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HCS CSSB 68(HES): "An Act relating to the donation to a food bank of hatchery salmon, to the donation of food by meat processors, seafood processors, manufacturers, packers, processors, bottlers, and similar entities, and to who qualifies as a food bank; and providing for an effective date." 

00HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 68(HES)                                                                             
01 "An Act relating to the donation to a food bank of hatchery salmon, to the                                              
02 donation of food by meat processors, seafood processors, manufacturers, packers,                                        
03 processors, bottlers, and similar entities, and to who qualifies as a food bank; and                                    
04 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.   AS 17.20.345 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
07  (c)  A person who donates to a food bank salmon from a hatchery that operates                                         
08 under a permit issued under AS 16.10.400 - 16.10.470 is immune from liability as                                        
09 provided in this section if the salmon is apparently fit for human consumption at the                                   
10 time of its donation, even if the hatchery does not have a permit issued by the                                         
11 Department of Environmental Conservation under this chapter, AS 03.05, or other                                         
12 statute to process fisheries products for human consumption.                                                            
13    * Sec. 2.  AS 17.20.347 is amended to read:                                                                          
14  Sec. 17.20.347.  "DONOR'' AND "FOOD BANK'' DEFINED.  In AS 17.20.345                                                  



01 and 17.20.346,                                                                                                        
02   (1)  "donor"                                                                                                         
03   [(A)]  includes a person, farmer, retailer, slaughterhouse under                                                    
04 state supervision, freight company, distributor, wholesaler, meat processor,                                           
05 seafood processor, or similar entity, and [;                                                                         
06   (B)  EXCLUDES] a person who acts in a commercial capacity                                                           
07 as a manufacturer, packer, processor, bottler, or similar entity, even if that                                        
08 activity is the person's primary activity;                                                                              
09   (2)  "food bank" means a nonprofit [AN] organization [RECOGNIZED                                                   
10 BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A NONPROFIT                                                                       
11 ORGANIZATION AND] that operates principally to collect, inspect, and salvage                                            
12 donated food for free distribution either to needy persons or to nonprofit                                           
13 organizations for free distribution to needy persons; in this paragraph, "nonprofit                                     
14 organization" means an organization recognized by the state or federal                                                  
15 government as a nonprofit organization.                                                                                
16    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).