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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 831 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2185 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Susan Williams Gifford |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the charitable donation of not readily marketable food. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/17/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 831 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2185 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gifford of Wareham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2185) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Susan Williams Gifford and Joseph D. McKenna relative to the charitable donation of not readily |
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| 20 | 20 | | marketable food. Public Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2306 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to the charitable donation of not readily marketable food. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 328 of Chapter 94 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting, in line 1, before the words “No person”, the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following paragraph: - |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 For the purpose of this section, the term "person" shall mean an individual, corporation, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5partnership, organization, association, or governmental entity, including a retail grocer, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6wholesaler, hotel, motel, manufacturer, restaurant, caterer, farmer, and nonprofit food distributor |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7or hospital. In the case of a corporation, partnership, organization, association, or governmental |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8entity, the term includes an officer, director, partner, deacon, trustee, council member, or other |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9elected or appointed individual responsible for the governance of the entity; as defined by 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10Paragraph (10) of Subsection (b) of Section 1791 of Chapter 13A of the 2015 United States |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11Code, also known as the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. |
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