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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 58
BY SENATOR BUFFINGTON AND REPRESENTATI VE THOMPSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SANITARY CODE. Allows certain meats and fish to be received or used by a not-for-profit
entity or charitable organization. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:4.13, relative the Sanitary Code; to provide exceptions to the Sanitary2
Code; to allow a not-for-profit entity or charitable organization to receive or use3
certain meats or fish for food or meal distribution at no cost to an individual; and to4
provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:4.13 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง4.13. Not-for-profit entity or charitable organization; receive or use certain8
meats or fish in food or meal distribution9
Notwithstanding any provisions of the state Sanitary Code or any other10
law or regulation to the contrary, it shall be lawful for a not-for-profit entity or11
a charitable organization to receive or use any commercial or game fish,12
migratory and resident game bird, game quadruped, as defined in R.S. 56:8,13
alligator, or feral hog in food or meal distribution at no cost to an individual.14
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17 SB NO. 58
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vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become1
effective on the day following such approval.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Proposed law allows a not-for-profit entity or a charitable organization to receive or use any
commercial or game fish, migratory and resident game bird, game quadruped, as defined in
R.S. 56:8, alligator, or feral hog in food or meal distribution at no cost to an individual.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 40:4.13)