1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health; modifying requirements for potluck 
  1.3             events sponsored by organizations; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, section 157.22. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 157.22, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      157.22 [EXEMPTIONS.] 
  1.9      This chapter shall not be construed to apply to: 
  1.10     (1) interstate carriers under the supervision of the United 
  1.11  States Department of Health and Human Services; 
  1.12     (2) any building constructed and primarily used for 
  1.13  religious worship; 
  1.14     (3) any building owned, operated, and used by a college or 
  1.15  university in accordance with health regulations promulgated by 
  1.16  the college or university under chapter 14; 
  1.17     (4) any person, firm, or corporation whose principal mode 
  1.18  of business is licensed under sections 28A.04 and 28A.05, is 
  1.19  exempt at that premises from licensure as a food or beverage 
  1.20  establishment; provided that the holding of any license pursuant 
  1.21  to sections 28A.04 and 28A.05 shall not exempt any person, firm, 
  1.22  or corporation from the applicable provisions of this chapter or 
  1.23  the rules of the state commissioner of health relating to food 
  1.24  and beverage service establishments; 
  1.25     (5) family day care homes and group family day care homes 
  2.1   governed by sections 245A.01 to 245A.16; 
  2.2      (6) nonprofit senior citizen centers for the sale of 
  2.3   home-baked goods; and 
  2.4      (7) food not prepared at an establishment and brought in by 
  2.5   members of an organization individuals attending a potluck event 
  2.6   for consumption by members at a the potluck event.  An 
  2.7   organization sponsoring a potluck event under this clause may 
  2.8   advertise the potluck event to the public through any means.  
  2.9   Individuals who are not members of an organization sponsoring a 
  2.10  potluck event under this clause may attend the potluck event and 
  2.11  consume the food at the event.  The sponsoring organization 
  2.12  shall post a sign stating:  "The food served at this event was 
  2.13  not prepared in a licensed kitchen and is not subject to health 
  2.14  department regulation."  Licensed food establishments cannot be 
  2.15  sponsors of potluck events.  Potluck event food shall not be 
  2.16  brought into a licensed food establishment kitchen.