Bill Text: NY A02263 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the sale of certain foods in vending machines on school grounds or property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A02263 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02263-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2263
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to the sale of certain
          foods in vending machines on school grounds or property
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  915-a.    Vending  machines.  1.  School  vending machines shall be
     4  stocked only with food and beverages described in this subdivision.
     5    (a) For all students, only the following food  and  beverages  may  be
     6  provided in vending machines:
     7    (1)  fruits, vegetables, whole grains and related combination products
     8  and non-fat and low-fat dairy that are limited to two  hundred  calories
     9  or fewer per portion as packaged and contain:
    10    (i) no more than thirty-five percent of total calories from fat;
    11    (ii) less than ten percent of total calories from saturated fats;
    12    (iii) zero trans fat (less than or equal to 0.5 grams per serving);
    13    (iv) thirty-five percent or less of calories from total sugars, except
    14  for  yogurt  with  no  more  than thirty grams of total sugars per eight
    15  ounce portion as packaged; and
    16    (v) a sodium content of two hundred milligrams or less per portion  as
    17  packaged;
    18    (2) water without flavoring, additives or carbonation;
    19    (3) one percent and non-fat milk in eight ounce portions;
    20    (4)  flavored  milk with no more than twenty-two grams of total sugars
    21  per eight ounce portion;
    22    (5) one hundred percent fruit juice in four ounce portions for elemen-
    23  tary and middle schools and eight ounce portions for high schools; and
    24    (6) caffeine-free beverages, with the exception of  trace  amounts  of
    25  naturally occurring caffeine substances;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06448-01-9
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     1    (b) For high school students after school, only the following food and
     2  beverages may be provided in vending machines:
     3    (1) foods that do not exceed two hundred calories per portion as pack-
     4  aged and contain:
     5    (i) no more than thirty-five percent of total calories from fat;
     6    (ii) less than ten percent of total calories from saturated fats;
     7    (iii) zero trans fat (less than or equal to 0.5 grams per portion);
     8    (iv) thirty-five percent or less of calories from total sugars; and
     9    (v)  a sodium content of two hundred milligrams or less per portion as
    10  packaged; and
    11    (2) non-caffeinated, non-fortified  beverages  with  fewer  than  five
    12  calories per portion as packaged (with or without non-nutritive sweeten-
    13  ers, carbonation or flavoring).
    14    2.  The  terms  of any contract entered into between a school district
    15  and a business or corporation for the operation of a vending machine for
    16  the sale of foods and  beverages  to  students  shall  comply  with  the
    17  provisions  of this section. If a school district is party to a contract
    18  which provides for, or requires periodic  renewal,  the  terms  of  such
    19  renewal shall comply with the provisions of this section.
    20    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    21  the date on which it  shall  have  become  a  law  and  shall  apply  to
    22  contracts entered into or renewed on or after such date.