Bill Text: IL HB3496 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Good Samaritan Food Donor Act. Provides that no person or organization that distributes food from a particular event or function that has been paid for to the person who paid for the food and intends to consume such food for personal use shall be liable in any civil action based on the theory of warranty, negligence, or strict liability in tort for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate users or recipients of the food due to the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the food.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3496 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3496-Introduced.html
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
| |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Good Samaritan Food Donor Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 3 as follows:
| |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (745 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2003)
| |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3. Donor's immunity from liability.
| |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no wild game
| |||||||||||||||||||
9 | donor, farmer, food producer, processor, distributor, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | wholesaler, retailer,
gleaner of food, any other person (if | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | that other person donates food that
has been inspected by | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | either a State or federal authority and has not been
altered | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | after that inspection), a not for profit corporation or
| |||||||||||||||||||
14 | charitable organization whose members provide baked goods that | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | are not
potentially
hazardous, or donor of day old bread,
who | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | in good faith donates perishable canned or farm food items,
| |||||||||||||||||||
17 | prepared food, day old bread,
or wild game to a not for profit | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | corporation or charitable
organization for distribution to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | nursing homes, needy, or poor persons shall be
liable in any | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | civil action based on the theory of warranty, negligence or
| |||||||||||||||||||
21 | strict liability in tort, for damages incurred resulting from | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | any illness or
disease contracted by the ultimate users or | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | recipients of the food due to the
nature, age, condition, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | packaging of the food.
| ||||||
2 | (a-3) The immunity provided under Section (a) shall apply | ||||||
3 | to any person or organization that distributes food from a | ||||||
4 | particular event or function that has been paid for to the | ||||||
5 | person who paid for the food and intends to use the food for | ||||||
6 | personal consumption. | ||||||
7 | (a-5) The immunity provided under subsection (a) shall | ||||||
8 | apply to any person
or organization that prepares and serves, | ||||||
9 | for specific events, wild game
that has not specifically been | ||||||
10 | raised, harvested, dressed, or inspected for
human consumption | ||||||
11 | in accordance with existing rules and regulations of the U.S.
| ||||||
12 | or State Departments of Agriculture or any other state or | ||||||
13 | federal agencies
empowered to enforce health and safety | ||||||
14 | requirements. Placards shall be
displayed in a conspicuous | ||||||
15 | location throughout the event identifying the food
served as | ||||||
16 | uninspected wild game.
| ||||||
17 | (b) The immunity provided in subsection (a) shall not apply | ||||||
18 | where the
following is shown:
| ||||||
19 | (1) that the illness or disease resulted from the | ||||||
20 | willful, wanton, or
reckless acts of the donor; or
| ||||||
21 | (2) that the donor had actual or constructive knowledge | ||||||
22 | that the food
was tainted, contaminated, or harmful to the | ||||||
23 | health or well-being of the
recipient of such donated food; | ||||||
24 | or
| ||||||
25 | (3) where the food was in the form of canned goods, | ||||||
26 | that the containers
were rusted, leaky, swollen, or |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | otherwise defective to the extent that they
could not be | ||||||
2 | sold to members of the general public; provided, however, | ||||||
3 | that
the fact that the cans were simply dented does not, in | ||||||
4 | itself, constitute
such a defect so as to preclude the | ||||||
5 | grant of immunity provided by subsection
(a).
| ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 91-720, eff. 1-1-01.)
|