Second Substitute H.B. 142

Representative Carl R. Saunders proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 ADDRESSING PHYSICAL FITNESS AND
2 NUTRITION IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
3 2001 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Carl R. Saunders
6 This act modifies the State System of Public Education. This act specifies requirements for
7 the sale of food through vending machines at school. This act specifies requirements for the
8 sale of food at school. This act makes technical changes.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 ENACTS:
11 53A-15-1001, Utah Code Annotated 1953
12 53A-15-1002, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 53A-15-1001 is enacted to read:
15 Part 10. Nutrition Promotion
16 53A-15-1001. Vending machines.
17 Beginning with the 2001-02 school year, if a school sells, or allows to be sold, on its
18 premises food products through vending machines, the school shall ensure:
19 (1) that if a machine includes a beverage considered a "food of minimal nutritional value"
20 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the National School Lunch Program, a choice of a
21 beverage other than a "food of minimal nutritional value" shall be offered in the same machine,
22 where possible, or in another machine, with preference given to 100% fruit juice, and
23 noncaffeinated water; and
24 (2) that where items other than beverages are sold through vending machines, those items
25 include in the same machine, where possible, or in another machine, fruit, fruit products, milk

26 products, or vegetables.
27 Section 2. Section 53A-15-1002 is enacted to read:
28 53A-15-1002. Food choice requirements.
29 Any school that sells food, or allows another entity to sell food, on its premises during the
30 breakfast or lunch periods, shall ensure that the food complies with U.S. Department of
31 Agriculture dietary guidelines and includes fruit, fruit products, milk products, and vegetables.