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1413, as introduced, Leno. Schools: food service areas: water.
   (1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school
district to establish cafeterias in the schools under its
jurisdiction whenever in its judgment it is advisable to do so and to
make the cost of water, electricity, gas, coal, wood, fuel oil, and
garbage disposal a charge against the funds of the school district.
   Existing law permits the sale of only certain beverages to pupils
at schools. The beverages that may be sold include fruit-based and
vegetable-based drinks, drinking water, milk, and an electrolyte
replacement beverage if those beverages meet certain nutritional
requirements.
   This bill would require a school district to provide access to
free, fresh drinking water in school food service areas by January 1,
2012.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 38086 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   38086.  By January 1, 2012, a school district shall provide access
to free, fresh drinking water in the food service areas of the
schools under its jurisdiction.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.