Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00165 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 165
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 788
Referred to Committee on Commerce
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 165 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 788

Referred to Committee on Commerce 

Introduced by:

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SALE OF CANDY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL VENDING MACHINES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit each public elementary, middle and high school from selling candy from a vending machine located within the school.

Statement of Purpose: 

To help control obesity among public school students by prohibiting the sale of candy from vending machines located in schools.