Bill Text: AZ HB2473 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Food vendors; state certification

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to House COM Committee [HB2473 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2473-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: food vendors; state certification

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2473

 

Introduced by

Representatives Thorpe, Stevens: Barton, Dial, Fann, Forese, Shope, Townsend, Senator Crandell

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 36, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-917; relating to pure food control.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 36, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-917, to read:

START_STATUTE36-917.  Traveling food vendors; preemption; certification; definition

A.  The legislature finds that the regulation of traveling food vendors is a matter of statewide concern and not subject to further regulation by a county, city or town of this state or other political subdivision of this state.

B.  A person who wishes to provide food products as a traveling food vendor must apply to the department of health services for a food handler's health certificate on a form prescribed by the department.  The applicant shall submit a certification fee prescribed by the department with the application for initial certification and recertification.

C.  The department shall adopt rules to enforce this section.

D.  For the purposes of this section, "traveling food vendor" means a person who sells food products at fairs and public events at various locations in this state on a temporary basis. END_STATUTE