California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2782

Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Wood)

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Section 104655 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to nutrition.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2782, as introduced, Bloom. Healthy food.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish and implement the 5 A Day--For Better Health program to promote public awareness of the need to eat more fruits and vegetables in order to improve health and prevent major chronic diseases. Existing law provides that nothing shall operate to prohibit contributions to the program by certain marketing organizations and commissions subject to specified provisions.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 104655 of the Health and Safety Code
is amended to read:

104655.  

Notwithstanding any other begin delete provision of end delete law, nothing
shall operate to prohibit contributions to the program created
pursuant to this article by organizations and commissions subject
to Division 22 (commencing with Section begin delete 64001) end delete begin insert 63901) end insert of the
Food and Agricultural Code.