Bill Text: CA AB1276 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Single-use foodware accessories and standard condiments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2021. [AB1276 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1276-Amended.html
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May 27, 2021 |
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April 29, 2021 |
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Introduced by Assembly Members Carrillo and Lorena Gonzalez (Coauthors: Assembly Members Friedman, Muratsuchi, and Ting) (Coauthors: Senators Allen and Wiener) |
February 19, 2021 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The heading of Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 42270) of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:CHAPTER 5.2. Single-Use Food Accessories and Serviceware
SEC. 2.
Section 42270 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:42270.
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(c)“Full-service restaurant” means an establishment with the primary business purpose of serving food, where food may be consumed on the premises.
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SEC. 3.
Section 42271 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:42271.
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(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), commencing on January 1, 2023, a full-service restaurant shall provide reusable food serviceware, and shall not provide single-use food serviceware, to a consumer dining on the premises of the full-service restaurant if the full-service restaurant has dishwashing capacity that provides adequate sanitation for reusable food serviceware.
(b)A full-service restaurant may provide single-use food serviceware to consumers dining at the full-service restaurant’s premises under any of the following conditions:
(1)The full-service restaurant has limited dishwashing
capacity.
(2)The single-use food serviceware is necessary to accommodate a consumer with a disability.
(3)The single-use food serviceware is provided to a consumer upon request to carry out leftover ready-to-eat food after dining at the restaurant.
(4)A public health state of emergency has been declared.
(5)If the single-use food serviceware is a disposable paper food wrapper, foil wrapper, paper napkin, or paper tray- or plate-liner that is of the type and form accepted by local municipal recycling and composting programs.
(c)Nothing in this section shall prevent a city, county, city and county,
or other local public agency from adopting and implementing an ordinance or rule that would further restrict a full-service restaurant from providing single-use food serviceware to a consumer.