BILL NUMBER: AB 724 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 20, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 19, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dodd
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
An act to amend Section 113755 of, and to add Section
114364 to, of 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 purposes.
purposes to mean an event that is of a civil, political, public, or
educational nature, including state and county fairs.
This bill would 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
revise the definition of community event to explicitly
include a district fair. 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.
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
no . State-mandated local program: yes
no .
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 a
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.
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.
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.