A07662 Summary:

BILL NOA07662C
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07849
 
SPONSOROrtiz
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S1352-d, Pub Health L
 
Sets nutrition standards for restaurants distributing incentive items aimed at children.
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A07662 Actions:

BILL NOA07662C
 
05/12/2011referred to health
01/04/2012referred to health
03/01/2012amend and recommit to health
03/01/2012print number 7662a
05/29/2012amend and recommit to health
05/29/2012print number 7662b
06/05/2012reported referred to codes
06/18/2012amend and recommit to codes
06/18/2012print number 7662c
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A07662 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7662--C
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 12, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
          reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as

          amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from  said
          committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
          ted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to setting  nutrition
          standards  for restaurants distributing incentive items aimed at chil-
          dren
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1352-d to read as follows:
     3    § 1352-d. Incentive items with restaurant food. 1. For the purposes of
     4  this section, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
     5    a. "Incentive item" shall mean any toy, game, trading card,  admission

     6  ticket  or  other  consumer  product,  whether physical or digital, with
     7  particular appeal to children, which is provided directly by the restau-
     8  rant, or any coupon, voucher, ticket, token, code or password  which  is
     9  provided  directly  by  the  restaurant  and is redeemable for or grants
    10  digital or other access to any toy, game, trading card, admission  tick-
    11  et, or other consumer product with particular appeal to children.
    12    b.  "Meal"  shall mean any combination of food and drink items offered
    13  together for a single price.
    14    c. "Restaurant" shall mean any coffee shop,  cafeteria,  luncheonette,
    15  sandwich  stand,  diner, short order cafe, fast food establishment, soda
    16  fountain, and any other eating or beverage establishment, which gives or

    17  offers for sale food or beverages to the  public,  guests,  members,  or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11079-06-2

        A. 7662--C                          2
 
     1  patrons,  whether  food  or beverages are customarily consumed on or off
     2  the premises.
     3    2.  The  commissioner  shall make regulations establishing nutritional
     4  standards for meals, food items, and beverages that may be  offered  for
     5  purchase  in  combination  with  an  incentive item by a restaurant.   A
     6  restaurant may offer an incentive item in combination with the  purchase

     7  of  a  meal,  food  item,  or  beverage, only if the meal, food item, or
     8  beverage, meets nutritional standards established  by  the  commissioner
     9  under  this  section.  Nutritional  standards  under  this section shall
    10  include but are not limited to:  calories; sodium; percentage  of  calo-
    11  ries  from  fat (which may differentiate among kinds or sources of fat);
    12  sugars and caloric sweeteners; and fruits, vegetables, and grains.
    13    3. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall
    14  be liable for a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars for a  first
    15  violation  thereof;  up  to  one thousand dollars for a second violation
    16  thereof; and up to two thousand five hundred  dollars  for  a  third  or
    17  subsequent violation thereof.

    18    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    19  it shall have become a law.
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