H.B. 228

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PUBLIC EDUCATION VENDING CONTRACTS
2 2002 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Patricia W. Jones
5 This act modifies the state system of public education by requiring local school boards to
6 collect data and make an annual report on vending machine contracts entered into by public
7 schools within each school district. The act identifies the information to be reported and
8 requires the state superintendent to include the information in the superintendent's annual
9 report to the governor and the Legislature.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 ENACTS:
12 53A-3-425, Utah Code Annotated 1953
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 53A-3-425 is enacted to read:
15 53A-3-425. Annual report on vending machine contracts.
16 (1) As used in this section, "foods of minimal nutritional value" has the same meaning as
17 defined by, and as may be modified from time to time by, regulations of the U.S. Department of
18 Agriculture.
19 (2) (a) Each local school board shall collect data and compile an annual report on vending
20 machine contracts entered into by the public schools within the school district.
21 (b) The State Board of Education, through the state superintendent of public instruction,
22 shall develop a standardized form to be used to report the information required under Subsection
23 (2)(a).
24 (3) The report shall include the following information:
25 (a) the identity of the contracting parties of each vending machine contract;
26 (b) the length of each contract;
27 (c) the financial terms of each contract, including all in-kind contributions as well as cash

28 payments;
29 (d) the extent to which the contract is exclusive in nature;
30 (e) the percent of items sold in the vending machines that are foods of minimal nutritional
31 value; and
32 (f) the amount of money collected annually from the vending machines.
33 (4) (a) Each local school board shall file a copy of the report required under Subsection
34 (2) with the State Board of Education.
35 (b) The information contained in the reports received under Subsection (4)(a) shall be
36 summarized and presented to the governor and Legislature as part of the report made by the state
37 superintendent of public instruction under Subsection 53A-1-301 (2)(d).




Legislative Review Note
as of 12-20-01 11:51 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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