General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5171 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 174 *00174* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5171 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 174 *00174* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. ZIOBRON, 34th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING THE LICENSING OF FOOD VENDORS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Public Health to collaborate with local health directors to develop a process that will allow for licensure by reciprocity of a food vendor who (1) is licensed or certified by a local health department or district to operate as a food vendor in a particular local health district, and (2) seeks to operate as a food vendor in a different local health district. Statement of Purpose: To require the development of a process for licensure by reciprocity of food vendors licensed by a local health department.