101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3496

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michelle Mussman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
745 ILCS 50/3  from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2003

    Amends the Good Samaritan Food Donor Act. Provides that no person or organization that distributes food from a particular event or function that has been paid for to the person who paid for the food and intends to consume such food for personal use shall be liable in any civil action based on the theory of warranty, negligence, or strict liability in tort for damages incurred resulting from any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate users or recipients of the food due to the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the food.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Good Samaritan Food Donor Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (745 ILCS 50/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 2003)
7    Sec. 3. Donor's immunity from liability.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no wild game
9donor, farmer, food producer, processor, distributor,
10wholesaler, retailer, gleaner of food, any other person (if
11that other person donates food that has been inspected by
12either a State or federal authority and has not been altered
13after that inspection), a not for profit corporation or
14charitable organization whose members provide baked goods that
15are not potentially hazardous, or donor of day old bread, who
16in good faith donates perishable canned or farm food items,
17prepared food, day old bread, or wild game to a not for profit
18corporation or charitable organization for distribution to
19nursing homes, needy, or poor persons shall be liable in any
20civil action based on the theory of warranty, negligence or
21strict liability in tort, for damages incurred resulting from
22any illness or disease contracted by the ultimate users or
23recipients of the food due to the nature, age, condition, or

 

 

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1packaging of the food.
2    (a-3) The immunity provided under Section (a) shall apply
3to any person or organization that distributes food from a
4particular event or function that has been paid for to the
5person who paid for the food and intends to use the food for
6personal consumption.
7    (a-5) The immunity provided under subsection (a) shall
8apply to any person or organization that prepares and serves,
9for specific events, wild game that has not specifically been
10raised, harvested, dressed, or inspected for human consumption
11in accordance with existing rules and regulations of the U.S.
12or State Departments of Agriculture or any other state or
13federal agencies empowered to enforce health and safety
14requirements. Placards shall be displayed in a conspicuous
15location throughout the event identifying the food served as
16uninspected wild game.
17    (b) The immunity provided in subsection (a) shall not apply
18where the following is shown:
19        (1) that the illness or disease resulted from the
20    willful, wanton, or reckless acts of the donor; or
21        (2) that the donor had actual or constructive knowledge
22    that the food was tainted, contaminated, or harmful to the
23    health or well-being of the recipient of such donated food;
24    or
25        (3) where the food was in the form of canned goods,
26    that the containers were rusted, leaky, swollen, or

 

 

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1    otherwise defective to the extent that they could not be
2    sold to members of the general public; provided, however,
3    that the fact that the cans were simply dented does not, in
4    itself, constitute such a defect so as to preclude the
5    grant of immunity provided by subsection (a).
6(Source: P.A. 91-720, eff. 1-1-01.)