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90_HB2412

      745 ILCS 50/2.14 new
      745 ILCS 50/3             from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2003
          Amends the Good Samaritan Food Donor Act to  exempt  from
      civil  liability  donors  of day old bread (but fit for human
      consumption) to charities.
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 1        AN ACT amending the Good  Samaritan  Food  Donor  Act  by
 2    adding Section 2.14 and changing Section 3.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Good Samaritan Food Donor Act is  amended
 6    by adding Section 2.14 and changing Section 3 as follows:
 7        (745 ILCS 50/2.14 new)
 8        Sec.   2.14.  Day   old   bread.   Day  old  bread  means
 9    confectioneries, bread or other baked  goods,  otherwise  fit
10    for  human  consumption  but  for  the  fact  that  they have
11    experienced more than 24 hours of life or have exceeded their
12    freshness date or their shelf life.
13        (745 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2003)
14        Sec. 3.  Donor's immunity from liability.
15        (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b), no  wild  game
16    donor,   farmer,   food   producer,  processor,  distributor,
17    wholesaler, retailer, gleaner of food, any other  person  (if
18    that  other  person  donates  food that has been inspected by
19    either a State or federal authority and has not been  altered
20    after  that  inspection),  or a not for profit corporation or
21    charitable organization whose  members  provide  baked  goods
22    that  are  not  potentially  hazardous,  or  donor of day old
23    bread, who in good faith donates perishable  canned  or  farm
24    food  items,  prepared food, day old bread, or wild game to a
25    not for profit corporation  or  charitable  organization  for
26    distribution  to  nursing homes, needy, or poor persons shall
27    be liable  in  any  civil  action  based  on  the  theory  of
28    warranty, negligence or strict liability in tort, for damages
29    incurred  resulting from any illness or disease contracted by
30    the ultimate users or recipients  of  the  food  due  to  the
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 1    nature, age, condition, or packaging of the food.
 2        (a-5)  The  immunity  provided under subsection (a) shall
 3    apply to any person or organization that prepares and serves,
 4    for specific events, wild game that has not specifically been
 5    raised,  harvested,   dressed,   or   inspected   for   human
 6    consumption in accordance with existing rules and regulations
 7    of  the U.S. or State Departments of Agriculture or any other
 8    state or federal agencies empowered  to  enforce  health  and
 9    safety   requirements.  Placards  shall  be  displayed  in  a
10    conspicuous location throughout  the  event  identifying  the
11    food served as uninspected wild game.
12        (b)  The  immunity  provided  in subsection (a) shall not
13    apply where the following is shown:
14             (1)  that the illness or disease resulted  from  the
15        willful, wanton, or reckless acts of the donor; or
16             (2)  that  the  donor  had  actual  or  constructive
17        knowledge  that  the  food  was tainted, contaminated, or
18        harmful to the health or well-being of the  recipient  of
19        such donated food; or
20             (3)  where the food was in the form of canned goods,
21        that  the  containers  were  rusted,  leaky,  swollen, or
22        otherwise defective to the extent that they could not  be
23        sold to members of the general public; provided, however,
24        that  the fact that the cans were simply dented does not,
25        in itself, constitute such a defect so as to preclude the
26        grant of immunity provided by subsection (a).
27    (Source: P.A. 88-468,  eff.  8-31-93;  88-622,  eff.  1-1-95;
28    89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)

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