As Passed by the Senate                       1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                        Am. Sub. H. B. No. 113   5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


 REPRESENTATIVES TERWILLEGER-CATES-SCHULER-OPFER-PADGETT-ROMAN-    8            

     HOOD-MALLORY-WILLIAMS-CORBIN-WACHTMANN-HARRIS-THOMPSON-       9            

       GARCIA-BUCHY-LEWIS-MEAD-REID-VESPER-BRADING-KREBS-          10           

         STAPLETON-VERICH-LOGAN-SENATORS DIX-DRAKE-WHITE           11           


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To amend sections 911.01 and 3732.07 and to enact     15           

                section 911.011 of the Revised Code to require     16           

                that a bakery that is an integrated portion  of    17           

                an establishment licensed as a food service        18           

                operation be regulated only under the law          19           

                governing food service operations,  rather than    20           

                being regulated concurrently under the law         21           

                governing  bakeries, and to create the Food        22           

                Safety  Council.                                   23           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        24           

      Section 1.  That sections 911.01 and 3732.07 be amended and  26           

section 911.011 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as          27           

follows:                                                                        

      Sec. 911.01.  As (A)  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B) OF  37           

THIS SECTION, "BAKERY," AS used in sections 911.01 to 911.20 of    38           

the Revised Code, "bakery" means a building or part of a building  39           

wherein is carried on the production, preparation, packing,        40           

storing, display, or sale of bread, STUFFED BREADS, cake, pies,    41           

cookies, crackers, doughnuts, noodles, waffle cones, pizza crusts  43           

for resale, or other bakery products, whether frozen, fried, deep  45           

fried, or partially or completely baked, including any separate    46           

room used for the convenience or accommodation of the workers.     47           

Sections 911.02, 911.04, 911.11, 911.12, 911.13, and 911.15 of     48           

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the Revised Code do not apply to retail stores where bakery        49           

products are sold but not produced.                                50           

      (B)  "BAKERY" DOES NOT MEAN A FOOD SERVICE OPERATION         52           

LICENSED UNDER SECTION 3732.03 OF THE REVISED CODE THAT INCLUDES   53           

THE PREPARATION OR SERVING OF BAKERY PRODUCTS.                     54           

      Sec. 911.011.  (A)  THE PREPARATION AND SERVING OF BAKERY    56           

PRODUCTS BY A FOOD SERVICE OPERATION LICENSED UNDER SECTION        58           

3732.03 OF THE REVISED CODE SHALL BE REGULATED UNDER CHAPTER       59           

3732. OF THE REVISED CODE AND NOT UNDER THIS CHAPTER.                           

      (B)  A BAKERY SHALL BE REGULATED UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND NOT  61           

UNDER CHAPTER 3732. OF THE REVISED CODE WHEN EITHER OF THE         63           

FOLLOWING APPLIES:                                                 64           

      (1)  THE BAKERY ONLY SERVES BAKERY PRODUCTS ON ITS           66           

PREMISES;                                                                       

      (2)  THE BAKERY SERVES BAKERY PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMPTION ON    68           

ITS PREMISES AND ALSO SERVES FROZEN DESSERTS, BEVERAGES, NUTS,     70           

POPCORN, CANDY, OR SIMILAR CONFECTIONS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, OR ANY     71           

COMBINATION OF THOSE ITEMS FOR CONSUMPTION ON ITS PREMISES.        72           

      Sec. 3732.07.  (A)  A licensee whose principal business is   81           

a food service operation that includes the PREPARATION OF BAKERY   82           

PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION 911.01 OF THE REVISED CODE OR THE   83           

preparation and complete baking of pizza is not required to        84           

register the operation as a bakery under section 911.02 of the     85           

Revised Code.                                                                   

      (B)  A licensee whose principal business is a food service   87           

operation that includes the sale of frozen desserts is not         88           

required to obtain a license under section 3717.52 of the Revised  89           

Code for the sale and manufacture of frozen desserts.              90           

      Section 2.  That existing sections 911.01 and 3732.07 of     92           

the Revised Code are hereby repealed.                              93           

      Section 3.  (A)  There is hereby created the Food Safety     95           

Council consisting of the Director of Agriculture, or the          96           

Director of Agriculture's designee, the Director of Health, or     97           

the Director of Health's designee, and, except as provided in      98           

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division (B) of this section, eight members appointed jointly by                

the Director of Agriculture and the Director of Health as          99           

follows:                                                                        

      (1)  Two representatives of the food service industry        101          

appointed from among restaurant operators, mobile food service     102          

operators, vending machine location operators, fast-food           103          

restaurant operators, and institutional food service operators;    104          

      (2)  Two representatives of retail food establishments       106          

appointed from among retail merchants, bakers, and grocers;        107          

      (3)  Two representatives of a health commissioner            109          

association, one of whom is a representative of urban areas of     110          

this state and one of whom is a representative of rural areas of   111          

this state;                                                                     

      (4)  One representative of an environmental health           113          

association who shall be a sanitarian registered pursuant to       115          

Chapter 4736. of the Revised Code;                                 116          

      (5)  One representative of consumers who is not employed by  118          

the state or any of its subdivisions and who does not have a       120          

pecuniary interest in a food service operation or a food           121          

establishment.                                                                  

      (B)  Within thirty days after the effective date of this     123          

section, the Director of Health and the Director of Agriculture    124          

shall make their appointments to the Council.  If the Director of  125          

Agriculture and the Director of Health fail to make their          126          

appointments within thirty days after the effective date of this   127          

section, the appointments required in division (A) of this         128          

section shall be made jointly by the Speaker of the House of                    

Representatives and the President of the Senate.                   129          

      The Director of Health and the Director of Agriculture, or   131          

their designees, shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Council.    132          

The Council members shall meet, organize, and begin their work.    134          

Vacancies occurring on the Council shall be filled in the same     135          

manner as the initial appointments.                                             

      Six members of the Council constitute a quorum and seven     137          

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votes are necessary to validate an action.                         138          

      (C)  The Council shall study the inspection and licensing    140          

requirements in the Revised Code and make recommendations for      141          

eliminating duplicative or concurrent inspections and licensing    142          

of retail food establishments and food service operations.  The    143          

Council also shall study and make recommendations for the          144          

establishment of statewide uniform standards for food safety and                

sanitation for retail food establishments and food service         146          

operations.  In making its recommendations, the Council shall      147          

consider whether one agency should be designated, where            148          

appropriate, to enforce any statewide uniform standards that are   149          

adopted.                                                                        

      (D)  The Council shall issue a report of its findings and    151          

any recommendations on the issues it studied pursuant to division  152          

(C) of this section to the President of the Senate, Minority       153          

Leader of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives,     155          

and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives within one     156          

hundred twenty days after the date of its initial organizational   157          

meeting.  The Council shall cease to exist six months after the                 

issuance of its report.                                            158          

      (E)  Members of the Council shall serve without              161          

compensation.