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Limit Liability For Food Donations To Nonprofits

It became law on Jun 26, 2020.

CO SB 20-090 · Senate Bill · 2020A

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Became law
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Sponsors
3
Latest action
Jun 26, 2020

What it does

Correctional facilities, school districts, hospitals, and retail food establishments are encouraged to donate apparently wholesome food to local nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy or poor individuals. Correctional facilities, school districts, and hospitals that donate items of food to nonprofit organizations are provided limited immunity from civil and criminal liability, which limited immunity state law already provided to donor retail food establishments. The immunity does not apply to willful, wanton, or reckless acts of donors that result in injury to recipients of the donated foods. A farmer who allows one or more individuals to enter the farmer's property for the…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Jun 26, 2020

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