Bill Text: MI SB0825 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services; food assistance; use of EBT bridge cards at certain food establishments; prohibit. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 57aa.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-01 - Referred To Committee On Families, Seniors And Human Services [SB0825 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0825-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 825
March 1, 2016, Introduced by Senators BRANDENBURG, GREEN, SHIRKEY, EMMONS, HUNE and COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 57aa.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 57aa. A food assistance or cash assistance recipient
shall not use his or her electronic benefit transfer card to
purchase uncooked seafood, meat, or poultry if that uncooked
seafood, meat, or poultry is to be cooked on the premises where
purchased.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.