Bill Text: MI SB0279 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: School aid; penalties; distribution or sale of soft drinks to students in public schools; prohibit, provide school aid penalty for violations, and provide for certain exceptions. Amends 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1601 - 388.1772) by adding sec. 164f.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0279 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0279-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 279

 

 

February 19, 2009, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

 

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

 

(MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772) by adding section 164f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 164f. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),

 

a district or intermediate district shall not do any of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Sell, offer for sale, or otherwise offer or provide soft

 

drinks to pupils at school at any time.

 

     (b) Maintain, or allow to be maintained, a vending machine

 

that is located at a school or on school grounds, that sells soft

 

drinks, and that is accessible to pupils.

 

     (2) This section does not prohibit any of the following:

 

     (a) Selling, offering for sale, or otherwise offering or

 

providing soft drinks to pupils after regular school hours at a

 

high school or at a high school activity or event.

 

     (b) Maintaining or allowing to be maintained a vending machine

 

described in subsection (1)(b) if it is located at a high school or

 

on the grounds of a high school and is either not accessible to

 

pupils during the regular school day or not operable during the

 

regular school day.

 

     (c) Selling, offering for sale, or otherwise offering or

 

providing soft drinks to pupils at a school after school hours at

 

an activity or event at which parents are present.

 

     (3) A district or intermediate district that violates this

 

section forfeits an amount equal to 5% of its total state school

 

aid allocation under this act for the fiscal year in which the

 

violation occurs.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "soft drink" does not include

 

milk, water, or a juice drink that is 100% juice.