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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 59 FILED ON: 1/3/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2555 |
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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 | | Marcus S. Vaughn |
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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 food truck licensure. |
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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:Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/3/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk3/5/2025Francisco E. Paulino16th Essex3/11/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 59 FILED ON: 1/3/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2555 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2555) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Marcus S. Vaughn, Samantha Montaño and Francisco E. Paulino relative to food truck licensure. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Public Health. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 4296 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to food truck licensure. |
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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 Chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 330. Mobile Food Establishment Licensure |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 For the purposes of this section, the term “mobile food establishment” shall mean a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5vehicle-mounted, self-contained food service operation, such as a food truck, designed to be |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6readily moveable and used to store, prepare, display, serve, or sell food. The term “department” |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7shall mean the Food Protection Program. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 The Food Protection Program shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing legal |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9standards and responsibilities for mobile food establishments. The department shall be the sole 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10authority empowered to issue licenses for the operation of mobile food establishments. Such |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the requirement that mobile food |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12establishments pass an inspection conducted by the fire department in the municipality in which |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13the mobile food establishment has its mailing address. Towns and municipalities may assess a |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14fee on mobile food establishments operating in their jurisdiction. |
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