HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 994
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Vincent A. Pedone
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to improve the law for the pricing of grocery and retail items.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Vincent A. Pedone | 15th Worcester | 1/20/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1474 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 994
By Mr. Pedone of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 994) of Vincent A. Pedone relative to the pricing of grocery and retail items. Community Development and Small Businesses. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3545 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act to improve the law for the pricing of grocery and retail items.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 184B of chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the eighth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:
“Food department”, any seller other than a food store with any grocery item section, area, or display and which sells two hundred or more different food items for consumption off the seller’s premises at least in part to individuals for their own personal, family, or household use; provided, however, that any food section which is within a larger business and is the functional equivalent of a supermarket with its own separate checkout, may be deemed a food store by the director of standards.