Commissioner of health and commissioner of agriculture required to develop a proposal for the regulation of itinerant food sales in the state, report required, and money appropriated.

A bill for an act

relating to food safety; requiring the commissioner of health and commissioner of

agriculture to develop a proposal for the regulation of itinerant food sales in the

state; requiring a report; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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PROPOSAL FOR REGULATION OF ITINERANT FOOD SALES.
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(a) For purposes of this section, "itinerant food sales" means the sale of food, including

beverages, from an establishment that does not have a permanent location and that is movable

from place to place. Itinerant food sales include but are not limited to operations conducted

from a food cart, mobile foot unit, seasonal temporary food stand, special event food stand,

or other vehicle, cart, or portable structure. An itinerant food sales establishment may be

motorized or nonmotorized and may operate for a limited or extended time period at a

location, provided that the establishment is not permanently affixed to the site.

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(b) The commissioner of health and commissioner of agriculture, in consultation with

all community health boards and local entities with delegated authority from the

commissioner of health or commissioner of agriculture for food regulation, and with

Minnesota's 11 federally recognized, sovereign Tribal Nations with food regulatory authority

on Tribal land, must develop a simplified proposal to regulate itinerant food sales in

Minnesota. The proposal must eliminate the duplicative regulation of business operators

by the state and municipalities and must ensure continued consumer safety through food

safety inspections and enforcement in all areas of Minnesota subject to the state's jurisdiction.

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(c) The proposal must include:

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(1) a conceptual description of how public health efforts will be coordinated among the

relevant food safety authorities;

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(2) changes to Minnesota Statutes that are needed to implement the proposal;

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(3) a fiscal analysis showing predicted budgetary impacts of the proposal on food

regulatory agencies; and

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(4) a description of the actions needed for implementation and related timelines for

implementation.

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(d) No later than January 1, 2027, the commissioner of health and commissioner of

agriculture must submit a report on the proposal to the chairs and ranking minority members

of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and agriculture.

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APPROPRIATION; PROPOSAL FOR REGULATION OF ITINERANT

FOOD SALES.
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$95,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner

of health for the commissioner of health and commissioner of agriculture, in consultation

with stakeholders, to develop a proposal for the regulation of itinerant food sales in the

state. This is a onetime appropriation.

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