Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 20, 2014 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A10178
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CLARK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-A10178 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A10178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10178 I N A S S E M B L Y August 20, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Clark) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing nutrition standards for competitive foods and beverages sold or provided in public schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a to read as follows: S 915-A. COMPETITIVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE NUTRITION STANDARDS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL BE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS: A. "A LA CARTE ENTREE" SHALL MEAN A SINGLE FOOD OR COMBINATION OF FOODS OFFERED AS A MAIN COURSE OR CENTRAL FOCUS OF A MEAL, GENERALLY A PROTEIN SOURCE. B. "COMPETITIVE FOODS" SHALL MEAN FOODS AND BEVERAGES PROVIDED IN: (I) SCHOOL CAFETERIAS OFFERED AS A LA CARTE ITEMS; (II) SCHOOL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING CLASSROOMS AND HALLWAYS; (III) SCHOOL STORES; (IV) SCHOOL SNACK BARS; (V) VENDING MACHINES; (VI) CONCESSION STANDS; (VII) BOOSTER SALES; (VIII) FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES; (IX) SCHOOL-SPONSORED OR SCHOOL-RELATED EVENTS; AND (X) ANY OTHER LOCATION ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. C. "FRESH" SHALL MEAN FRESH, FROZEN, DRIED OR CANNED WITHOUT ADDED SUGAR, FAT, OR SODIUM. D. "ITEM" SHALL MEAN ONE SERVING OF A PRODUCT. E. "NUTRITION STANDARDS" SHALL MEAN THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BEVERAGE AND FOOD NUTRITION ESTABLISHED IN THIS SECTION. F. "PUBLIC SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH, CHARTER, INNOVATION OR COMPARABLE SCHOOL OPERATED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15671-01-4
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