Amended in Assembly April 20, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 19, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 724

Introduced by Assembly Member Dodd

February 25, 2015

An act to amend Section 113755 begin delete of, and to add Section 114364 to, end delete begin insert of end insert the Health and Safety Code, relating to food safety.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 724, as amended, Dodd. Temporary food facilities: community event.

Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities, including temporary food facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law provides that local health agencies are primarily responsible for enforcing this code. A violation of any provision of the code is generally punishable as a misdemeanor. Existing law requires temporary food facilities that operate at a community event to meet specified requirements, and defines “community event” for these begin delete purposes. end delete begin insert purposes to mean an event that is of a civil, political, public, or educational nature, including state and county fairs. end insert

This bill would begin delete require a temporary food facility to be granted a permit to operate at a community event if the enforcement agency makes a determination that the temporary food facility meets specified requirements, and would require the permit to be issued for the entire duration of the community event. The bill would end delete revise the definition of community event to begin insert explicitly end insert include a district fair. begin delete By requiring a local enforcement agency to issue a permit to a temporary food facility to operate at a community event under specified circumstances, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. end delete

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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.

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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.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert . State-mandated local program:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert .

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 113755 of the Health and Safety Code
is amended to read:

113755.  

“Community event” means an event that is of begin insert a end insert civic,
political, public, or educational nature, including state, district,
and county fairs, city festivals, circuses, and other public gathering
events approved by the local enforcement agency.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 114364 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately following Section 114363, to read:

114364.  

(a) A temporary food facility shall, upon application,
be granted a permit to operate at a community event if the
enforcement agency makes a determination that the temporary
food facility meets the requirements specified in subdivisions (b)
and (c) of Section 114335.

(b) A permit issued to a temporary food facility to operate at a
community event under subdivision (a) shall be issued for the
entire duration of the community event and shall expire at the end
of that duration.

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SEC. 3.  

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.

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