Bill Text: MA H3999 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The donations of leftover food by restaurants and cafeterias
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 3/2 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room A1 [H3999 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3999-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul McMurtry
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the donations of leftover food by restaurants and cafeterias.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Demetrius J. Atsalis |
Second Barnstable |
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Stephen R. Canessa |
12th Bristol |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Lida E. Harkins |
13th Norfolk |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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Allen J. McCarthy |
7th Plymouth |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
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Jeffrey Sánchez |
15th Suffolk |
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Rosemary Sandlin |
3rd Hampden |
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Stephen Stat Smith |
28th Middlesex |
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David B. Sullivan |
6th Bristol |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Martin J. Walsh |
13th Suffolk |
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Alice K. Wolf |
25th Middlesex |
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Thomas P. Kennedy |
Second Plymouth and Bristol |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the donations of leftover food by restaurants
and cafeterias.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, food service establishments, including restaurants and cafeterias may donate their edible leftover cooked food and nonperishable food to local food pantries and assistance shelters and shall be allowed to take a tax credit or deduction for same. The food service establishment shall not be held liable in the event of any harm resulting to a person from the ingestion of any item of donated food described in this section.
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